Pin Itemailprint The video below shows a massive dead whale shark being hoisted onto a pier in the Pakistani port city of Karachi yesterday. According to local reports, five cranes were needed to lift the dead mammal, which reportedly measured over 40 feet long and weight between six and seven tons. Reports said the whale [...]
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If you’re planning to visit Australia this year, you might want to stay out of the water. A snorkeling guide was attacked by a 10-foot tiger shark this month in what was already Australia’s third attack of the new year. That’s as many shark attacks Australia normally sees in a whole year. David Pickering, 26, [...]
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What a year it was for scientific advancements. In 2011, there were some amazing discoveries in astronomy, particle physics, lost civilizations, and even the animal kingdom. From pyramids buried in the desert to the discovery of amazing new planets, 2011 was quite a year! Check it out below. More here: Best of 2011 Incoming search [...]
Here’s something you may never see again – an albino, fetal shark with one eye. The Cyclops Shark was sliced from the belly of a pregnant dusky shark that was caught by a fisherman in the Gulf of California this summer. Researchers have studied the preserved beast and discovered that its lone eye is made [...]
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Members of a golf club in Australia have more to worry about than just an ordinary water hazard. They’re now playing on what’s believed to be the world’s first shark-infested course. On the 14th hole at the Carbrook Golf Club in Brisbane, about half a dozen man-eating sharks live in the lake in the center [...]
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A tragic shark attack has claimed the life of a British honeymooner in the Seychelles. Ian Redmond, 30, was attacked while he was swimming off Anse Lazio beach, on the island of Paslin. Britain’s Foreign Office confirmed the death and said it was providing counseling for his next of kin. The British high commissioner was [...]
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Russell Hood-Penn had his camera rolling at just the right time. As his two dogs were swimming in the ocean near the West Australian town of Broome, they suddenly found themselves surrounded by sharks. A dead dugong (a large aquatic mammal akin to a manatee) had washed up on shore, which likely attracted the sharks. [...]
Here’s something you don’t expect while you’re out at sea. Marine scientists studying sharks in South Africa were surprised when one of their helpful subjects, a great white shark, decided to give them a closer view by jumping into their boat! Six researchers from Oceans Research were collecting data on sharks in Mossel Bay when [...]
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You’ve probably heard that when a TV show goes totally off the rails, people say it’s “jumped the shark.” Well, one shark in Florida is tired of that expression…so tired, in fact, he decided to turn the proverbial tables and jump right over a surfer. Orlando Sentinel photographer Jacob Langston was shooting some video of [...]
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Well, we hadn’t seen any Mass Animal Deaths in quite a while so I suppose we were overdue. It seems dozens of leopard sharks have been washing up dead on the shores of California since last month. A necropsy shows that at least one of those sharks died of massive internal bleeding, in fact, the [...]
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One man got a little more than he bargained for when he went kayaking off the coast of Panama City, Florida last week and was accompanied by a rare Basking Shark. This type of shark doesn’t usually show up in Gulf waters, but one over 25-feet long decided to take a closer look at Josh [...]
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Just when you thought it was safe. Sharks are taking Florida by swarm, er storm. Thousands of sharks have been spotted swarming just 50 yards off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida through this week. According to biologists, this is time of year when begin to migrate toward warmer waters. The sharks are likely swimming [...]
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