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Surfboards with bright lights could deter shark attacks - researchers
1 month, 1 week ago

Surfboards with bright lights could deter shark attacks - researchers

Raw Story  

Covering your surfboard in bright lights sounds like an open invitation to great white sharks, but research released Tuesday by Australian scientists found it might actually stave off attacks. Ryan and her fellow researchers showed that seal-shaped boards decked with bright horizontal lights were less likely to be attacked by great white sharks. "There is this longstanding fear of white …

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Shark attack study using light ‘decoys’ to fool great whites could lead to protections for surfers, researchers say
1 month, 1 week ago

Shark attack study using light ‘decoys’ to fool great whites could lead to protections for surfers, researchers say

ABC  

Australian researchers looking for ways to stop shark attacks have found bright lights could be the answer in a study in great white-inhabited waters off the South African coast. A keen surfer and research fellow in comparative neurobiology, Dr Laura Ryan was studying the visual system of great white sharks when she began thinking about how what she was learning …

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Eyre Peninsula communities at odds over shark mitigation response following spate of attacks
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Eyre Peninsula communities at odds over shark mitigation response following spate of attacks

ABC  

In short: Almost one-third of all shark fatalities last year occurred on a remote coastline in South Australia. Elliston Mayor Andrew McLeod, who survived a shark attack in 2014, tabled a motion for other councils to consider at a Local Government Association meeting, calling for sharks involved in fatal attacks to be killed. Cr McLeod said it was "commonsense" that …

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Baby and teenage great white sharks prefer shallow waters – study
8 months ago

Baby and teenage great white sharks prefer shallow waters – study

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Baby and teenage great white sharks prefer shallow waters close to the shore, research suggests. …

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Cape Cod surfers reveal horror encounter with 10-foot great white shark
1 year, 1 month ago

Cape Cod surfers reveal horror encounter with 10-foot great white shark

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two surfers in Cape …

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Experts say group of great white sharks are gathered off North Carolina
1 year, 8 months ago

Experts say group of great white sharks are gathered off North Carolina

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As many as seven …

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Pair of ‘liver eating’ killer whales scare off great white shark population in South Africa
2 years, 5 months ago

Pair of ‘liver eating’ killer whales scare off great white shark population in South Africa

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two killer whales are believed to have been "terrorising", killing and removing the internal organs …

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Pair of orcas have killed at least EIGHT Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017
2 years, 5 months ago

Pair of orcas have killed at least EIGHT Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017

Daily Mail  

Two killer whales are thought to have killed at least eight Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017, and managed to scare off many more. Researchers say Great Whites that encounter killer whales will immediately abandon their usual hunting ground for up to a year Experts at the Dyer Island Conservation Trust claim the decline in …

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Megalodon may have been killed off by great white sharks, study suggests
2 years, 6 months ago

Megalodon may have been killed off by great white sharks, study suggests

The Independent  

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Climate crisis: Great white sharks expand northern range by 370 miles as oceans warm
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate crisis: Great white sharks expand northern range by 370 miles as oceans warm

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A new study into “unprecedented” sightings of juvenile great white sharks at the northern end of Monterey Bay, south …

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Will the climate emergency really drive great white sharks towards British waters?
3 years, 5 months ago

Will the climate emergency really drive great white sharks towards British waters?

The Independent  

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Killer whales are blamed for vanishing population of great white sharks off Cape Town's coast
4 years, 1 month ago

Killer whales are blamed for vanishing population of great white sharks off Cape Town's coast

Daily Mail  

Killer whales off the coast of South Africa are killing great white sharks and eating their livers, according to a new government report. At least seven great white shark carcasses have washed ashore in False Bay since 2017, with telltale teeth marks indicating they were savaged by orcas. Scroll down for video At least seven great white shark carcasses have …

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