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Bioinspired Swimming Robots with 3D Biomimetic Shark Denticle Structures for Controlled Marangoni Propulsion [PDF]
BiomimeticsShark skin exhibits a well-defined multilayered architecture, consisting of three-dimensional denticles and an underlying dermal layer, which contributes to its passive drag reduction.
Kang Yang +4 more
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Shark attack!: A cultural approach [PDF]
Anthropology Today, 2015 Many Australians would concur with the view of the novelist Tim Winton that we have an ‘almost supernatural fear and hatred’ of sharks. Especially in the wake of fatal attacks by great white sharks (on average once or twice per year), the extent of fascination and fear within the population at large is undeniable.
Adrian Peace
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Macroscopic Markers of Dolphin Healing at Sea Linked to Immunity [PDF]
AnimalsWound healing has been studied extensively in humans and lab animals, but not in dolphins. Severe human wounds require extensive medical intervention to avoid infection.
Ann Weaver
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Treating a patient with lower limb injury from shark attack – a case report
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2014 Background: Every year a number of people are attacked by sharks worldwide; however, death as a consequence is quite unusual. In recent years, the number of reported shark attacks worldwide has been around 67 per year with fatalities averaging 5 persons ...
Uroš Ahčan +3 more
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Predicting potential future reduction in shark bites on people [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Despite the low chance of a person being bitten by a shark, there are serious associated costs. Electronic deterrents are currently the only types of personal deterrent with empirical evidence of a substantial reduction in the probability of being bitten
Corey J. A. Bradshaw +4 more
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Shark Bite Reporting and The New York Times
Biology, 2022 The social and political dynamics around human–shark interactions are a growing area of interest in marine social science. The question motivating this article asks to what extent media reporting by The New York Times has engaged beyond the lexicon of ...
Christopher L. Pepin-Neff
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Shark Side of the Moon: Are Shark Attacks Related to Lunar Phase?
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Animals across taxa have shown behaviors linked to moon phase (or the proxy of lunar illumination), and marine organisms are well-documented to calibrate certain activities with the moon.
Lindsay A. French +4 more
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Tiger Shark Attack on a Scuba Diver in New Caledonia
Wilderness & environmental medicine (Print), 2022 Herein we report an unprovoked shark attack on a scuba diver in New Caledonia. The species responsible for the attack was identified as a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), based on both the victim’s testimony and forensic examination.
C. Maillaud +5 more
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Shark incidents in California 1950-2021; frequency and trends
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Many reports have categorized the frequency, circumstances, and causes for interactions between sharks and humans, often using the behaviorally inaccurate term “attack.” The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) instead uses the term ...
John Ugoretz +2 more
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3000-year-old shark attack victim from Tsukumo shell-mound, Okayama, Japan
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2021 Modern shark attacks are uncommon and archaeological examples are even rarer, with the oldest previously known case dating to ca. AD 1000. Here we report a shark attack on an adult male radiocarbon dated to 1370–1010 cal BC during the fisher-hunter ...
J. White +8 more
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