Humans really aren\u0027t on the menu for great white sharks, a new study has found.
Play Video
“I think what we’ve finally done is put a nail in the coffin for the old myth that if you’re in the water with a white shark, it’s going to attack you,” study co-author Chris Lowe, a marine biologist at California State University, told Live Science..Shark attacks are rare and in 2022, there were 41 unprovoked bites and one fatality reported in the U.S., according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File.
Researchers flew a drone over beaches in southern California monthly for two years, looking for people and great white sharks.The sharks were all found on the far side of a wave break — the line where the waves start to crest — but so were plenty of people.Young white sharks are more focused on eating animals like stingrays and may be afraid of humans.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ranking the dog breeds that are known to attack humans the mostAs our understanding of dogs expands, more people are recognizing that a dog's upbringing and training—not its breed—holds more influence over how a dog reacts in a moment of stress, fear, or anxiety.
Read more »
Ranking the dog breeds that are known to attack humans the mostAs our understanding of dogs expands, more people are recognizing that a dog's upbringing and training—not its breed—holds more influence over how a dog reacts in a moment of stress, fear, or anxiety.
Read more »
Weekend Posted: Some great stories you may have missedRead about perceived bad government policy, bad cops, a highway tragedy and more
Read more »
Weekend Posted: Some great stories you may have missedRead about perceived bad government policy, bad cops, a highway tragedy and more
Read more »
The woman who founded Father's Day was a renegade, great-granddaughter saysThe late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington. As a result, she is the one responsible for those annual gifts that run the gamut from embarrassingly silly-looking neckties to kids' finger paintings crafted with so much love by those tiny hands that they can bring a tear to the eye of even the most stoic father.
Read more »
Weekend Posted: Some great stories you may have missedRead about perceived bad government policy, bad cops, a highway tragedy and more
Read more »