Australia Is Hunting For A Killer Shark That A Teenager Fired A Spear Into
Sydney (AFP) - A teenager who escaped a shark attack that killed his friend in western Australia has described how he fired his spear gun into the suspected great white as authorities searched for the...
View ArticleAustralian Teen Describes His Struggle With A Shark Before It Took His...
A teenage boy has described how he was hit by a four-to-five-metre shark before it turned and grabbed his friend on the leg.The two were spearfishing around what’s known locally as Three Stripes, a...
View Article1.7-Ton Great White Shark Shuts Down Australian Beaches For 5 Straight Days
Beaches on Australia's east coast will likely remain closed for a record sixth day after repeated sightings of a giant great white shark, The Telegraph reports.The shark, which is estimated to be 5...
View ArticleCHART: Shark Attacks Are Scaring Australians Off The Beach
Sharks attacks are making Perth residents increasingly reluctant to go to the beach, research group Roy Morgan says.In five summers the people of Perth have gone from most likely to go to the beach to...
View ArticleAustralian Fisherman Catches A Rare Frilled Shark From The Prehistoric Age
A strange living fossil, a frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), has been caught by a commercial fisherman off Victoria.The fish gets its name from its six pairs of gills and is one of two...
View ArticleIncredible Video Of A Teenager Catching A 440-Pound Shark On A Beach
An amazing video has emerged in which a teenager catches a huge shark off the coast of South Australia. In the footage, captured at Tumby Bay earlier this month, a young fisherman reels in a 10-foot...
View ArticleAn Incredibly Rare Megamouth Shark Just Washed Up In The Philippines
Now this is an interesting-looking — and incredibly rare — creature. With a bulbous head and 50 rows of tiny teeth, the 66th megamouth shark ever seen in the world washed ashore on Wednesday morning in...
View ArticleAustralia has an app to prevent people from being eaten by sharks
If becoming dinner for a great white has you worried, then the NSW government’s new, free phone app, Sharksmart, is just what you need.The app takes the information on the Department of Primary...
View ArticleTwo shark attacks in Australia leave 1 dead and 1 injured
A person has reportedly died following a shark attack at Shelly Beach, Ballina, on the New South Wales far north coastNSW Ambulance media said paramedics are on the scene treating the person, who was...
View ArticleHere's how many people actually die from shark attacks
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Shark attacks killed three people worldwide in 2014, a dramatic drop from 10 fatalities seen a year earlier, researchers found in an annual global tally released this week.Two...
View ArticleXero's CMO used this awesome slide in a presentation to explain why it's...
Andy Lark, cloud-accounting company Xero’s CMO, used this slide at the company’s convention in London this week to show why it’s important to adopt tech early. Slide of the conference...
View ArticleThe strangest-looking shark on earth is being dissected by Australian...
A rare goblin shark, caught by a commercial fisher in January off Australia's southeast coast near Eden, was recently handed over to the Australian Museum. It's only the fourth specimen of this kind to...
View ArticleCreepy ‘alien of the deep’ caught by a fisherman
They may not be as beautiful as the shimmering, iridescent blue shark or as mighty as the magnificent great white, but goblin sharks are truly awesome creatures, and the Australian Museum is...
View ArticleUnderwater video captures sharks in feeding frenzy off the coast of the Bahamas
Professional wildlife videographer EunJae Im attached a fish head to an underwater camera before lowering it into shark-infested waters near the Bahamas. His stunning footage captures the sharks as...
View ArticleExtremely detailed images of a rare goblin shark caught in Australia
A rare goblin shark, caught by a commercial fisher in January off Australia's southeast coast near Eden, was recently handed over to the Australian Museum. It's only the fourth specimen of this kind to...
View ArticleVideo catches a shark lunging out the water to steal a guy's fish on the reel
This video of a guy doing all the hard work to pull in a fish is weirdly scary. It’s like watching Jaws. You know something bad is going to happen but you can’t look away.Watching him reel in his...
View ArticleSharks are disappearing from the island paradise that inspired 'Jurassic Park'
Marine protected areas — essentially nature preserves in the ocean — are meant to provide a safe harbor for sharks, rays and other ocean species being lost because of intense and often unregulated...
View ArticleIncredible pictures of an Australian teenager reeling in a 1,000 pound tiger...
A mammoth tiger shark weighing more than 450kg (992 pounds) has been caught by hand off a beach in New South Wales.Max Muggeridge, 19, who has been a shark fisherman for more than seven years, took...
View ArticleWhy we’re so fascinated by shark attacks even though they hardly ever happen
Sharks are incredibly unlikely to bite you. They're even less likely to kill you. However, we remain fascinated with their ability – and occasional proclivity – to do just that.With so many things more...
View ArticleWatch a huge shark swim alongside a Florida resident's waterfront property
Footage uploaded on YouTube earlier this week shows an 8- to 9-foot bull shark swimming alongside the seawall of a waterfront residence in Bonita Springs, Florida."It's really dangerous. I'm a parent...
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