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  2. Shark attack - Wikipedia

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    While shark nets and drum lines share the same purpose, drum lines are more effective at targeting the three sharks that are considered most dangerous to swimmers: the bull shark, tiger shark and great white shark. [79] SMART drumlines can also be used to move sharks, which greatly reduces mortality of sharks and bycatch to less than 2%. [80]

  3. Shark agonistic display - Wikipedia

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    Postural configuration of a Gray Reef Shark as it displays agonistic behaviour, in a sculpture. Agonism is a broad term which encompasses many behaviours that result from, or are triggered by biological conflict between competing organisms. [1] [2] It is defined as "survivalist animal behaviour that includes aggression, defense, and avoidance [3]".

  4. 'Jaws' Revisited: The Truth About Shark Attacks - AOL

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    Few animals inspire the level of fear that sharks do, thanks to “Jaws” and other sensational tales of deadly encounters, and a steady stream of U.S. shark sightings has been the stuff of ...

  5. Red Sea species hazardous to humans - Wikipedia

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    The tiger shark is considered to be one of the most dangerous sharks to humans. [1] Although it is found in the Red Sea it is not usually seen near reefs during the daytime. The Grey reef shark is territorial and may be aggressive, and has been involved in non-fatal attacks on divers.

  6. Watch where you swim! There are 4 of the most dangerous ... - AOL

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    Bull sharks are highly aggressive sharks and are vastly considered by experts to be the most dangerous sharks to humans due to ... is a distressed animal. Bull sharks are generally between 7 and ...

  7. Egypt shark attacks: How rare is the deadly mauling off the ...

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    A man, latterly identified as a 23-year-old Russian national, seemed to be thrashing about as he was pulled down into the water and then resurfaced, desperately fighting off a tiger shark in a ...

  8. Shark - Wikipedia

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    Fishermen capture live sharks, fin them, and dump the finless animal back into the water. Shark finning involves removing the fin with a hot metal blade. [129] The resulting immobile shark soon dies from suffocation or predators. [135] Shark fin has become a major trade within black markets all over the world. Fins sell for about $300/lb in ...

  9. Sand shark - Wikipedia

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    Sand sharks are not known to attack humans. If a person were to provoke a sand shark, it may retaliate defensively. Sand sharks are generally not aggressive, but harass divers who are spearfishing. In North America, wreck divers regularly visit the World War II shipwrecks to dive with the sharks that make the wrecks their home. [8]