Video: Shark Explorers – 2012 Reloaded
Vimeo user Shark Explorers recently shared the video above, which features white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) footage from both Isla de Guadalupe and South Africa. There is also what appears to be...
View ArticleDid a shark decapitate a large crocodile in South Africa?
An article from the UK-based tabloid The Sun suggests that a shark might have been responsible for killing a crocodile whose severed head washed ashore on a beach in St. Lucia, South Africa. While The...
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South African man found guilty of catching great white shark
A South African fisherman poses with a protected great white shark at Beacon Point, Mossel Bay.(photo courtesy of Oceans Research) According to a press release from the South African Department of...
View ArticleFisherman lands juvenile great white shark on SA beach
YouTube user APDharley1 posted the video above of a fisherman landing a juvenile great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) near Cape Agulhas, South Africa. According to the video description, the...
View ArticleGreat white shark gets head caught in cage (Gansbaai, SA)
WARNING: Video contains profanity (and also was shot vertically, which some may find more offensive than the profanity) YouTube user Bryan Plummer‘s video of a white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)...
View ArticleVisual abstract: white sharks scavenging on whales in False Bay
The R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation recently posted the video above to their Vimeo channel. The video is intended as a supplemental “visual abstract” for the research article “White Sharks...
View ArticleBarrier-style shark nets deployed off South Africa’s Western Cape
An “environmentally-friendly” type of shark net is going through a trial run off the coast of Fish Hoek, South Africa, according to a BBC report. The trial run is a response to shark attacks in the...
View ArticleResearchers test new “eco-friendly” shark barriers
eNCA reports that researchers from Stellenbosch University are performing a test trial of a new “eco-friendly” shark barrier near Dyer Island off the coast of Gansbaai, SA. The Sharksafe Barrier...
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Study uses dorsal fins for great white shark population estimate
The following is a press release from Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT) Fin recognition software was used to identify individual white sharks. (Photo courtesy of Dyer Island Shark Trust) Pioneering...
View ArticleWhite shark dorsal fin study – abridged version (infographic)
In case you don’t have time to read through the Dyer Island Conservation Trust press release regarding the study of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) estimates based on dorsal fin identification,...
View ArticleSpearfisherman has close encounter with great white shark
WARNING: Video contains language that may be offensive to some. YouTube user Eugene van Wyngaardt had a close encounter with a white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) while spearfishing off the South...
View ArticleNat Geo Channel’s ‘Die Trying’ to feature white shark tagging
“Great White Ambush,” this week’s episode of National Geographic Channel’s “Die Trying,” will follow a team of shark experts, along with wildlife filmmaker Andy Casagrande to Shark Alley off the coast...
View ArticleStealthy seals sneak past white sharks using subsurface structures
The following was shared with us by shark researcher Michelle Jewell… Stealthy seals use subsurface structures to sneak by white sharks Written by Michelle Jewell (@ExpatScientist) Predators are highly...
View ArticleWoman celebrates 100th birthday with great white shark dive
As part of Georgina Harwood’s 100th birthday celebration, she went on a great white shark dive off Gansbai, South Africa, yesterday. In addition to the shark dive, Harwood also celebrated turning 100...
View ArticleVideo: Baited great white shark bumps into cage
A video shot off Gansbaii, South Africa of a white shark bumping a cage, after charging a hang bait, has been making the rounds in the (largely tabloid) media today. Some of the more creative news...
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