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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Shark News - January 14, 2016


Bamboo Sharks


Shark virgin births seen in two generations for the first time
The finding was made by following a captive female whitespotted bamboo shark. Genetic testing revealed her offspring had no father, and one of ...
Man RIDES 10-foot shark before releasing it back to a river
Unbelievable pictures of Stephen Pateman straddling a bull shark he caught in the Clarence River system in Australia emerged online yesterday ...
"I've Survived Three Shark Bites"
Valerie Taylor and her late husband Ron were the Australian filmmakers who shot the underwater shark footage for the hit 1970s movie Jaws.
Arabi resident dives with the sharks
Arabi resident Aubrey Traina (second from left) was part of a team of divers that recently visited the Georgia Aquarium to dive with the world's largest ...
Shark forum on horizon
The council's Shark Summit, the first of its kind outside Sydney, called on the State Government to use the shire's beaches to trial new technology and ...
How Our Appetite for Seafood Is Killing Our Oceans
For generations, the Vezo have caught sharks—a single shark can feed several families. But now, the sharks have disappeared from their waters.
Shark sighting closes Leighton Beach
LEIGHTON Beach was closed at 8am Thursday after a shark was spotted by a child who was part of a group of more than 100 children about to start a ...
NGO calls for ban on shark hunting in Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: An environmental NGO wants an immediate halt to shark hunting in Sabah to enable a detailed study on the remaining population ...
Shark sighting closes beaches
Port Macquarie's Town Beach was closed following a shark sighting on ... beaches were closed on Thursday morning following a shark sighting.
WA fishermen parade sharks they caught standing on the beach
Two fisherman have hooked two massive sharks while standing on a beach and posted the pictures on social media. A hammerhead and a tiger shark ...
Taking bite out of shark myths
Environmentalist Paul Sharp with his head inside the jaws of 4.5m white shark, which was found off Perth back in 1968. It is part of his travelling shark ...
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough review – a heavy message but plenty of sharks
In the final episode, Sir David strikes the perfect balance between educating us about climate change and showing us extraordinary creatures, such as ...
Swimmers warned of bull shark 'highways'
Griffith University resident shark research scientist Jonathan Werry, who dedicates much of his time to monitoring the movements of bull sharks in ...
How the Dissection Of A Shark's Head Revealed The True Nature Of Fossils
In October 1666, a large shark was captured by a French fishing boat in the sea of Livorno (modern Italy, at the time part of the reign of Tuscany).
Rodney Fox interview: “Sharks are not crazy man-eaters”
50 years ago, Rodney Fox almost died in a great white shark attack – but since then, he's dedicated his life to shark conservation. We caught up with ...
Virtual reality gives terrifying 360-degree view of great white sharks
Not many people have experienced what it's like to swim with great white sharks, but a start-up virtual reality company is hoping to change that.
Urgent need to protect shark in Semporna, throughout Malaysia: SSPA President
SEMPORNA: Sabah Shark Protection Association (SSPA) is urgently calling for Malaysia to take serious action and protect the dwindling shark ...
Well-travelled shark
A starry smooth hound shark, but not the one caught by Arcturus. A HOUND shark caught near Shetland in December had been tagged off the Dutch ..

Great whites flee Gansbaai
Brenda du Toit from Marine Dynamics Shark Tours in Gansbaai said they had periods where sharks are scarce but there had never been a time when ...
Shark attack survivor Damon Kendrick steps back in the water
Damon Kendrick was 14 when he was swimming at dusk at the beach with his mates in Durban, South Africa. It was the summer of 1974, and the ...

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Shark Bytes - March 25, 2015

Cape Fur Seal eating a Blue Shark

Killer seals develop a taste for shark guts
It's like Jaws but, this time, the shark is on the menu. In an incident that turns the phrase "shark attack" on its head, a seal has repeatedly attacked, ...
Dead baby whale removed, but sharks remain off Maui beach
Maui County Ocean Safety officials are warning beachgoers Tuesday about sharks feeding on a whale carcass off Kite Beach near the Kahului airport ...
How Do You Feed a Nurse Shark?
Whilst on a trip to Xcaret, Mexico, Paulo had the chance to witness a nurse shark being fed by a handler. The man seems at ease with the entire ...
Fisheries officers investigate Albany man who caught 4m tiger shark
Brendon Hilder was visited by two officers this morning after media reports showed the four-metre shark he landed on Shelley Beach near Albany.
Healy residents see shark attack while vacationing in Hawaii
The shark attack victim recounted the attack in a news article: “The water around me was about four or five feet deep,” he said. “I was looking out to sea ...

Expert says its a great white, but boat 'attack' an accident
Daniel Fleming believes this same shark attacked his boat twice within six months near Pottsville. Photo: contributed by Daniel Fleming Daniel ...
Boardriders to develop new 'shark watch' site
MEMBERS of the community will be able to alert surfers to the presence of sharks through a new website being developed by a boardriding club.
Photo Identification of Sharks
To initially assess the two shark populations and investigate how the natural resources are partitioned between and within these species.
Bethany Hamilton to meet Palm Desert child who lost leg
On Oct. 31, 2003, Hamilton, then 13 years old, was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark in Hawaii while surfing off Kauai's North Shore. But even though ...
Great White Sharks of Gansbaai: No hooking, no handling, no harm.
Several of us spent the day on an outing with Marine Dynamics out of Gansbaii to see Great White Sharks near Dyer Island. We anchored in an easy ...