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The Ganges shark is widely feared as a ferocious man-eater, [29] but most of the attacks attributed to it are probably the result of confusion with the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas. [10] This is likely because bull sharks are known to travel long distances into freshwater systems and may co-exist in the same waters as the Ganges shark.
2024 was an "exceptionally quiet year" for shark attacks. But the U.S. still led the globe - again. See where the fatal attacks happened.
The attack was the second shark fatality in the country's waters this year, about a month after surfer Lance Appleby was killed off the Southern Australia coast, per BBC and CBS News. It was also ...
A Great White Shark swimming here, was spotted in waters where a shark is suspected of attacking a surfer on Granites Beach in South Australia on Jan. 2, 2025, police said.
This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [ 1 ] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
The attack by the 8–11-foot (2.4–3.4 m) tiger shark occurred in 10–15 feet (3.0–4.6 m) of water and was witnessed by victim's snorkeling partner and groundskeeper. Morrell's body was recovered and later autopsied at Maui Memorial Hospital by the County Coroner.
Confirmed attacks in 2024 dwarfed numbers reported in the previous year's International Shark Attack File, which recognized 91 global incidents, including 69 unprovoked bites and 22 provoked bites ...
Two American tourists are speaking out after they were attacked by a shark just hours into their getaway at a popular beach resort in the Bahamas last weekend.. The attack occurred while the women ...