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Author: Alex MacCormick
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1998-07-15
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780312966188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on first-hand accounts of survivors, here are terrifying true accounts of shark attacks worldwide--with photos.
Author: Blake Chapman
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2017-11
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1486307361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHumans spend more time in or on the water than ever before. We love the beach. But for many people, getting in the water provokes a moment’s hesitation. Shark attacks are big news events and although the risk of shark attack on humans is incredibly low, the fact remains that human lives are lost to sharks every year. Shark Attacks explores the tension between risk to humans and the need to conserve sharks and protect the important ecological roles they play in our marine environments. Marine biologist Blake Chapman presents scientific information about shark biology, movement patterns and feeding behaviour. She discusses the role of fear in the way we think about sharks and the influence of the media on public perceptions. Moving first-hand accounts describe the deep and polarising psychological impacts of shark attacks from a range of perspectives. This book is an education in thinking through these emotive events and will help readers to navigate the controversial issues around mitigating shark attacks while conserving the sharks themselves.
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 054520688X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes an excerpt from Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Author: Alex MacCormick
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2013-11-07
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1472100301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe biggest-ever selection of first-hand accounts and news reports of shark attacks, both recent and historical, shows how sharks are masters of the ocean and how we enter their domain at our own risk. Think you're safe in the Med? Read about the Great Whites that thrive near holiday beaches. Think you're safe in large groups? Read about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945 when hundreds of sailors floated for days in shark-infested waters, being picked off one-by-one. Think you're safe at home? Read about the 69-year-old man, taking his regular evening swim, jumping off his backyard dock straight into the mouth of a bull shark. Many more extraordinary and gruesome accounts, including the shark-boat skipper who slit open the belly of a 360-kg tiger shark only to have a human head, pelvis, and arm come tumbling out, provide horrific and moving tales of shark encounters. The courage of survivors and those who have risked their lives to save shark attack victims is truly inspirational. Where can you find sharks? Features on different shark species with illustrations, fact boxes and maps show where they lurk around the world. Also included are a selection of full-colour photographs and special sections on the life cycle of a shark, how to avoid a shark attack and how to survive one.
Author: Patricia Heyer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2020-08-17
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1439669791
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery summer, thousands flock to the Jersey Shore for its beaches and boardwalks, but lurking in the depths beyond is a historic threat to tranquility. Dozens of shark attacks and interactions have occurred throughout Jersey Shore history that reveal bravery, heartbreak and the hubris of man. A boy paid a gruesome price for teasing a trapped shark in the first recorded attack in 1842. The three bloody attacks of 1960 left one man's limb amputated. The horrific summer of 1916 included seven attacks in a two-week span and crafted the caricature of the killer shark that remains in popular culture today. Authors Patricia and Robert Heyer dive into the history of when two apex predators, man and shark, cross paths on the shores of New Jersey.
Author: Mike Capuzzo
Publisher: Broadway
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes how, in the summer of 1916, a lone great white shark headed for the New Jersey shoreline and a farming community eleven miles inland, attacking five people and igniting the most extensive shark hunt in history.
Author: Thomas B. Allen
Publisher:
Published: 2002-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781585745463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShark Attacks contains the harrowing personal stories of shark attack survivors expert opinions from marine biologists and the latest scientific studies of shark behavior An unflinching look at a terrifying phenomenon
Author: Blake Chapman
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2017-11-01
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 148630737X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHumans spend more time in or on the water than ever before. We love the beach. But for many people, getting in the water provokes a moment’s hesitation. Shark attacks are big news events and although the risk of shark attack on humans is incredibly low, the fact remains that human lives are lost to sharks every year. Shark Attacks explores the tension between risk to humans and the need to conserve sharks and protect the important ecological roles they play in our marine environments. Marine biologist Blake Chapman presents scientific information about shark biology, movement patterns and feeding behaviour. She discusses the role of fear in the way we think about sharks and the influence of the media on public perceptions. Moving first-hand accounts describe the deep and polarising psychological impacts of shark attacks from a range of perspectives. This book is an education in thinking through these emotive events and will help readers to navigate the controversial issues around mitigating shark attacks while conserving the sharks themselves.
Author: Alex MacCormick
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Published: 2015-09-08
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1250097096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore horrifying than Jaws-- because it's true! Since 1990 there have been 283 shark attacks worldwide--40 of which were fatal... In the past 15 years, reports of shark attacks have substantially increased... Over half the attacks occur in water no deeper than five feet... Believe it or not, shark attacks are still a very real threat to humans. These unspeakably bloody encounters happen in shallow water, in "safe" areas, to people just like you-- people who thought it could never happen to them. HONG KONG, 1995: A forty-five-year-old woman swimming in shallow water with fifty other people has one leg and one arm ripped off by the shark--she dies before reaching the hospital. CALIFORNIA, 1993: A man snorkeling with friends is swallowed headfirst halfway down his body--luckily, the shark spits him back out with only bite wounds. AUSTRALIA, 1993: A professional diver and mother of five is literally torn in half in front of her horrified family by a fifteen-foot great white shark. HAWAII, 1991: Two vacationing friends out for a swim suddenly see a shark "the size of a car" swim by. After one of the women begins thrashing in panic, the shark attacks and kills her--her body is later recovered with several limbs missing. Read on for more blood-chilling accounts of people who fell prey to...SHARK ATTACKS.
Author: John Hairr
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2023-05-22
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467153958
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMillions of tourists visit North Carolina beaches each year, but advertisements promoting fun in the sun along idyllic shores forget to mention the dangers lurking under the waves. The Old North State is home to some very large and lethal sharks--bull sha
