Great white shark
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2 liver-eating orcas forced an entire population of great white sharks to flee their home watersResearchers have discovered that hundreds of great white sharks that vanished from their home off the Western Cape of South Africa have moved east in order to survive — but this could spell trouble for both the sharks and the people living there.
By Alison Kock Published
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Great white sharks: The world's largest predatory fishGreat white sharks are the largest predatory fish in the world, but scientists still have much to learn about these iconic predators.
By Patrick Pester Last updated
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Cape Cod is one of the world's largest hotspots of great white sharks, study findsFor the first time, scientists have estimated the abundance of great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod.
By Kiley Price Published
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Great white sharks are moving north. New NatGeo SharkFest show explains whyThe great white shark population off in the North Atlantic plummeted during the 20th century — but the species is now making a major comeback, and recolonizing its former home.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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'I knew it was circling me': Man attacked by shark was waiting to die, then dolphins saved his lifeNatGeo Sharkfest episode focuses on stories of whales and dolphins saving people from sharks. But are they really trying to protect us?
By Hannah Osborne Published
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Great whites are dining on other sharks instead of seals, researchers discover in NatGeo showThe SharkFest episode delves into the diets of the famed aerial-hunting great white sharks of South Africa's Mossel Bay — and seals are barely on the menu.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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Great white sharks have almost no interest in eating humans, study confirmsJuvenile great white sharks are near to people in Southern California nearly every day but rarely bite them.
By Ethan Freedman Published
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Shark launches 3 attacks on surfer in Australia, in deadly and 'atypical' encounterThe victim was surfing off the coast of South Australia when a shark dragged him under. Bits of wetsuit were later found.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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Great white shark washes up on South Carolina beach in rare, unusual strandingThe 10-foot-long female stopped breathing after locals tried several times to coax her back into the water. The cause of the animal's death remains a mystery.
By Sascha Pare Published
