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The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one critically injured. The incidents occurred during a deadly summer heat wave and polio epidemic in the United States that drove thousands of people to the ...
Romento was attacked and killed while bodyboarding at 9:45 a.m. in shallow, clear water approximately 90 feet (27 m) from shore off Keʻeau Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii. His right leg was severely bitten in three places by a 10–12-foot (3.0–3.7 m) tiger shark, and he died of blood loss a short time after swimming to shore.
The shark was first described by Peron and Lesueur in 1822, and was given the name Squalus cuvier. [4] Müller and Henle in 1837 renamed it Galeocerdo tigrinus. [7] The genus, Galeocerdo, is derived from the Greek galeos, which means shark, and kerdo, the word for fox. [7] It is often colloquially called the man-eater shark. [7]
1Cow and frilled sharks (2 Families) 2Dogfish sharks (7 families) 3Sawsharks (1 family) 4Angel sharks (1 family) 5Bullhead sharks (1 family) 6Mackerel sharks (7 families) 7Carpet sharks (7 families) 8Ground sharks (8 families) 9Alphabetic sort.
The 1975 horror film "Jaws" is based on the 1974 novel about a police chief, marine biologist and shark hunter hunting down a great white shark attacking beachgoers at a summer resort town. Based ...
The Serpent Goddess, Aeg, Aega. Daughter of both Yig and the Outer Goddess Yidhra, appearing as a gigantic octopus-like horror with serpentine eyes, and detachable tentacles, which may move independently. She dwells within the cavern of a deep canyon somewhere in Texas. Aylith. The Widow in the Woods, The Many-Mother.
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
A shark attack off Florida’s east coast left a man aboard a boat with a “severe bite to his right arm” on Friday, according to authorities. The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit ...