Shark Week on The Discovery Channel starts Sunday August 2 at 9pm. The schedule brings you a whole week of edge of your seat viewing. This educational week of the sea going creatures is sure to top the charts as people from all around the country tune in. Here is the schedule for this weeks: ...
I have lived in Florida for over 30 years and I am familiar with its beaches from Key West to Jacksonville on the east coast, and from the Panama City down to Naples on the west coast. I am also familiar with which Florida beaches have produced the greatest amounts of unprovoked shark attacks. I ...
A shark attacked and killed an Austrian tourist on Monday (02-25-08) during a diving expedition near the Bahamas. 49-year old Markus Groh from Vienna was known to be an experienced diver, and Brian Skoloff reports that the shark attack occurred in the waters off the Fort Lauderdale coast, an area frequented by spring break enthusiasts. ...
The American public has been fascinated with sharks ever since the blockbuster hit Jaws. We gather around the television set every time we hear of another shark attack along one of the world’s magnificent beaches. According to the International Shark Attack File there are 400 different types of sharks, but only 30 have been known ...
Most of the shark species that can be found in the Caribbean region are not a threat to humans, as tend to not be as aggressive as other sharks. However, there are some exceptions to this rule, as the bull shark, the tiger shark, and the Caribbean reef shark, all found in the Caribbean, are ...
Within the last month, at least two men were killed by shark attacks. One of the victims was an American who was attacked off the Pacific coast of Mexico and the other was killed by a great white shark in California. While experts debate whether the attacks were simply coincidence or signs that sharks are ...
The shortfin mako shark is also known as just the mako shark according to the Wikipedia. There are many things that make the shortfin mako shark different from many other sharks including its characteristics and behavioral traits. With all of the shark attacks that have happened in the past it may be important for you ...
If you love to swim in the ocean, you should know how to avoid a shark attack. Shark attacks are extremely rare and fatalities from shark attacks are even rarer. There have only been 49 fatal shark attacks in the last 440 years, although there have been over 1,000 non-fatal attacks during the same time ...
Santa Cruz County’s Pleasure Point surfing area was the setting for the latest California shark attack on a kayaker, KSDK Channel 5 reports. Are kayakers in danger of experiencing more shark attacks as the sport becomes more popular? What are the details of the shark attack? A fish believed to be a great white shark ...
Being an avid traveler, snorkeler, and beach-goer makes knowing and hearing about shark attacks common. While traveling in Australia, I was fortunate enough to live through a shark attack at a beach in New South Wales. However, the shark I was bitten by was a young Grey Nurse Shark, which left minimal wounds in my ...
