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A surfer from South Carolina recalled the frightening moment he suffered a shark bite that "felt like a bear trap" on his face at a Florida beach many consider to be the shark bite capital of the ...
Unconfirmed. This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida . John Bloomquist. September 23, 1911. Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark. Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas, ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion.
Shark comes face-to-face with surfer jumping off wave and bites him, Florida officials say 20-foot-long ‘gentle giant’ stuns kayakers, paddleboarders in Scotland, videos show
The report logged 82 shark attacks in Palm Beach County since 1882 and found that 15% of bites in Florida are from blacktip sharks. Palm Beach County has the third-most shark attacks since 1882 ...
Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer and writer. In 2003, she survived a shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off; ultimately, she returned to professional surfing and wrote about her experiences in the 2004 autobiography, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board.
The report logged 83 shark attacks in Palm Beach County since 1882 and found that 15% of bites in Florida are from blacktip sharks. Palm Beach County has the third-most shark attacks since 1882 ...
Spinner shark. The spinner shark ( Carcharhinus brevipinna) is a type of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, named for the spinning leaps it makes as a part of its feeding strategy. This species occurs in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, except for in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is found from coastal to offshore habitats ...
In 2023, Florida had 16 unprovoked shark bite incidents, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File. That makes up 44% of the US total and 23% of the worldwide total.