Shark articles
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Baby Great White Sharks Are Menacing California Beaches
Baby great white sharks prefer to lurk in shallow waters close to shore, a new study has found.Marine scientists from California State University, Long Beach, have proved this for the first time, answering one of the long-standing mysteries relating to great white sharks.Juvenile great white sharks, and their nursery areas, are hard to document as the species are so elusive. Scientists already know that young white sharks stay in nursey areas when they are first born, however the exact location...
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Tagging project sheds light on the elusive white shark
Researchers have discovered new white shark behaviors by attaching smart tags and cameras to their fins, revealing never-before-seen details of the lives of the elusive creatures.
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British tourist injured in shark attack is ‘aware and can communicate’
Peter Smith is in intensive care after suffering damage to an arm, leg and hand and puncture wounds to abdomenA British tourist who was seriously injured in a shark attack off a Caribbean island is “aware of what is happening and can communicate” in intensive care, his wife has said.Peter Smith, 64, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, was savaged 10 metres (33ft) off the shore near the Starfish hotel in Courland Bay on the north coast of Tobago on Friday morning. Continue reading