We’ve all heard or even seen the movie Cocaine Bear but have you heard of cocaine sharks? Scientists in Brazil are shocked when they discovered that the 13 sharks they tested for coke all came back positive! They have never previously tested for cocaine in sharks so we don’t know how long this has been…
On Sunday, a teenage boy was attacked by a great white shark during a fishing trip. The incident occurred around 1:40 pm on West Beach near Adelaide in South Australia. The 16-year-old boy, Nathan Ness, was fishing with his father and two younger siblings when the shark attacked him. The teenager caught the shark and…
On Wednesday around 3 pm there was a shark attack in Haleiwa, Hawaii. The 30-year-old surfer was in the water with his wife when he got attacked by a shark. He sustained a bite to his left thigh. The young surfer was from Spain and on a rented surfboard from North Shore Ohana School of…
On Sunday, a tiger shark attacked a surfer in Kauai, Hawaii. Kevin Kanehe was surfing in Hanalei Bay when he got attacked by a large shark. It’s estimated that the tiger shark was 15 feet long. Kevin was paddling for a wave, and sat on his board to turn around when the shark attacked the…
On Thursday, a couple from Texas helped rescue a beached Mako shark on Pensacola beach. The couple, Tina and Josh Fey, were celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary at Pensacola beach when they spotted a shark. It swam to the shoreline at a fast speed and ended up breaching itself. Since Josh is a fisherman, he…
On Monday, there was a shark attack at Rockaway Beach. This is the first serious shark attack in New York City in decades. The incident happened at the Beach 59th Street entrance just before 6 P.M. Tatyana Koltunyuk, the 65 year-old woman, was standing in the water when she felt something sharp against her left…
On Sunday, a surfer lost his right foot during a tiger shark attack. Mike Morita, 58, surfed when “I was lying on my board, and then the shark grabbed onto my leg.” The 40-year surfing veteran said his instinct kicked in, and he immediately started fighting off the shark. He kept punching the shark but…
On Saturday, a Swiss tourist discovered a 14ft smalltooth sand tiger shark on an Irish beach. When he found the dead shark, the tourist was walking at Kilmore Quay in County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland. He emailed shark biologist and expert Nicholas Payne at Trinity College Dublin. When Dr Payne saw the photos…
On Sunday, around 12:30 in the afternoon, a man in his 60s experienced a shark attack in Anaehoomalu Bay, Hawaii. According to DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) the man was swimming 200 yards from the shore when a shark bit his left hand. He fought off the shark and started to swim back when…
A rare smalltooth sand tiger shark washed ashore on Lepe beach in Hampshire on Friday. Alisha Openshaw, 38, a hairdresser, saw the shark on the beach, struggling. At the beach with her kids, she waited for someone to help the shark. The help did not come, so she decided to do something. Openshaw helped push…
On Sunday, there was a fatal shark attack in New Caledonia, Australia. According to the witnesses at Château-Royal beach, the 59-year-old man was swimming 150 meters from the shore by the pontoon when the attack happened. The shark bit the man on his leg and arms while swimmers panicked and left the water. Two people…
On Saturday, there was a fatal shark attack in Swan River in Australia. Stella Berry was riding jet skis with her friends when she spotted a pod of dolphins. She jumped into the river, hoping to swim with them. Instead, she got attacked by a shark, most likely a bull shark. The teenager was pronounced…