Sand tiger sharks (also known as grey nurse sharks or Carcharias taurus) are relatively placid sharks, but their offspring are scarier than anything seen in the movies. Unlike most sharks, sand tiger sharks give birth instead of lay eggs. Although dozens of baby sharks are fertilized, only one or two survives to be born. Say ...
“Dear FutureAssHat, By now you should be done with school, married and making an assload of money. If you’re not then you need to make some sort of drastic change. Like base jumping without a parachute or shark diving with a suit made of meat, you always did like sharks. Once an asshat, always an ...
The little Central American country of Belize may have more adventure within her borders than any other place on earth. Located on the southern end of the Yucatan peninsula, it is bordered on the north by the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the west and south by Guatemala and to the east, Belize looks ...
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 ...
20 Bizarre Facts About Sharks: 1. Sharks read the earth’s magnetic field like a map – the ocean current creates an electrical field, and so does every living thing. Sharks have electrical receptors, like pores, the lower jaw and snout. This sense is so powerful it can detect prey that’s completely buried in sand or ...
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 ...
With one of the key components of tourism in Belize being scuba diving, dive shops in Belize are easy to find. Most of the resorts on the island have their own dive shops in Belize, and many of the coastal tourist centers also have many dive shops in Belize. The dive shops in Belize offer ...
Some people are very surprised to learn that there is such a thing as freshwater sharks. Of course, most of the world’s shark species are found in the ocean, but there are some elusive and not so elusive sharks out there that can be found in freshwater. Granted there are only two types and possibly ...