A visit to the "McDonalds drive-through" for sharks

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:30:21 GMT

Charlie Starmer-Smith gets up close and personal with the much maligned Great White on a cage diving expedition around the Gansbaai coastline.

"Ever since Steven Spielberg's Jaws trilogy in the 1980s left a whole generation scared to even get into a bath tub, the Great White has been given a bad press," said Alison Towner, a marine biologist at Marine Dynamics in Gansbaai on South Africa's Western Cape.

I was one of those who spent his...

Orca v's GW again in here

feeds@yuku.com (aussiechick2) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:50:40 GMT

The moment a whale delivers a deadly 'karate chop' blow to a killer shark

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New Theory On The Hammerhead Shark?

feeds@yuku.com (Andy UK) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:54:28 GMT

This is taken from the BBC.

Here is the link.

Just thought I would share it as it seems appropiate, sorry if it has been mentioned before.

Why do hammerhead sharks have such a famously strange-shaped head?

One hypothesis is that having eyes on either side of such a wide 'hammer'...

Shark tagging technique criticized as being cruel

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:52:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new series debuts Monday night on the National Geographic Channel featuring a controversial tagging technique for great white sharks. They are supposed to be protected under federal law as an endangered species, but one scientist is being accused of animal cruelty by other professionals in the field.

Scientist Michael Domeier and his film crew quietly produced the show off the coast of Mexico. But two...

Anglers hook rare fish – to rescue them

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:46:41 GMT

ANGLERS are deliberately targeting critically endangered species of fish that were once common around Scotland.

But their efforts to catch rare sharks, skates and rays are for scientific purposes. Sportsmen are helping tag the fish which are then tracked by scientists.

Spurdog, a type of dogfish shark, and the common skate, whose ancestors evolved more than 400 million years ago, are...

Ocean Conservancy Welcomes Shark Conservation Act Introduction In The U.S. Senate

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:44:01 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ocean Conservancy is applauding today's introduction the "Shark Conservation Act of 2009" by Senator John Kerry (D-MA). The bill, a companion to legislation introduced by Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) and already approved in the U.S. House of Representatives, aims to end "finning" - the wasteful practice of slicing off a

Whales save seal from orcas

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:38:16 GMT

Maternal instinct? The humpback protects the seal (bottom right) in its armpit.

There are plenty of stories of cetaceans saving humans. Indeed, Jonah was rescued by a whale when he was thrown overboard, and there have been tales of dolphins assisting swimmers in distress or shielding them from circling...

Flase Bay Trek Netters catch great white

feeds@yuku.com (fireph1sh) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:48:00 GMT

Interesting series of photographs that show a trek netters pulling in a great white in False Bay, South Africa the other day. These commercial fishing guys typically net from the shore i.e. very shallow.

It seems the shark was revived and released, here are the pics:

another:

How to prevent shark attacks

feeds@yuku.com (fireph1sh) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:11:08 GMT

1. Don't swim in the sea.

More than 99% of all shark attacks happen in large water masses, also
known as oceans. The way to establish if you're in an ocean is to taste
the water. It should taste salty.

2. Swim with fat people.

Always make sure there are fat people already in the water before you
enter. Chances are you will be able to swim faster than them and save
yourself.

3. Don't go in the water without a knife....

Billfish Angler Leads 'Expedition Great White' On National Geographic Channel; 'A Life-changing Moment'

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:57:07 GMT

GUADALUPE ISLAND, Baja Mexico -- Avid billfish angler and TV outdoor fishing adventurer Chris Fischer never thought he'd actually be living a scene much like that from

Fear fades during a surfer's life of ritual immersion into wild waters and the unknown. Experiences of joy, beauty and exhilaration win out.

But in the lore of surfing, there are moments caught on film that reveal the ocean's slumbering dangers frame by frame -- Mark Foo's fatal wipeout, Jeff Clark blasted by whitewater while clinging to a rock at the...

Surprise! Shark pups born out of mother's wound

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:10:17 GMT

A shark scuffle at Kelly Tarlton's has led to the surprise birth of eight premature baby School Shark pups which the curatorial team will nurse until they are strong enough to be released into the wild.

Incredibly the pups emerged, premature but healthy, from a gouge their mother sustained when a Broadnose Sevengill shark took some of its normal seasonal aggression out on her.

...

Glow-in-the-Dark Shark Turned on by Hormones

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:05:31 GMT

The safe answer to how a lantern shark turns its luminescence on and off is: "Any way it wants." Now researchers have looked into the belly of the beast and found that three hormones act as on-off switches for these glow-in-the-dark sharks. It is the first discovery of hormones controlling bioluminescence in animals, the scientists report in the November 15 Journal of Experimental Biology.

Belgian researchers identified melatonin, prolactin and alpha-MSH, three...

Monterey Bay Aquarium Tags, Releases Great White Shark After Two Months On Exhibit; 'Agressive Behavior' Cited

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:35:50 GMT

MONTEREY, California -- A young female white shark placed on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in late August was returned to the wild today (Wednesday, November 4), marking the fifth time the aquarium has successfully exhibited and released a great white shark.

Aquarium staff released the shark in offshore waters near the southern tip of Monterey Bay shortly after sunrise.

In 50 years of attempts...

Predatory Bungling? Clumsy tag-and-release fishing expedition hooks protected shark in the throat

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:31:57 GMT

The controversial shark-tagging project launched Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Farallon Islands and reported on in last week's Bohemian got off to a rocky start, according to sources. While witnesses watched with binoculars and telescopes from the Farallon Islands, a team of scientists with government research permits hooked, landed, tagged and released a 13-foot great white shark which, according to sources, appeared to be bleeding from its rear vent, or cloaca, during the...

In awe of the shark by Save Our Seas Foundation

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:23:47 GMT

A great video in my opinion, not sure if you guys have seen it before.

http://vimeo.com/6754751

Researchers: Tags Reveal White Sharks Have Neighborhoods In The North Pacific; 'They're Not Swimming Around Aimlessly'

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:52:36 GMT

PALO ALTO, California -- The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such a consistent pattern of migration that over tens of thousands of years the white sharks in the northeastern Pacific Ocean have separated themselves into a population genetically distinct from sharks elsewhere in the world.

"White...

Australian Fisherman Fights off Shark Attack

feeds@yuku.com (alvinemilio) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:47:07 GMT

An Australian spear fisherman spoke of his ordeal, after being attacked by a shark.

The 25-year-old Dean Brougham has dee

Drunks in northern Minnesota claim they killed a river monster

feeds@yuku.com (Thylacine) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:48:28 GMT

http://www.examiner.com/x-19101-Kittson-County-Top-News-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Drunks-in-northern-Minnesota-claim-they-killed-a-river-monster

Drunks in northern Minnesota claim they killed a river monster

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