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Sue Blackhall. Killers in the Water - The New Super Sharks Terrorising The World's Oceans
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE RED SEA SERIAL KILLER
THE OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK
THE MAKO SHARK
DWELLERS OF THE DEEP
HONEYMOON HORROR IN PARADISE
THE BULL SHARK
THE TIGER SHARK
GREAT WHITE SHARK
SHARK INHABITANTS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
ROGUE SHARKS OF REUNION ISLAND
SHARK DEVASTATION DOWN UNDER
AUSTRALIAN SHARK ATTACK FACTS
CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION
AUSTRALIA’S SHARK SPECIES
NEW ZEALAND’S NASTY SHARKS
‘THE SHARK IGNORED MY PLEAS AND BUMPED INTO ME…’
SHARK ATTACKS AROUND NEW ZEALAND
SAVAGERY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
AMERICAN SHARK ATROCITIES
BEASTLY SHARKS OF THE BAHAMAS
SHARK SPECIES OF THE BAHAMAS
HAWAIIAN SHARK HAVOC
ONE IN THE EYE FOR A SHARK
SHARK SPECIES OF HAWAII
NORTH PACIFIC NIGHTMARE
SHARK SPECIES OF THE NORTH PACIFIC
SHARK MAYHEM IN MEXICO
SHARK ATTACK SURVIVORS BECOME THEIR SAVIOURS
WHERE SHARKS LIVE AND HOW TO AVOID THEM. TOP AMERICAN SHARK-ATTACK BEACHES NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA
NORTH SHORE, OAHU, HAWAII
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NEW JERSEY
WEST END, GRAND BAHAMAS ISLAND
STINSON BEACH, CALIFORNIA
BEACHES OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
HORRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
SOLANA BEACH, CALIFORNIA
BOLINAS, CALIFORNIA
GALVESTON, TEXAS
TOP SHARK-ATTACK BEACHES IN THE REST OF THE WORLD ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO
GANSBAAI, SOUTH AFRICA (‘SHARK ALLEY’)
KOSI BAY, KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA
RECIFE, BRAZIL
LAKE NICARAGUA, NICARAGUA
BONDI BEACH, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
REUNION ISLAND
UMHLANGA ROCKS, SOUTH AFRICA
IF YOU SHOULD MEET A SHARK…
SOUTH AFRICAN SHARK ATTACKS
SHARKS OF SOUTH AFRICA
BRUTISH SHARKS OF BRAZIL
SHARK PREDATORS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA (AND OTHER PLACES, TOO!)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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So, just what had incited the worst-ever recorded number of shark attacks that brought such devastation? Again, theories abounded. One came from Marcus Maurer, manager of the Extra Dive Centre, whose staff had been involved in rescuing the victims. He blamed the very people on whom the resort relies – tourists. ‘These are open-water sharks,’ he explained. ‘The biggest problem is people feeding the fish. The fish are an attraction, people like to see them but if people throw food in the water, the fish come inside the reef and maybe the sharks follow the fish. They are changing the behaviour of the animals. Along the beaches, notices in several languages say “All unused food and packaging must be put in the garbage container. Food may not be eaten in the sea or within a 4ft (1.5m) perimeter around the sea”. Divers know how to react in the presence of a shark. They know to stay calm, don’t kick or swim fast – and don’t beat the shark.’
Maurer added that he had made more than 3,000 dives in over 13 years and had never had a problem with sharks, but snorkellers and swimmers with no experience or training simply panicked: ‘Then the sharks start to hunt. People have got to learn it’s not our territory, it’s the territory of the animals. If we go there, we have to respect the marine life.’ But it is hard to tell the thousands of children who go to Sharm El Sheikh and feed the brightly coloured fish as part of their holiday excitement that they could be attracting a killer to their feet. How are they to know that lurking so close by, sharks will pick up the pulsed vibrations sent out by shoals of fish gathering titbits and in turn attracting predators and becoming a meal themselves? And who heeds the ‘Do not feed the fish’ signs that are present in several different languages? ‘The whole trigger is food. Nothing else makes sense,’ says shark behaviourist Erich Ritter.
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