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In the authors’ tests using bait to attract white sharks, Ocean Guardian’s Freedom+ Surf, a device designed for surfboards that sends out electric current to deter sharks, the percentage of bait taken dropped from 96% without the device to 40% with use of the device.
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Gary Stoller, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Josh McInnes, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, told USA TODAY the incident shows that killer whales not only are competing with white sharks for seals in the waters off South Africa but also that the mammals can develop niche tastes and independently overpower white sharks.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
Scientists witnessed one of the hunters, a male orca known as Starboard, single-handedly kill a 2.5-meter (8.2-foot) juvenile white shark within a two-minute time frame last year.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
As a result of these human activities, white shark numbers dropped.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The shark conservancy brought in white shark experts from other parts of the world to advise the safety planners.
—Jim Behnke, Scientific American, 2 July 2023
The day after scientists witnessed the rare attack, a second white shark carcass washed ashore at Mossel Bay, according to the study.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
The shark that Starboard took down solo was an 8.2-foot juvenile white shark.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
Following the attack, white sharks left the area for about four months, Towner tells National Geographic.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
Gary Stoller, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Josh McInnes, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, told USA TODAY the incident shows that killer whales not only are competing with white sharks for seals in the waters off South Africa but also that the mammals can develop niche tastes and independently overpower white sharks.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
Scientists witnessed one of the hunters, a male orca known as Starboard, single-handedly kill a 2.5-meter (8.2-foot) juvenile white shark within a two-minute time frame last year.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
As a result of these human activities, white shark numbers dropped.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The shark conservancy brought in white shark experts from other parts of the world to advise the safety planners.
—Jim Behnke, Scientific American, 2 July 2023
The day after scientists witnessed the rare attack, a second white shark carcass washed ashore at Mossel Bay, according to the study.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
The shark that Starboard took down solo was an 8.2-foot juvenile white shark.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
Following the attack, white sharks left the area for about four months, Towner tells National Geographic.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
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“White shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20shark. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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