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Shark attacks dipped to the lowest level in five years in 2008, a change that might have happened because the ailing economy kept cash-strapped vacationers away from beaches, a leading shark expert said Thursday.
No one could even remember a shark attack along this resort-studded stretch of Mexican coast popular with surfers and Hollywood's elite. Many of the large predators had been pulled from the ocean by fishermen. So when sharks attacked three surfers in less than a month, two fatally, it was unthinkable.
A kayaker fought off an 8-foot great white shark with her paddle on Monday after it knocked her off the craft at one of Australia's most popular beaches.
A 9-year-old boy and an adult were apparently bitten by sharks off the beaches of a barrier island, authorities said. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening.
Divers recount 19 hours in shark-infested seasAs day turned to night, Richard Neely and Allyson Dalton clung to each other in a vast ocean, hoping that search crews would find them before the sharks below did. After their ordeal on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the couple are "exhausted, but happy to be alive."
Great white sharks hunt like Hannibal LecterGreat white sharks have some things in common with human serial killers, a new study says: They don't attack at random, but stalk specific victims, lurking out of sight.
Divers recount 19 hours in shark-infested seasAs day turned to night, Richard Neely and Allyson Dalton clung to each other in a vast ocean, hoping that search crews would find them before the sharks below did. After their ordeal on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the couple are "exhausted, but happy to be alive."
2 Shark Attacks Within 10 Minutes In Volusia County (Video)NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Two people were bitten by sharks in the same area of New Smyrna Beach Saturday morning. According to Beach Patrol, the two men were bitten by sharks within ten minutes of each other just before 9:30a.m.
Shark attacks diver in Sydney HarbourA shark attacked a navy diver in Sydney Harbour on Wednesday, leaving him with severe injuries to his right hand and leg, an ambulance officer said.
Boy Accidentally Puts Foot in Shark's MouthA 15-year-old was hospitalized after he jumped off his surfboard and landed on a shark. See more irresistible headlines
'Jaws'-size fear sweeps VineyardA Martha's Vineyard harbor master raised the alarming prospect of "Jaws returning" after a large shark was spotted cutting through the waves just 70 yards off South Beach yesterday.
Rickets makes a surprise comeback in ClevelandThe disease often starts with pain in the legs, arms and spine. But babies with rickets can't tell anyone about the pain, so it's usually a seizure, a broken bone or the characteristic bowed legs that finally trigger a diagnosis.
The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Obliteration of the world's great shark species may be upsetting the balance of entire ocean ecosystemsWEARING SHORTS and wet suit booties, marine ecologist Charles "Pete" Peterson wades carefully through a bed of sea grass looking for scallops.
Shark attack pair share their storiesSHARK attack survivor Zac Golebiowski has vowed to return to the water after an inspirational meeting with young Hawaiian surf star Bethany Hamilton. Just three years after a tiger shark severed her left arm, Hamilton, at Victoria's Phillip Island for the Roxy Women's Pro, is bl …
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