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Great hammerhead. The great hammerhead ( Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft). It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal areas and the continental shelf.
In 2021, The Island Packet reported shark attacks off the island on two separate occasions. In May 2021, a 26-year-old man was swimming at Burkes beach on Hilton Head when he suddenly felt ...
Shark net. A shark net is a submerged section of gillnets placed at beaches designed to intercept large marine animals including sharks, with the aim to reduce the likelihood of shark attacks on swimmers. Shark nets used are gillnets which is a wall of netting that hangs in the water and captures the marine animals by entanglement, however only ...
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.
Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 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.
Shark barrier. A shark barrier (otherwise known as a "shark-proof enclosure" or "beach enclosure") is seabed-to-surface protective barrier that is placed around a beach to protect people from shark attacks. Often confused with shark nets, shark barriers form a fully enclosed swimming area that prevents sharks from entering (nets aim to reduce ...
The United States led all nations last year with 36 unprovoked shark attacks, two of them fatal, according to the International Shark Attack File compiled by Florida Museum. Sixteen attacks, or ...
The frilled shark ( Chlamydoselachus anguineus ), also known as the lizard shark, is one of the two extant species of shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae (the other is the southern African frilled shark ( Chlamydoselachus africana )). The frilled shark is considered a living fossil, because of its primitive, anguilliform (eel-like) physical ...