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VIDEO: Shark rescued, placed in Sydney swimming pool

A nearly two-meter long juvenile shark was rescued from Manly Beach in Sydney, Australia, after it washed ashore. Rescuers who found the injured shark were able to load it into a van and transport it to a nearby saltwater pool in Fairy Bower. The locals dubbed the shark “Fluffy.” Fluffy will be released back into […]

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Authorities confiscate live sharks living in New York pool

Seven live sandbar sharks were found living in a basement pool in Lagrangeville, New York. The one to three foot sharks were found after a search warrant was served by officers from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Officers also found two dead leopard sharks and a dead juvenile hammerhead during the search. “I’ve […]

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VIDEO: Giant underwater bug eats shark’s face

In this video, captured on a deep sea surveillance camera, a giant isopod, or sea louse, is seen attacking a shark as it feeds on a baited station. The bug-like creature can be seen attaching itself to the shark’s face until it can kill and eat the formerly apex predator. Nature is cool.

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Fox News Anchor Falls for Harvey Shark Hoax

Fox News anchor Jesse Watters propagated some “fake news” on Tuesday. Reporting that sharks had taken over the flooded streets of Texas. “There’s some really weird biblical things that are going on down there in Houston,” Watters told viewers. The viral photo was posted to Twitter in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Photoshopped image […]

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Keel-hauled shark video prompts investigation

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission announced that it has identified the men in a video of a captured shark being dragged behind a boat off the coast of Florida. The video, which has been shared thousands of times, shows three men laughing while what appears to be a juvenile blacktip shark is violently dragged […]

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How the legend of Old Hitler landed on Discovery’s Shark Week

This story was originally published on Sharkophile.com on July 23, 2017. “Is that Old Hitler?” the young boy asked me as I was waiting for my luggage at the airport in Fort Myers. The boy’s mom looked horrified that her son was making Hitler references to strangers in the middle of a busy airport terminal. I […]

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Gold medalist Michael Phelps to race Great White during Shark Week

Is Olympic gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps able to out-swim one of nature’s fastest predators? That is the premise of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2017 special event, Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White. According to a press release from Discovery, “They are one of the fastest and most efficient predators on the planet: Sharks. […]

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Porn star’s alleged shark attack a hoax in poor taste

A viral marketing video for an adult-oriented webcam service which featured an adult film actress reportedly being bitten by a lemon shark off the coast of Florida is being called out as a hoax and the company behind it, CamSoda.com, is facing potential backlash. The promotional video, which featured porn actress Molly Cavalli, has garnered over 15 […]

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Rare tropical shark washes up on United Kingdom shoreline

A rare shark washed ashore in Hope Cove in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, according to the National Marine Aquarium in Devon. Biologists confirm that it was a crocodile shark, a member of the mackerel shark family that includes great whites and makos. These sharks, which grow to approximately three feet in length and weigh put to […]