Columbus, OH

Rare footage captured by a camera strapped to the back of an endangered shark shows the moment it was struck by a boat, prompting the animal to dash into deep waters.

Boat hits massive 23-foot shark in rare video footage

IFLScience

We don't know if the shark ever recovered.

First Ever Video Of Shark Being Hit By Boat Raises Conservation Concerns

Interesting Engineering

The researchers were conducting a pre-planned study to investigate basking shark foraging behavior and its relationship with environmental factors.

Shark ‘Fitbit’ captures rare, 1st recorded ship strike impact on 23-foot fish

BroBible

Researchers from Oregon State captured what is believed to be the first-ever footage showing a shark hit by a boat. During an expedition in April off the coast of Ireland, the team tagged a basking shark with a tracker which they liken to a ‘Fitbit’ for sharks to record activity. Then, just hours after being […]
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Researchers Capture First-Ever Underwater Footage Of A Shark Being Struck By A Boat

Massachusetts State

A couple lobster fishing off the coast of Massachusetts spotted five enormous sharks surrounding their boat — all frighteningly larger than the vessel itself. Check out the video here.

5 giant sharks surrounding couple’s boat off Massachusetts coast

Mens Journal

It looked as if it was going to jump aboard.

'Jaws'-Like Video Shows Great White Shark Circling Boat

Santa Cruz, CA

Knewz

A group of beachgoers in California endured a moment of fright when they encountered what they thought was an unusually large shark. Knewz.com has learned that the incident involved what has been dubbed the “ocean’s strangest fish” with its abnormally large fin which wandered close to a Santa Cruz shore. Images of the encounter depict […]

‘World's Strangest Fish’ Creates Nerve-Wracking 'Shark' Scare for Beachgoers in California

The Mirror US

David Alan Kirwan, 24, was walking through Yellowstone Park with a friend when his friend's dog dived into a hot spring and he met a horrific end after attempting to save it

California man suffered horror death after diving head-first into Yellowstone hot spring to save dog

TheDailyBeast

A 23-year-old surfer’s leg washed ashore after he was attacked by a great white shark Tuesday at an Australian beach.Kai McKenzie managed to survive the attack by kicking the nearly 10-foot shark, but the animal still ripped off his leg, reported BBC. The surfer managed to use his damaged surfboard to ride back to shore where an off-duty police officer reportedly used a tourniquet to treat McKenzie’s wound.McKenzie’s leg was put on ice, he and his limb were flown almost 125 miles away to a hospital. Doctors are now racing to reattach the leg.A GoFundMe page has already raised over...

Surfer’s Leg Washes Up on a Beach After Great White Shark Attack

South Carolina State

Charleston County, SC

A-Z-Animals

Sharks are divisive animals. These fascinating creatures, both beautiful and lethal, have come under a lot of scrutiny and hostility over the years, especially because of their connection to fatal shark attacks. Sharks come in 500 distinct species worldwide, 400 of which live in Australian waters.  Nevertheless, shark numbers are steadily declining, with an estimated […]

The 9 Most Shark-Infested Beaches On Earth

A particularly ambitious extreme athlete had the encounter of a lifetime partway across a journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a small rowing boat. clip shared by Tom Waddington on Instagram, a massive group of whales surrounded his boat and followed him for hours. "Wow, that is so cool," he...

Man Rowing Across Ocean Suddenly Realizes He's Surrounded by Over 1,000 Whales

102.5 The Bone

A pod of orcas have sank a British yachtsman’s boat in the Strait of Gibraltar. Robert Powell and two passengers of the Bonhomie William had to be rescued by Spanish coastguards when orcas buffeted the vessel at night. The whales disabled the vessel’s steering and the boat started taking on water. “Sadly these (orcas) were not playing. It was a well-orchestrated and organized attack to sink my boat,” Mr. Powell, a London-based managing director, said in a social media post. “We were all rescued and are safe now.” (From YouTube description)

WATCH: Pod Of Killer Whales Sink Yacht

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Explore Beaufort SC

The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

The rise and decline of western equine encephalitis (WEE) as a lethal disease offers crucial insights into how pathogens can gain or lose the ability to jump from animals to humans. A newly published study has unraveled the mechanisms through which the WEE virus infected humans and has linked changes...

Subtle changes give a virus the ability to infect humans

UPI News

A smooth hammerhead shark was caught on camera making a rare visit to the waters of Cape Cod.

Look: Smooth hammerhead shark makes rare visit to Cape Cod

New Hampshire State

Scripps News

One man on the boat said the whale's mouth was open as it breached the water and then closed down on what he thinks was the engine.

Video: Whale surfaces and capsizes boat off New Hampshire coast

The guys who had a whale land on their boat out in the open seas are luckily fine now -- but in the moment, they saw their lives flash before their eyes ... and we got the full story.

Fishermen Capsized By Humpback Whale Say They Narrowly Avoided Death

There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world today and they are some of the best-known predators around. Although most sharks typically swim around at a leisurely pace, some are capable of absolutely devastating bursts of speed which they use to great effect when hunting their prey. Although some sharks are naturally built […]

The 10 Fastest Sharks in the World

Comedian and actress Erica Ash, best known for roles in one of the Scary Movie films and the television series Survivor's Remorse, has died at the of 46 following a battle with cancer, her family confirmed to TMZ on Monday (July 29). "We are deeply saddened to announce the passing...

Actress Erica Ash Dead At 46

Coordinated Orca Assault Leaves Crew Stunned and Yacht Destroyed. A pod of killer whales, also known as orcas, launched a harrowing attack on a $128,000 yacht, sinking it in the Mediterranean Sea. The orcas, regarded as some of the world’s most powerful predators, coordinated their assault for nearly two hours, leaving the crew in shock, according to the NY Post.

Killer whales sink $128,000 yacht in dramatic attack in Mediterranean sea

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First-ever video footage of a shark being struck by a boat

You may think the creatures of the sea, especially sharks, are untouchable. You might want to rethink that notion. A recent event between a shark and...

First-ever video footage of a shark being struck by a boat

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