Leaping mako shark jumps into fishermen’s boat
Houston’s ABC 13 is reporting that an 8′, 375 lbs. shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) landed in a fishing boat after leaping from the water. The fishermen were approximately 50 miles offshore...
View ArticleVideo: Mako shark nabs fisherman’s moray eel
YouTube user TheMarkFloro recently posted the above video which shows a fisherman reeling in a moray eel only to have it nabbed by shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus). While I’ve seen plenty of...
View ArticlePrehistoric Megalodon versus modern great white shark
FischerProductions has recently posted the above video, in which Dr. Michael Domeier disputes the theory that great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) descended from the prehistoric C. megalodon....
View ArticleWarden originally identified illegally caught white shark as mako
A quick update on yesterday morning’s post about a juvenile great white shark being caught at Huntington Beach Pier in California… The L.A. Times reports that California Department of Fish and Game...
View ArticleInterview with fisherman who caught protected great white shark
NBC Los Angeles conducted an interview with Michael Castillo, the fisherman who caught and killed a shark from Huntington Beach Pier last month. The shark in question was a juvenile great white shark...
View ArticleShark caught on camera in Hawaii waters – mako or white shark?
WARNING: Video features language that some may find offensive. YouTube user kairokk posted a video featuring footage shot off Hawaii’s Kaena Point on January 12, 2012. The video shows a large shark...
View ArticleVideo: mako shark snatches fisherman’s mahi-mahi
YouTube user Redtale1106 captured some close-up footage of a shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) feeding on a mahi-mahi aka dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus) that had been hooked by one the fisherman aboard...
View ArticleVideo: mako shark struck by boat returns the favor
WARNING Video contains language that some might find offensive. YouTube user ozfishwa posted the video above which documents a large shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) having a few goes at a fishing...
View ArticleResearch reveals decline in Pacific shark species
According to the Sacramento Bee, a journal article published in the latest issue of Conservation Biology reveals “significant declines in catch rates” for blue (Prionace glauca), mako (Isurus...
View ArticleKayaker has close encounter with mako shark off Perth, WA
Grant Bond got a little more than he bargained for off of Perth, Western Australia earlier this year. Bond was fishing from his kayak when a shark decided to get up close and personal with him. He...
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