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'It's like we opened a buffet': Sharks in Gulf of Mexico learn to steal food from fishing netsSharks in the Gulf of Mexico are learning to associate boat engines with food, leading to more and more cases of depredation, experts say.
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Florida shark attacks caused by heat, not scary orcas, experts sayPeople had linked recent shark attacks in the Florida panhandle to orca activity in the Gulf. But a combination of dry weather and heat was the real driving force.
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Ancient, 30-foot relative of great white shark unearthed in Mexico quarry"Exceptionally preserved" fossils of an ancient shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs has finally revealed what the predator looked like — and why it may have gone extinct.
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There's 5 times as many bull sharks off Alabama now — but don't worry about shark bitesJuvenile bull shark numbers have significantly increased in Mobile Bay, Alabama, as waters warm — but swimmers don't need to worry, researchers say.
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Elusive prickly sharks spotted gathering at underwater mountain off Panama — but why remains a mysteryResearchers have spotted an atypical gathering of rare prickly sharks around a seamount off Panama.
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Elusive megamouth shark caught off Zanzibar for 1st time, gets sold for $17Megamouth sharks were first discovered in 1976 and fewer than 280 have ever been seen, meaning we know very little about this enigmatic species.
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Great white shark gets liver torn out by lone orca in under 2 minutes in shocking shift of hunting methodsDisturbing footage shows the moment a single orca chased down a great white shark and killed it, then swam away with the shark's liver in its jaws.
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16-foot-long shark bites stranded pygmy whale's head off as human tries to rescue itA shark instantly killed a stranded pygmy sperm whale on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula, where officials had warned about increased shark activity.
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'Unnerving' rise in fatal shark attacks recorded last year. Should we be worried?The number of unprovoked shark attacks spiked slightly last year, while the number of fatal bites doubled compared with the previous year. However, the statistics are not as concerning as they initially sound, experts say.
