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Diver Balances Sharks Lulled Into Trance

She induces hypnotic state to aid ocean predator

(Newser) - Comfortable around sharks? How about stroking and holding one until it lulls into a trance so profound, you can hold it vertically by the nose. Italian diver Cristina Zenato does just that in her work with Caribbean Reef sharks, the Daily Mail reports. She induces a hypnotic state by stroking...

Oregon Man Surfs on Shark 's Back

Collision leaves man briefly atop great white shark

(Newser) - A surfer off the Oregon coast briefly rode the waves on the back of a great white shark—and lived to tell the tale. Doug Niblack says he was on his longboard when he hit something hard and suddenly found himself standing on the back of a thrashing shark he...

Island Nation Creates Largest Shark Sanctuary

Protected area size of Mexico

(Newser) - A Mexico-size chunk of the Pacific will soon be a haven for sharks—and they have a tiny island nation to thank. The Marshall Islands’ government is declaring its waters off-limits to commercial shark fishing and the trade of shark products, the BBC reports, providing the creatures with 750,000...

Calif. Lawmakers Serve Up Vote on Shark Fin Soup

Law unfairly targets Chinese community, critics say

(Newser) - California lawmakers may take shark fin soup off the menu of every restaurant in the state next week—or at least try, CNN reports. Fueled by a growing disgust of finning—in which fishermen cut off the fin and toss the shark back in the ocean—the California Shark Protection...

Aussie Dies After Shark Bites Off Legs

Officials still searching for killer shark, bodyboarder's limbs

(Newser) - An Australian bodyboarder met a gruesome end today when a shark attacked, biting off his legs and killing him as some 30 other surfers lingered in the water in western Australia. Authorities closed the beach near Dunsborough immediately, and are still searching for the shark, reports the AP. "We...

Great White Shark Spotted Among San Diego Surfers?

Tourists hope for a picture as surfers brave the waves

(Newser) - Last week's shark sighting in San Diego wasn't an isolated occurrence: There have been three confirmed sightings in the past week, and CBS 8 has a pretty insane picture that, at least one expert confirms, shows a shark swimming in the waves alongside surfers. A lifeguard, on the...

Russia Bans Swimming After Shark Attacks

Attacks on humans unprecedented in the reason

(Newser) - Russian authorities have warned people against swimming along 840 miles of Pacific coastline and banned it altogether in one popular vacation area, after a pair of unprecedented shark attacks. On Wednesday, a 25-year-old man lost both his hands in an attack, while yesterday a 16-year-old boy had his legs severely...

Seychelles Shark Kills Honeymooner
Seychelles Shark
Kills Honeymooner
Aug 17, 2011 2:20 AM CDT

Seychelles Shark Kills Honeymooner

Second attack in 2 weeks shakes Indian Ocean nation

(Newser) - A rogue shark is stalking the Seychelles, authorities fear. After nearly 50 years with no fatal shark attacks, two people have been killed in the space of two weeks, the Telegraph reports. A French diver was killed earlier this month, and a 30-year-old British man on his honeymoon died yesterday...

'Jaws' Leaps Into Research Boat

It takes crew more than an hour to get killer back where he belongs

(Newser) - A great white shark proved a bit too cooperative, and leaped into a boat full of researchers who were luring the killer creatures off South Africa by throwing bait into the water. "Next thing I know I hear a splash, and see a white shark breach out of the...

Bahamas Bans Shark Fishing
 Bahamas Bans Shark Fishing 
Jul 6, 2011 3:41 PM CDT

Bahamas Bans Shark Fishing

It follows a similar move in Honduras

(Newser) - Score another one for the sharks: The Bahamas has banned shark fishing in its coastal waters, becoming the second Caribbean nation to institute a ban in the past month, the Washington Post reports. It is now illegal to fish for sharks in 240,000 square miles of water surrounding the...

Scientists Find Inflatable Shark, 300 New Species

Treasure trove of strange new creatures discovered by scientists

(Newser) - No, it's not a pool toy. Researchers have discovered a new species of inflatable shark, along with more than 300 other previously unknown varieties of creatures dwelling in the Philippines. Among the finds: the shrimp-eating shark that fills itself with water to inflate and scare off predators; dozens of...

Heavy Metal Soothes Sharks
 Heavy Metal Soothes Sharks 
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Jun 12, 2011 1:35 PM CDT

Heavy Metal Soothes Sharks

They rub their snouts on speakers for right music, boat operator discovers

(Newser) - How do you soothe an angry shark? You can rock him to near-submission with heavy metal. That's what one Australian charter boat operator has discovered after witnessing sharks blissfully rubbing their snouts against caged underwater speakers belting out the sounds. "I guess the visual people expect is that...

As Global Appetite for Shark Fin Wanes, China Surges

China's taste for shark's fin going through a generation divide

(Newser) - There's a growing consciousness about the 73 million sharks killed each year to feed a global hunger for shark’s fin soup, but try telling that to China, writes Juliet Eilperin in a book excerpt in the Washington Post. For centuries, being able to afford the delicacy was a...

Shark Jaw Found in Kentucky Mine

It's from a shark comparable to a great white, experts say

(Newser) - A large 300-million-year-old shark jawbone was discovered in February in a place you might not expect: a Kentucky mine. Jay Wright was 700 feet underground, adding supports to a roof in the Dotiki Mine, when a rock fell and he saw "a bunch of teeth" above him. He pulled...

Shark Attacks Aussie Wakeboarder

She was mauled after falling off wakeboard, but is stable

(Newser) - In Australia today, a woman fell off the wakeboard she was riding in Nelson Bay—and was promptly attacked by a shark. The 24-year-old suffered head, neck, and arm injuries, but is in stable condition, the AP reports. The driver of the speedboat that had been towing her wakeboard brought...

Annual Shark Migration Swarms Florida Coast

They only look scary, say biologists

(Newser) - Large schools containing thousands of migrating sharks are once again appearing off the coast of Palm Beach County and other southern Florida beaches—sometimes right along the shore, reports NBC . As large numbers of black tip and spinner sharks make their annual trek northward for warmer waters, biologists have tried...

Sharks Are Color-Blind
 Sharks Are Color-Blind 
Jan 19, 2011 5:47 AM CST

Sharks Are Color-Blind

Finding could help make swimmers safer from shark attacks

(Newser) - Even the most brightly colored swimwear won't make you more interesting to a shark, according to new research. Researchers examined the retinas of 17 kinds of shark caught in Australian waters and found that the predators see the world in black and white, the BBC reports. They believe their findings...

Congress Protects Sharks Against 'Finning'

Measure bans hunt to satisfy Asia's taste for soup

(Newser) - Both the House and Senate have approved new protections for sharks, effectively outlawing the practice of "finning"—in which the shark is killed for its fin and the rest of the body discarded, reports the Washington Post . Thanks to big demand for shark fin soup in Asia, the...

Drunk Man Kills Shark, Saves Egyptian Beach Resort

Blacked-out Serbian hailed as a hero

(Newser) - A Serbian man is being hailed as a hero after killing—accidentally—a shark that had been terrorizing an Egyptian resort town . Dragan Stevic was black-out drunk when he vanquished the predator that has killed one beachgoer and injured four. He went with friends to the beach after a long...

US Shark Experts Called to Deadly Egypt Beaches

American researchers to decide when it's safe to go back in the water

(Newser) - Egypt's tourist authorities have called in a trio of American experts after a series of shark attacks that marine biologists have likened to the plot of Jaws. Four tourists were mauled last week and another one was killed after authorities declared beaches in the Sharm el-Sheikh area safe. Authorities say...

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