An adult female harbor seal (61 inches standard length; estimated weight 275 pounds) was attacked by a great white shark this morning. The seal was first seen drifting east at the end of Sand Point Road. Later, it was seen off Carpinteria. The specimen drifted in close enough to be recovered at Linden Avenue. When […]
Read MoreThe tiger shark lurking in the deep waters off the Hawaiian island of Kauai didn’t give any warning; it didn’t show a telltale fin. Instead it swam up vertically from beneath surfer Mike Coots, who sat unsuspecting on his board. “It just pulled a blindsided attack,” Coots told The Huffington Post, “Like a submarine” — […]
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