Tag: great white
Shark bites teenage surfer at Ponce Inlet in Volusia County’s 10th unprovoked bite of 2021
The 16-year-old was paddling his surfboard about 500 feet offshore just north of Ponce Inlet at 1:20 p.m. Thursday, according to an incident report.
About 200 surfers were in the water that day, as the massive Hurricane Larry churned more than a thousand miles away, bringing large swells to the Florida coast.
Surfer dies in shark attack off Australian beach
Two shark attacks on nearby Southeast beaches in one-week span “a bit mysterious”
No reason to panic after two shark bites in two weeks
Whether it’s Jaws or Shark Week, there’s a fascination and fear anytime the words “shark attack” are on a screen. So, for our purposes, let’s remove that phrase.
We start July 27, with a bite on Tybee Island in Georgia. Then, this Tuesday, Aug. 3, another bite on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.
Some of you may be thinking, “two bites in two weeks, I’m not going in the ocean.”
Girl injured in suspected shark attack in Maryland
Jordan Prushinski and her family told WBRE-TV that they were on vacation Monday at the beach in Ocean City when
Shark bites swimmer’s butt near spot drunk victim was killed while peeing
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
A Brazilian beach-goer is lucky to be alive after a shark chomped his behind near the same spot that a drunk man was killed while peeing a week earlier.
The victim was fortunate that he didn’t get his leg “torn off,” reported Jacobina Noticias of the flank attack
After a shark attack this holiday weekend, here’s what you need to know to stay safe
Experts say there’s no evidence sharks are more prevalent in shallow water. Even if it may seem like there are more shark attacks closer to the shore this year, the numbers don’t show anything different this year than in previous years.
So far, none of the attacks in 2021 have
Man attacked by shark on San Mateo County coast feels like ‘luckiest man in the world’ to be alive
Nemanja Spasojevic thought he hit the jackpot.
While snorkeling and fishing for dinner in Gray Whale Cove off the San Mateo County coast about 9 a.m. on June 25, he came across the rare sight of five Dungeness crabs climbing on top of each other in the underwater sand.
“I said ‘wow’ to myself,” Spasojevic said. “It’s like striking a gold mine.”
Savoring the moment, he started picking the crabs