When Sharks Turned Up at Their Beach, They Called in Drones

This is pretty cool, at NYT, "A goal of the SharkEye project is to one day produce automated “shark reports” for beachgoers to help them gauge levels of risk."

Seal Beach Paddleboarder's Close Call with Great White Shark?

Dang, I could do without that, lol.

At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Great White Shark Attacks from Behind (VIDEO)

Tonight's the last night of Shark Week.



Previously, "Alien Sharks: Close Encounters (VIDEO)," and "More Alien Sharks (VIDEO)."

More Alien Sharks (VIDEO)

It's still shark week, heh.



Previously, "Alien Sharks: Close Encounters (VIDEO)."

Alien Sharks: Close Encounters (VIDEO)

It's Shark Week at Discovery Channel.

My wife popped it on to get away from all the blathering talking heads on CNN after the Trump trade speech, lol.

Honestly, though, this is a fantastic series.

Watch:



I'll post more videos as we go along. Absolutely freakin' amazing.

How Swimmer Survived Newport Beach Shark Attack (VIDEO)

Well, previous attack victims have survived by punching back twice as hard.

That's always good advice, in the water and in real life.

At the O.C. Register, "Shark attack survivor: Woman suffered one big bite across her body, a punctured lung and broken ribs":

She had wounds in a half circle across her torso, teeth marks from her upper right shoulder in the back to her pelvis in front and to the other side of her buttocks in the back.

Several ribs were fractured. A lung was punctured. She lost no less than a liter of blood. Doctors looked for teeth that might’ve still been in her body.

Maria Korcsmaros, a 52-year-old triathlete and mother of three, survived a shark attack Sunday in Corona del Mar.

She lived only because of her own quick thinking, strong work from a pair of Newport Beach lifeguards who luckily were close at hand, and medical experts who responded well to a trauma none had seen first-hand.

“It was life before limb,” said Dr. Philip Rotter, director of orthopedic trauma and chairman of orthopedics at Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana.

Details of the attack emerged Tuesday as Rotter and other experts offered an inside look at what the swimmer endured Sunday and how she was treated.

They talked about how lifeguards pulled her from the water and treated her appropriately, and how emergency physicians and others later had to spring into action to treat a woman who had a tourniquet wrapped around her arm to slow the flow of blood spilling from her body.

Based on the description of the wound, local shark expert Chris Lowe, who runs The Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach, thinks the shark was an adult, likely more than 10 feet long.

“I can tell you that’s probably not a pup.”

As medical experts discussed the events that saved Korcsmaros, Newport Beach lifeguards on Tuesday re-opened beaches between Balboa Pier and the Wedge, a stretch of water closed to swimmers since the attack. Swimmers returned to the water around noon, after lifeguards had looked into the ocean from boats and from overhead, in a helicopter, to see if any sharks remain in the area.

Corona del Mar, where the attack occurred, was opened back up Wednesday morning.

Lifeguards also described what happened during the human-vs. shark rescue...

Keep reading.

Great White Shark Attack Closes Stretch of Beach in Corona del Mar (VIDEO)

Wow.

A great white too. That's major.

At the O.C. Register, "UPDATE: Newport Beach lifeguards spot possible shark bite victim in distress, rescue her."

And at CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "Beach Closed After Alleged Great White Shark Attack."

Hey, It's Shark Eat Shark Out There! (VIDEO)

Folks were tweeting a Newsweek story about this --- Newsweek?

Who even reads that dinosaur outlet anymore?

But CNN's got the video, from a South Korean aquarium. Shark turf wars --- who knew?

Shark Sighting Closes Two Orange County Beaches

Marine biologists can't explain the increase in shark attacks and sightings near swimmers, although it could be that more people are getting closer to the sharks themselves, rather than the other way around. There's more people swimming in the oceans than ever before, apparently.

At ABC News 10 San Diego, "O.C. Shark Sighting: Lifeguard says shark bumped him on surfboard."

Also, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "Stretch of Beach Reopens Following Shark Sighting in the O.C."

WATCH: New Video Released of 'Biggest Shark Ever Filmed'

It's from underwater photographer Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, on Facebook.

And at NBC.

Amazing:

Surfer Fights Off Great White Shark During South Africa Competition (VIDEO)

By the size of that dorsal fin it must have easily been a 15-foot great white, if not even larger.

Terrifying. The guy's lucky he wasn't killed.

At the Sidney Morning Herald, "Shark attacks Australian surfer Mick Fanning during live competition":

The shark approached ominously from behind as Fanning sat on his board, before launching at him.

"I was just sitting there and I felt something just get stuck in my leg rope, and I was kicking, trying to get it away," Fanning said afterwards.

Fanning appeared in shock and at a loss for words as he tried to describe the attack.

"I was just about to start moving and then I felt something grab [and] get stuck in my leg rope. And I instantly just jumped away and it just kept coming at my board. I was just started kicking and screaming. Wow!

"I just saw fin, I didn't see the teeth. I was waiting for the teeth to come at me as I was swimming."

Fanning, a three-time world champion, was competing against fellow Australian Julian Wilson in the world tour event final. The event was cancelled with the surfers to split the prizemoney.

Fanning and Wilson are locked in a world title battle, but the competition was the bottom of both surfers' priority lists following the incident.

"I'm happy to not even compete ever again. Seriously, to walk away from that, I'm just so stoked," said Fanning.

Great White Shark Photobombed by Another Shark Near Seal Island in Mossel Bay, South Africa

You gotta love it.

Via ABC 7 News Los Angeles, "GREAT WHITE SHARK LEAPS OUT OF THE WATER TO PHOTOBOMB ANOTHER SHARK."

Watch, "GREAT WHITE SHARKS BREACHING in MOSSEL BAY, July 6 2015."

Shark Flips Over Fisherman Kayaking in Middle of the Ocean (VIDEO)

Lolz.

This is pretty good. That fisherman was doing the Mark Spitz boogie back to the main boat, heh.

Watch: "Watch shark flip over kayaker in middle of ocean."

Spectacular GoPro® Great White Shark Photo from South Africa

Great work from Amanda Brewer!

Photo of the Day! Amazing image from Amanda Brewer who is working to promote shark conservation in South Africa. pic.twitter.com/xt368fyaOg

— GoPro® (@GoPro) October 5, 2014

Man Killed in Shark Attack at New Zealand's Muriwai Beach

At the Herald Sun, "Man dies in shark attack at Muriwai Beach, north of Auckland."