A moment meant to be gentle turned into a heart-stopping one when a wild great white swung its head toward the woman touching it. The Moment Caught on Video Off Tybee Island, Georgia, a woman named Jen reached over the side of a fishing boat and placed her hand on a great white shark. Video of the encounter shows the shark thrashing, whipping its head around and lunging … [Read more...] about Watch as a great white shark thrashes, lunges at woman after she reaches out to pet the marine apex predator
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Influencer Ordered to Delete Social Media Photos After Posing With Great White Shark
A social media influencer has been ordered by a U.S. judge to delete photos and videos showing him posing with a great white shark and to stop posting new videos, after prosecutors said he caught the protected animal on Cape Cod. Here is what has been reported so far, and what is still only an allegation. What Prosecutors Allege According to a press release from the Cape … [Read more...] about Influencer Ordered to Delete Social Media Photos After Posing With Great White Shark
Great white sharks will never be held captive in aquariums – sad reason why
Dolphins, turtles, jellyfish, even smaller sharks: walk through almost any major aquarium and you'll find all of them. One animal you'll never see on exhibit, no matter how large or well-funded the aquarium, is a great white shark. A History of Failed Attempts The first recorded attempt to house a great white shark in captivity was in 1955, at Marineland of the Pacific in … [Read more...] about Great white sharks will never be held captive in aquariums – sad reason why
World’s Largest Male Great White Shark Discovered: What Scientists Found Left Them Speechless
Twenty months after researchers tagged him off the Georgia–Florida coast, Contender, the largest male white shark OCEARCH has ever tagged in the western North Atlantic, is still reporting his position. This September his tag placed him somewhere no similarly tagged shark has been seen before, off the coast of Newfoundland. How Contender Was Tagged On January 17, 2025, the … [Read more...] about World’s Largest Male Great White Shark Discovered: What Scientists Found Left Them Speechless
This 1,600-pound ocean giant just went somewhere no other OCEARCH-tagged shark has ever been
Contender, the largest male great white shark ever tagged in the Atlantic, has just pushed into territory no OCEARCH-tracked shark has reached before — and scientists are paying close attention to why. Meet Contender Contender was tagged by the ocean research nonprofit OCEARCH on January 17, 2025, roughly 45 miles off the Florida–Georgia coast. At the time, he measured … [Read more...] about This 1,600-pound ocean giant just went somewhere no other OCEARCH-tagged shark has ever been