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  1. Mar 19, 2024 · Two massive, 13-foot-great white sharks, tracked by nonprofit research group OCEARCH, surfaced off the First Coast of Florida within one minute of each other Tuesday. First, a 1,300-pound...

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  3. Feb 26, 2024 · A pregnant great white shark was found dead on the shores of Navarre Beach this weekend. Is it unusual for them to be in Florida? Here's why it's not.

    • Samantha Neely
    • Reporter
  4. Mar 19, 2024 · A 10-foot great white shark, nicknamed Rose, has been a busy swimmer, popping up in Florida's Gulf Coast waters for the fifth time in March. Rose's OCEARCH tracker shows the shark's latest...

  5. Apr 18, 2024 · Two great white sharks pinged off the First Coast in the past week on their way back up north. The sharks, tagged by the research group OCEARCH, appear to be leaving their overwintering...

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    • Florida's East Coast Has The Most Shark Bites
    • South Africa Is Downright Dangerous
    • A Look at Other Shark Attack Numbers

    According to the site, it's been 15 years since anyone has been fatally attacked by a shark in Florida. The last attack of any type in Lee-Collier area came in 2005 at Boca Grande. Someone was wading there and was bitten by an unknown species. It was not a fatality. Also in Southwest Florida, an attack occurred at Siesta Key in Sarasota County in 2...

    Followed by tiger and bull sharks, white sharks (sometimes called great white sharks) have been the aggressors in 177 documented attacks, 34% of which were fatal. Bull sharks tallied the second-most bites, with 175 attacks and an 18% kill rate. Tiger sharks attack less than bulls (125 total) but kill more frequently (30%). The attacking species, ho...

    The East Coast of Florida is one of the most visited and enjoyed stretches of beach in the world, and more people in shark territory equals more bites. Attacks on the map are marked with a shark fin, a white one for non-fatal and a red one for a fatal attack. There are so many fin markers on the East Coast of the Sunshine State that they're practic...

    The southernmost tip of Africa is home of one of the world's great populations of white sharks, and the fatality statistics from Floridapanhandle.com show that these waters are dangerous for surfers and swimmers. While only three people have been killed by sharks in the shark attacks capital of the world, it seems that most attacks in South Africa ...

    A total of 1,218 shark bites and attacks have been recorded in the past 47 years worldwide,with approximately 14% of those being fatal. The vast majority of bites are unprokoved (94%) while a small number of attacks (6%) are provoked. One thousand respondents were asked if they would be willing to be bitten by a shark, and 15% of respondents said t...

    • Chad Gillis
    • Environment Reporter
  6. Mar 11, 2024 · Are there great white sharks in Florida? Yes. Great white sharks migrate south when the water gets cold and food sources become scarce up north, according to OCEARCH chief scientist Dr. Bob...

  7. Mar 9, 2023 · Ocearch is tracking several white sharks around Florida, including a huge sub-adult female weighing more than 1,200 pounds and close to 12 feet long.

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