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Unconfirmed, experts are divided whether it was a bull or juvenile great white shark [49] Bruder was killed while swimming approximately 130 yards (120 m) from shore in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Both legs were bitten off. [50] Lester Stillwell, 11: July 12, 1916: Unconfirmed, experts are divided whether it was a bull or juvenile great white ...
The area has a very large population of marine mammals, such as elephant seals, harbor seals, sea otters and sea lions, which are favored prey of great white sharks. [1] Around thirty-eight percent of recorded great white shark attacks on humans in the United States have occurred within the Red Triangle—eleven percent of the worldwide total. [2]
Out of more than 500 shark species, only three are responsible for a double-digit number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger, and bull. [6] The oceanic whitetip has probably killed many more shipwreck and plane crash survivors, but these are not recorded in the statistics. [ 7 ]
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File found just 69 confirmed, unprovoked shark attacks on people and 36 confirmed bites worldwide in 2023. That compares with ...
Shark sightings aren’t uncommon in San Luis Obispo County, but shark attacks are rare. The last recorded great white shark attack in San Luis Obispo County happened in 2021 near Morro Rock.
The great white shark is arguably the world's largest-known extant macropredatory fish, and is one of the primary predators of marine mammals, such as pinnipeds and dolphins. The great white shark is also known to prey upon a variety of other animals, including fish, other sharks, and seabirds. It has only one recorded natural predator, the orca.
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Great white shark: Mr. M was surfing with friends at Hole-In-The-Wall when he was attacked by a shark. They found his body an hour later with a right leg severed, along with a severed artery on the left leg. [30] Ian James Hill, 39: December 28, 1997: Pringles Bay, Western Cape Province: Unconfirmed, probably great white shark