A leisurely outing turned ugly in Plett this morning, a shark chomping a bite out of a surf-ski and causing the NSRI to issue a warning.
Some surfers in California had their session cut short by a cheeky great white shark, although from a distance it all looked rather spectacular.
I hear there were some pretty decent waves around Cape Town yesterday hey? Turns out it wasn’t just the surfers who were having a jol.
One Durban diver got more than he bargained for when a shark turned on him inside its tank. There will be blood.
Selfie sticks are being banned across the world because, in the search of the perfect pic, people are dying.
Shark Week aired on Discovery last week in an attempt to educate the masses about shark’s importance, anatomy and how they live.
Mention the words ‘big shark’ and you generally catch people’s attention, so when you’re talking about the biggest shark ever filmed the world tends to sit up and take notice.
We all know that these creatures lurk in the waters beneath us but it’s a different matter altogether when they are hauled out of the water. This oke looks particularly nasty.
The Mick Fanning attack in Jeffreys Bay has once again highlighted how close those of us who enjoy our waters come with sharks. So what beaches have the most history?
After it became clear that Mick Fanning had managed to escape a shark attack on live television without injury it was only a matter of time before the jokes started pouring in.
Researchers have stumbled upon some interesting footage whilst studying an active volcano located in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
Another shark video from Mossel Bay has grabbed international headlines this week, although it isn’t the fierce looking beast in the foreground stealing the limelight.
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Rihanna loves a good photo. Remember those ones from the carnival? Yeah, you do. Don’t worry, these will be more airbrushed.
There are few things scarier than a hungry shark on the loose, especially if the shark in question wants to eat the internet.
It’s not very often you get to be a part of something that is this incredible. Talk about being in the right place at the right time, for both the humans and the shark. Good work, humans on the beach.
Silly rabbit. Who would want to jump onto a shark? What if Sharky Shark chose fight instead of flight? Though I would not have blamed it.
Watching this video is like the Tabard to swimming in the ocean. It makes cage diving seem almost as pleasant as being stuck in space without oxygen. Fun times.
We swim in the oceans and invade sharks’ hunting grounds, and then we complain when we lose a leg (which, yes, is rather inconvenient). But, ladies, we have less chance of losing a leg. Yay for us!
Good. Another reason for us to not take up surfing. As if the threat of sharks isn’t enough, we can now worry about fish that are big enough to eat said sharks.
A shark got a little curious about a underwater camera deployed by researchers, and it decided to attack the piece of equipment.
How better to get into the massive sporting weekend upon us, than to tackle some betting head-on? Place your bets for the Super Rugby playoff action this weekend.
Video has emerged that appears to show a shark attacking a swimmer off the coast of Manhattan Beach in Southern California on Saturday.
While out tagging sharks, fishermen caught this incredible footage of a shark stealing their chum bag. Awesome and terrifying at the same time…
Lesley Rochat is a shark conservationist. You’ll know by now that conservationists are constantly pulling stunts to draw attention to their various causes. You’ll also know by now that sex sells. Lesley also knows this, so she went swimming sans swimming suit with sharks, and recorded it. Best part! It happened in Durban.
Researchers have always suspected that sharks, like many other fish, return to their original birthplace to give birth themselves. Now they have hard evidence.
Jake White was announced as the new Director for Rugby at the Sharks Rugby Union in Durban about two hours ago. White begins his tenure immediately.
Sharks are commonly represented by pop culture as predators that will almost certainly circle their prey before closing in for the kill. But the truth of the matter is that you wouldn’t see them coming if they were certain you were a food item – they probably aren’t all that convinced if they’re circling. This, […]
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Two Australian businessmen, with a little help from university research project, have released “the first shark-repellent wetsuits.” The project, which follows a wave of shark attacks in Western Australia, has been designed by using new scientific insights regarding a sharks perception of light and colour blindness. Click through to check them out.