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SHARK ATTACKS
Book Description
More horrifying than Jaws-- because it's true!
Since 1990 there have been 283 shark attacks worldwide-- 40 of
which were fatal...In the past 15 years, reports of shark attacks
have substantially increased...Over half the attacks occur in
water no deeper than five feet...
Believe it or not, shark attacks are still a very real threat to
humans. These unspeakably bloody encounters happen in shallow
water, in "safe" areas, to people just like you-- people who
thought it could never happen to them.
HONG KONG, 1995: A forty-five-year-old woman swimming in shallow
water with fifty other people has one leg and one arm ripped off
by the shark-- she dies before reaching the hospital.
CALIFORNIA, 1993: A man snorkeling with friends is swallowed
headfirst halfway down his body-- luckily, the shark spits him
back out with only bite wounds.
AUSTRALIA, 1993: A professional diver and mother of five is
literally torn in half in front of her horrified family by a
fifteen-foot great white shark.
HAWAII, 1991: Two vacationing friends out for a swim suddenly see
a shark "the size of a car" swim by. After one of the women begins
thrashing in panic, the shark attacks and kills her-- her body is
later recovered with several limbs missing.
Read on for more blood-chilling accounts of people who fell prey
to...SHARK ATTACKS.
Includes horrifying photos!
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Here is an unflinching look at the terrifying phenomenon of shark
attacks from the author of The Shark Almanac.
The shark is so well adapted to its element that its existence on
the planet actually predates trees. When people enter that element
in increasing numbers, as they have in recent years, the results can
be tragic and seemingly arbitrary.
Author Tom Allen has carefully researched all known shark
incidents from all over the world. The result is the most thorough
and informative book to date on the phenomenon. SHARK ATTACKS
contains the harrowing personal stories of shark attack survivors,
expert opinions from marine biologists, and the latest scientific
studies of shark behavior. Allen’s fascinating analysis explains;
* Why so many attacks occur in water less than five feet deep *
Which species are killers * What triggers an attack * Behavior just
before an attack * Whether shark nets increase swimmer safety levels
* Environmental and seasonal conditions that contribute to an
increase in attacks * Why it is better to be below a shark than
above it.
This is a book for everyone who wants to read about the
frightening reality of shark attacks--and to understand the myths
that surround this often misunderstood creature.
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/
Costa Rica's
Cocos Island boasts more sharks per cubic yard of water than perhaps any
other place on the planet, including whitetip reef sharks, 40-foot whale
sharks, and hammerheads that school by the hundreds. On this latest NOVA/PBS
Online Adventure, we joined Howard and Michele Hall, two of the world's
leading underwater filmmakers, as they dove into this shark-infested
paradise to shoot an IMAX large-format film, "Island of the Sharks |
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http://www.sharkattackphotos.com/
When people mention the word "shark" a lot of people think of the film
'Jaws'. To a lot of beach visitors and even sailors shark attacks are
sometimes more feared than things like hurricanes and earthquakes. Below
is a little fact to put into perspective just how many shark attack
fatalities there really are.
"Falling coconuts kill 150 people worldwide each year, 15 times the
number of fatalities attributable to sharks," said George Burgess,
Director of the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File
and a noted shark research
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Shark
Attack
We are investigating shark attacks, close calls, completely harmless
encounters, missing persons.
This information is intended for public safety, sensibility and a safer
way to act within the ocean, which bebefits us all including the sharks.
As a specialty area, it has been shown that it is common for whales to
beach themselves in order to get away from pack hunting sharks. We have
video and photographic evidence, we would like to further this research
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http://chezclain.blogs.com/chez_dom_sophie/blue_crush/
Last week discovery channel proposed us beautiful
documentaries about sharks during all the week.
A special night "Anatomy of a shark attack " freaked me out,
they analysed 3 different attacks of sharks which have been filmed in live
by people who where in the vincinity of the victims. The first victim was
studying bull sharks when one of them bite his leg to the tibia, the
second one the most frightening was a woman on a cruise in the middle of
the pacific she just jumped in the water to swim with friends when a white
shark cut all her leg in two bites, they analyse the bite and discovered
that the jaw of the great white had 900 pounds of pressure.
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Among the grim and wonderous
tales of discovery and adventure told by
those who first sailed the tropical seas, none was listened to with
greater
interest and alarm than the terrifying stories of Tiburon, the savage sea
monster that could, with one snap of it's powerful jaws, bite a man in
two.
Sharks were so little known in those days that there was not even an
English word for them. They were known by their Spanish name,
tiburon. |
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 Shark
Attacks - Shark attacks grouped by region and safety advice
concerning
shark attacks and statistics and maps of shark attacks.
 Great
White Shark Attack - Great White shark attack photo gallery of an
attack in
Aldinga Beach Australia (1963). Victim required 462 stiches.
 Shark
Attack Statistics - Maps detailing shark attack statistics grouped
by
region. 1876-2002 World's Confirmed Unprovoked attacks by White Sharks
Return to Aqua Explores Inc.
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The Shark Attack Resource Guide
