On a recent expedition to Indonesia's Cendrawasih Bay, Conservation International's Mark Erdmann learned how whale sharks often congregate around bagan (lift net) fishing platforms to eat the small silverside baitfish that the fishers are targeting. The sharks have also learned how to "suck" the ...
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Humpback whales are friendly, maybe the friendliest animal in the world. When Michael Feshbach discovered a young humpback whale tangled up in fishing nets, he thought it was already dead. After a quick investigation he discovered this wan't the case and the helpless creature needed an assist. ...
READ MORE +Greg Looney, Brian Keef and Michael St. Jean had no idea they were signing up for the fight of their lives when they booked a fishing trip with Kevin Leonwert, a captain from the reality show Wicked Tuna. The buddies from Dracut Massachusetts figured they'd catch something pretty big, but what they ...
READ MORE +Kelton Beardall, 15, is lucky to be alive after a recent encounter with a shark at New Smyrna Beach while surfing that left him with multiple bite wounds to his foot. His biggest fear as a surfer was coming face to face with a shark, according to First Coast News. Beardall believes the shark ...
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