Sharks

2023 - 3 - 9

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Watch How This Lone Kayaker Reacts When a Menacing Great ... (AZ Animals)

A kayaker is stalked by a great white shark as the larger-than-life creature continuously circles him in his boat.

Then, while still on the water, he calls out to another boater to alert them to the [approaching shark](https://a-z-animals.com/blog/watch-excitement-turn-to-fear-when-a-30-ft-great-white-shark-approaches-the-boat/). Great Whites are capable of making a clear jump out of the water to kill seals and sea lions. Take a look at the bone-chilling video below! Yet according to scientists, this is only a shark’s method of improving their perception of what is in the water. While males can grow to 11 to 13 feet, the average female is 15 to 16 feet long. Kayaking is a fun summer activity that the entire family can enjoy.

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Exmouth tour operators gearing up for bumper season as whale ... (ABC News)

Whale sharks have made their annual return to Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef, and this season they play host to the return of international tourists ...

"In 2021 we ended up with the rest of WA, and then in 2022 we ended up with the rest of Australia. "When they started to open the regions we had a lot of [local] guests from the regions coming to do whale shark tours," she said. "It's a good amount of whale sharks so early in the season." "Whale shark tourism contributed millions of dollars to the WA regional economy every year, pre-COVID," she said. A Tourism WA spokeswoman said a total of 2,072 tours took place last season, with close to 36,500 people visiting the Ningaloo Reef in 2022 to swim with whale sharks. "We've had a number of whale sharks out there.

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Shark attack survivor Brett Connellan's documentary Attacking Life ... (ABC News)

After surviving a great white shark attack that tore off most of his thigh, a documentary showing surfer Brett Connellan's inspiring journey back into the ...

He saw it as being an opportunity to do something different and it's powerful to see the way it's gone." "It was important Brett had agency in the way we told his story. "I don't want people to view me as the inspiration," he said. "The physical survival tale is incredible and draws people in, but what we want to get out of the movie is how Brett responded [to the attack]. "I enjoyed pushing the medical miracle side of things along and being able to interview my surgeon," he said. "I'd had offers from other production houses and platforms but I knew from early on I didn't want to surrender control of the narrative," he said.

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