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U.S. tourists injured in shark attack in Bahamas

Tourist pursues shark for photo and it attacks her off Caribbean island, officials say

A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after being attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark, according to investigators. It happened Friday, Feb. 7, off a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 600 miles southeast of Miami, and the woman is expected to survive. Her identity has not been released.

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2 American tourists injured in apparent shark attack in the Bahamas

Unprovoked shark attacks are rare in the Bahamas, with just 34 recorded since 1580, according to the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File. This ranks the Caribbean country ninth among all tracked countries, with the US leading at 1,640 cases, followed by Australia with 706 and South Africa with 262, the data shows.

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U.S. tourists injured in shark attack in the Bahamas: ‘It destroyed my leg’

It destroyed my leg basically. It severed my Achilles. My artery is severed, my nerve is severed,” one of the victims told CNN.

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Shark attacks — and fatalities — dropped in 2024. Here's where most unprovoked bites occurred.

The number of shark attacks, including deadly bites, dropped substantially worldwide in 2024, according to a new report.

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Shark attack data: US again has the most reported bites, with Florida leading the way

The U.S. is again leading the way. While shark attacks dropped around the world and in the U.S. last year, the U.S. again had the highest reported number of unprovoked bites. There were a total of 28 reported incidents in the U.

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Florida again shark attack capital of the world with most shark bites in 2024. Here's where

Florida is once again tops in the world for the number of unprovoked shark bites, even as the overall number of attacks declined in 2024. An annual report by the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) shows 47 confirmed unprovoked shark bites globally, significantly lower than the average 64 annually over the previous five years.

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Shark attacks declined sharply in 2024. It’s not clear why

Unprovoked attacks by sharks declined sharply in 2024, according to new figures from an international database compiled by ...

Dramatic Change In Number Of Shark Attacks In 2024, According To ISAF

The latest International Shark Attack File on the number of human and shark encounters in 2024 is encouraging reading for ocean goers.

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33% of Shark Attacks Involved Surfers in 2024; Here’s Why

According to an urban wildlife expert at UC Berkeley, an estimated 100 to 125 coyotes live in San Francisco. Florida once ...

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Seal pup vs. shark: Dramatic NJ beach rescue captivates the Jersey Shore

An injured seal found on a beach in Longport is recovering at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center after being attacked most ...

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Shark attacks: US led the world in 2024. Where else does danger lurk in the water?

"exceptionally quiet year" for shark attacks. But the U.S. still led the globe - again. See where the fatal attacks happened.

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Dad of 17-Year-Old Killed in Shark Attack Opens Up About How He Learned His Daughter Was Dead

The family of Charlize Zmuda, a teenage girl who was killed in a shark attack off of a popular Australia beach, is speaking ...

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Surfers at risk: 60% of shark bites in 2024 targeted wave riders

Gavin Naylor, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research, noted that the lower numbers of shark encounters in 2024 could simply represent a statistical fluctuation.

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‘We’re here to tell the story’: Shark attack survivors share harrowing story

Two American tourists share their story of the day they were attacked by a shark in the Bahamas. While unprovoked shark ...

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