Hot on the heels of two additional recent sightings,The Shark Research Committee has posted another account of a great white shark sighting at Ocean Beach, San Francisco (yes, still in the heart of the infamous Red Triangle!) As we usually do with these reports, we've excerpted the story below - visit the The Shark Research Committee's Pacific Shark News for more … [Read more...]
Hawaii DLNR Botches Shark Press Release
Marine science writer Susan Scott can be reached at www.susanscott.net OCEAN WATCH: HONOLULU After a shark attack on Oahu last week and several shark sightings around the state, the Department of Land and Natural Resources included this phrase in a news release: "Experienced fishermen and scientists know that some shark species come into shallower waters during this time … [Read more...]
Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com
We just installed a nice little tool on The Fear Beneath called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, Amazon products, and display inline videos, RSS, photos, and more.Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you … [Read more...]
South Africa To Protect Great White Shark
This press release, published by SABC News, is riddled with eccentricity: not much mention of what actual conservation is happening, and team leader Kock working in Kalk Bay. The Fear Beneath has published it anyway in case it might interest our readers. South Africa is the first country to give protection to one of the ocean's ferocious predators, the great white shark. … [Read more...]
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Shark Bites Fisherman, Drinks His Beer, Crashes His Boat
CROKER ISLAND, AUSTRALIA A fisherman has endured a bite from a shark he was trying to free from a net - then a 20-hour dash to medical help, only for the trawler he was on to run aground within "spitting distance" of shore. Holding his bloodied, bandaged hand, prawn trawler crewman Quentin Gorrell had to be taken ashore in a police dinghy before going to Royal Darwin … [Read more...]
Outrageous Shark Hunter Artwork
BY DAVID LOWE His controversial artworks have made Damien Hirst a staggering £200million fortune. And this week he raked in an eye-watering £9.5MILLION for The Kingdom, a dead tiger shark in a tank of formaldehyde, at a Sotheby’s auction. But the maverick shark hunter who catches the terrifying beasts for Hirst says a prime specimen would normally fetch just £90. The Sun t … [Read more...]
Surf Beach Shark Attack Details Disputed!
Our exclusive story breaking the news of surfer "Kyle" being attacked in Surf Beach, near Lompoc, California, generated a fairly significant amount of traffic for The Fear Beneath and was covered by both The Shark Research Committee and The International Shark Attack File. In the last few days, the post has been viewed over 2,000 times and now has almost 30 comments. It was … [Read more...]
Shark Hunter Frank Mundus, 1926-2008
Heart attack takes legendary Montauk fisherman, 82 BY ROBERT WARGAS | Special to Newsday Frank Mundus, the legendary Montauk shark fisherman on whom the crusty Captain Quint character from the movie "Jaws" was said to be based, died in Honolulu after returning there a week ago from a shark fishing trip off Long Island, his wife said Saturday. He was 82. Jeanette … [Read more...]
Shark Bite Victim Talks About Tiger Shark Attack
HONOLULU, HAWAII By Gina Mangieri When Todd Murashige recalls his shark attack Tuesday evening, it's not the pain that brings him to tears -- it's what his family must have felt hearing the news. "I told myself if I black out I'm gonna die, that's what I really felt in my gut so I called my wife and I called my mom." He'd been sitting on his board at the surf spot … [Read more...]
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