Great whites are also social
MIAMI (USA)- Great whites are lone predators but when their is a dead whale floating around they are much more social than thought to be. Experts studied social behaviour of white sharks around a dead whale in the cold waters of South Africa. The study is titled, White sharks (CarcharodonContinue Reading
New nets for Cape Town
CAPE TOWN (SOUTH AFRICA)- The council of the South-African town of Cape Town is working on implementing new shark nets in Fish Hoek. These ones are designed to keep sharks out, rather than the conventional nets that are designed to kill them. What makes Fish Hoek’s “exclusion nets” a worldContinue Reading
Swimmer attacked in Florida
JENSEN BEACH (USA)- The US state of Florida is still shark attack capital of the world. On Jensen Beach in Martin County last weekend a 50-year old swimmer was bitten in the hand by a shark. The bite caused nothing more than a minor injury. The man was taken toContinue Reading
Ancient shark teeth reveal truth
GILBERT ISLANDS (KIRIBATI)- Overfishing is not just a sign of modern times. Hundreds of years ago species vanished by overfishing. That is the important conclusion of a study of ancient Pacific weaponry. In Kiribati at least two shark species. A collection of vicious weapons made of shark teeth reveals thatContinue Reading
Two-headed shark
EAST LANSING (USA) – Scientists at Michigan State University have confirmed the discovery of the world’s first-ever two-headed bull shark. It has two heads, two hearts and two stomachs, and is joined at the back to form a single tail. The shark was found in the uterus of an adult bull sharkContinue Reading
VIDEO: Shark enters divers cage
CAPE TOWN (SOUTH AFRICA)- A newlywed couple, cage diving off the coast of South Africa got the scare of a lifetime when a great white shark ignored the bait and went straight for the cage. With its head the shark entered the cage, threshing about. The couple got a withContinue Reading
VIDEO: Beaches closed for sharks
PERTH (AUSTRALIA)- Beaches in Perth, Western Australia, were closed this week when a unusually large group of sharks was spotted just offshore. by a chopper crew. Around 100 sharks were spotted just one-third of a mile off a popular beach. The crew of a rescue helicopter spotted the animals while theyContinue Reading