Robot reveals secret life of sharks
LONG BEACH (USA)- This summer the secret underwater lives of sharks will be revealed by a new underwater robot. Biologist Chris Lowe from California State University Long Beach and engineer Chris Clark from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California have been developing a shark-tracking robot for the past three yearsContinue Reading
VIDEO: shark attack in knee-deep water
NEW SOUTH WALES (AUSTRALIA)- A 51-year-old man has suffered severe puncture wounds after being attacked by a grey nurse shark off the coast of New South Wales. The fisherman was attempting to free three sharks trapped in his net when the animal struck. Saunders has been taken to hospital followingContinue Reading
New Smyrna gets first shark bite
NEW SMYRNA BEACH (USA)- The self pronounced “Shark Bite Capital of the World”, New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County in the state of Florida, has had its first bite of the year. A 21-year old surfer was paddling out to catch some waves when a shark bit the surfer inContinue Reading
Moon has effect on shark behavior
PERTH (AUSTRALIA)- The diving behaviour of sharks could be influenced by the moon, water temperature and time of day, new research by the University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute and the Australian Institute of Marine Science has revealed. Grey reef sharks Scientists of the two institutes studied about 40 greyContinue Reading
Shark chases shark onto beach
NOOSA BEACH (AUSTRALIA)- A beach was closed rapidly when one shark was chasing another out of the water. Lifesavers pulled out a dying 2 meter long bull shark onto the beach. Noosa Surf Club lifesavers on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast quickly closed the beach after a surfer saw a large bullContinue Reading
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