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Tiny, glow-in-the-dark sharks have been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
A new species of shark has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico.It's called a pocket shark or Mollisquama mississippiensis (pronounced mah-lihs-KWAH-muh MISS-ih-sip-ee-EHN-sisis.)It is just 5 and a...
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Build-A-Bear is selling adorable shark stuffed animals in honor of Shark Week
Build-A-Bear is swapping out fuzz for fins in honor of Shark Week by releasing adorable shark stuffed animals and other shark-inspired items.The tiger and whale shark plushies cost $29 and accessories...
View ArticleSharks aren't the deadliest creatures on Earth. Here are the top 10.
A summer season of shark attacks can leave many beaches around the world empty, but the likelihood that the average person will die from a shark attack is relatively low. In fact, sharks don't even...
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This hospital is dressing babies born during Shark Week in adorable Baby...
A hospital is dressing babies born during Shark Week in Baby Shark onesies.The Christ Hospital Health Network, in Cincinnati, Ohio, is giving out onesies inspired by the viral song in a partnership...
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The movie 'Jaws' was inspired by a real shark: In 1916, New Jersey residents...
In 1916, four people — including a 10-year-old boy — were killed in shark attacks along the New Jersey shore.This series of attacks inspired Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" decades later. In the blockbuster...
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A YouTuber tested whether sharks really can smell a drop of human blood from...
It was Shark Week at the end of July.To celebrate, YouTuber Mark Rober decided to test out one of the most widely quoted theories about the underwater predators — that they can sniff out a drop of...
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Scientists have discovered why two sharks glow bright green in the depths of...
Scientists have worked out why certain shark species glow green at the depths of the ocean.Only blue light can penetrate this far down, which makes the swell shark and the chain catshark glow in the...
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Wild video shows a 'monster' hammerhead shark stealing a 180-pound fish...
Fisherman Rob Gorta came face-to-face with a hammerhead shark as he reeled in a 180-pound tarpon fish off the coast of Anna Maria Island just south of St. Petersburg, Florida.The fisherman and fishing...
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Divers found numerous megalodon teeth in a flooded Mexican cave. The gigantic...
A diver discovered numerous megalodon teeth in an underwater cavern in Mexico's Yucatán state.Megalodons were prehistoric sharks that grew up to 60 feet long. They preyed on whales and other large...
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1,400 pounds of shark fins worth about $1 million were seized in a Miami port
Wildlife inspectors seized 1,400 pounds of dried shark fins at a Miami port, CBS News reported.While it's not illegal to sell shark fins in the US, the shipment contained species protected in the...
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Kobe Bryant once swam with sharks so a marine conservation group named a...
Kobe Bryant was fascinated by great white sharks.Marine Conservation Science Institute has named one of their newest sharks in his honor.Kobe Bryant the shark is now #24 in the database of sharks that...
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Hong Kong custom officials seized a record 28 tons of shark fin worth over $1...
Customs officials in Hong Kong seized over 28 tons of shark fin this week, sliced off some 38,500 endangered sharks. The haul is the largest the city has ever seen, and more than twice the amount...
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Shark encounters are likely to continue in New England as warming waters and...
A woman died after a great white shark bit her off the coast of Maine two weeks ago. It was the state's first shark fatality ever.Some experts say warming waters along the East Coast may lead some...
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Greenland sharks, the longest-living vertebrates on the planet, swim for...
Summary List PlacementWhile time may feel like it's standing still for many of us in 2020, this pandemic year is but a blink of an eye for the world's longest-living vertebrates. Greenland sharks,...
View ArticleHow shark scales' unique design inspired the first manmade pattern to help...
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: Believe it or not, this is sharkskin. And it's a little different from your typical fishy scales. It's made up of thousands of...
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Megalodons may have grown to the size of school buses by eating their shark...
Summary List PlacementA megalodon's head alone was the size of a car.The prehistoric monster was largest meat-eating shark to ever roam the oceans: It reached lengths of 50 feet, with dorsal fins that...
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22 discoveries this year changed our understanding of how animals...
Summary List PlacementEven amid a pandemic, scientists across the globe have continued to make mind-boggling discoveries this year.When it comes to findings about animals' adaptations and behaviors,...
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Megalodon babies ate their shark siblings in the womb, leading them to be the...
Summary List PlacementA megalodon's head alone was the size of a car.The prehistoric monster of Hollywood fame was the largest meat-eating shark to ever roam the ocean. It reached lengths of 50 feet,...
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Sharks are among a group of animals with a 6th sense that humans don't have —...
Summary List PlacementShark species have an uncanny ability to find their way back to the same feeding grounds every year — even areas thousands of miles away.According to a study published Thursday,...
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Sharks once nearly disappeared in an abrupt extinction event 'twice as...
Summary List PlacementSharks are the consummate survivors. They've been around for more than 400 million years, surviving all five of the major mass extinctions in Earth's history.But the animals...
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