A new study presented at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology’s annual meeting showed that bonnethead sharks can survive on a vegetarian diet. The research by Samantha Leigh, a doctoral candidate at the University of California-Irvine, examined the stomach contents for the species and found that over 60 percent of the material in their stomachs of younger specimens was […]
President Trump a HUGE fan of Shark Week, spankings
President Donald Trump has a fondness for watching Shark Week while being spanked with a magazine by aging porn stars, a report by Mother Jones claims. While Discovery Channel’s annual programming homage to the toothy apex predator has spawned a menagerie of quirky viewing habits from complex drinking games to costumed binge parties, the president’s […]
Tagged tiger shark shows lengthy migration path
Not freezing temperatures or nor’easters or Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose or Maria can stop “Andy,” a tiger shark tagged in Bermuda by scientists from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) in 2014. Travelling approximately 37,565 miles off the eastern coast of the United States and around Bermuda, the Bahamas and Turks and […]
Cold-shocked bull shark recuperating at Florida aquarium
A juvenile bull shark that was brought in to the Tarpon Springs Aquarium in Florida is making a slow but steady recovery after it was found suffering from extreme cold shock on a Florida beach. The shark was brought to the aquarium last week by a local charter captain after it was found alive but […]
VIDEO: Drone operator warns boy of incoming sharks
While operating his drone camera on a beach in the Bahamas, Artem Tkachenko noticed a school of sharks heading directly for a young boy as he was swimming in the surf. Although it is not clear whether the sharks intended to attack the young boy, Tkachenko warned the young swimmer who was able to make […]
Great whites popping up off the coast of Florida
With water temperatures plummeting throughout their usual habitats, great white sharks sightings off the coast of Florida have been plentiful recently. The behavior has become a regular occurrence for the species as they seek the warmer water and ample feeding grounds of the Sunshine State. Savannah, a 460-pound female shark that was tagged as part […]
VIDEO: Whale shelters diver from shark
A recent video of a humpback whale reportedly shielding a diver from a circling tiger shark has been making the rounds on social media. The video, taken in September of 2017, shows biologist Nan Hauser of the Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation snorkeling alongside an adult humpback whale off the coast of the Cook Islands in […]
Defendants plead not guilty in shark cruelty case
Michael Wenzel of Palmetto, Robert Lee Benac of Bradenton, and Spencer Heintz of Palmetto pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges stemming from an incident in which they keel-hauled a live blacktip shark behind a boat while filming its gruesome death. Wenzel and Benac face two counts of Aggravated Animal Cruelty, a third-degree felony, and one […]
New England cold snap leaves sharks in shock
Three thresher sharks were found dead Massachusetts’s Cape Cod Bay this week as temperatures plunged following a cold front this week that caused sub-freezing temperatures across most of the country. Experts believed that the sharks died due to cold shock. Temperatures in the area were as low as five degrees. The three thresher sharks were all […]
VIDEO: Curious nurse shark nips newlywed
A women got a bit of a startle when a six-foot nurse shark clamped down on her hand while snorkeling in the shallows of the Caribbean during her honeymoon. Sarah Illig posted a video of the encounter, which was filmed by her husband Evan Carroll, to YouTube. Ill was not seriously injured by the encounter. “Mid snorkeling with […]
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