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Great white shark: Attacked within 100 yards of the shore near Watsonville, California while the victim was surfing. [143] [144] Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63: July 27, 2020: Bailey Island, Maine: Great white shark: Attacked about 20 yards from the shore while swimming with her daughter. It was the first recorded fatal shark attack in Maine. [145 ...
A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year, around 80 unprovoked attacks are reported worldwide. [1] Despite their rarity, [2][3][4][5] many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and horror fiction and films such as the Jaws series.
Carcharodon albimorsWhitley, 1939. The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon.
The last recorded great white shark attack in San Luis Obispo County happened in 2021 near Morro Rock. Prior to that, only two fatal shark attacks had been recorded in San Luis Obispo County in ...
Sharks at the Shore: Great white shark surprises fishermen off Point Pleasant Beach, tries to eat catch. ... Surfers and boarders bear the brunt of the shark attacks, accounting for 42% of the ...
As shark attacks make headlines, ... Even a nibble from a great white shark could sever arteries. "When you get even a test bite from a large shark, they have the dentition to do damage, and we're ...
September 3, 2017. Dyer Island, Western Cape. Great white shark. Xelela was swimming with a group of poachers to Dyer Island to poach abalone. He was swimming a few meters in front of the group when a shark grabbed him, pulled him underwater, and resurfaced with him in its jaws. The group swam away, and Xelela's body was later retrieved by a ...
In 2013, WHOI engineers took a specially equipped REMUS SharkCam underwater vehicle to Guadalupe Island off the West Coast of Mexico. Their goal was to track and film great white sharks in the ...