BIG SHARKS

Beautiful tiger and diver William Winram, photographed off the...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:16:10 -0500

Beautiful tiger and diver William Winram, photographed off the South African coast by Fred Buyle.

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Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:06:29 -0500

So, great news about that shark hunter getting prosecuted...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:29:00 -0500

So, great news about that shark hunter getting prosecuted … [x]

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Liz_66: Great White hunter fined

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:21:46 -0500

Liz_66: Great White hunter fined:

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Melanie Gosling

Environment Writer

IN 1991 South Africa outlawed the killing of great white sharks, but it took 22 years before anyone was convicted of killing one of these protected marine creatures.

For years anglers who landed the big sharks had simply argued that they had not been…

By Paul Spielvogel ( I think!)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:56:20 -0500

By Paul Spielvogel ( I think!)

Please keep ‘Sharkman’ Mike Rutzen in your prayers. He is currently in a very serious...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:46:47 -0500

Please keep ‘Sharkman’ Mike Rutzen in your prayers. He is currently in a very serious condition after a horrific car crash, which took the life of his girlfriend Elisabetta Castella. Our thoughts are with him and Elisabetta’s family.

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Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:16:27 -0500

Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl.

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:15:40 -0500

Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl.

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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:48:17 -0500

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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:46:43 -0500

RIP Ron Taylor. It was watching a film by Ron and Valerie Taylor...

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:11:50 -0400

RIP Ron Taylor. It was watching a film by Ron and Valerie Taylor that first began my love for sharks.

Ron was the first person ever to film Great Whites underwater, without a cage.

The Australian husband-and-wife team were originally successful spearfishers. Ron was a world champion and Valerie, who survives him, a national winner. However, they turned their backs on the sport to embrace the cause of marine conservation.

“I just thought, ‘What am I doing down here killing these poor, defenceless marine creatures?’ So I just packed up, went home - didn’t even weigh my fish in - and never went back to another spearfishing competition”

Their lives became dedicated to underwater film-making to publicise the lives and plights of shark populations around the world. They made many television documentaries throughout the years and worked on several iconic movie projects including Jaws.

Courtesy of Calypso Star Charters.

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:16:23 -0400

Courtesy of Calypso Star Charters.

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Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:07:23 -0400

Lemon sharks (by WIlly Volk)

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:03:24 -0400

Lemon sharks (by WIlly Volk)

By Andrew Fox (source).

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:04:28 -0400

By Andrew Fox (source).

Smalltooth Sand Tiger by Francis Pérez.

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:46:31 -0400

Smalltooth Sand Tiger by Francis Pérez.

Great Whites - how big can they get?

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:40:42 -0400

I have a question for you guys :) I’m interested in your thoughts on the size that Great Whites can reach. Do you think they max out at the size that has actually been documented - around 21ft for the largest ever caught - or are there much larger sharks down there? There have been reports of larger sharks being caught - a Great White was caught in 1997 in Taiwan, that was estimated to have been 23ft, but the exact size was unconfirmed.

Experts believe they max out at around 20ft - the majority being much less than that. The above are considered exceptional and extremely rare, and absolutely the biggest that a Great White would get. What do you think? How big can they get? Do you think the experts are right or are there bigger sharks down there? And how big? 25ft? 26ft? Bigger?!

Looking forward to reading your answers!

Tom Campbell filming a Great White. Picture by Dennis Coffman.

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:09:41 -0400

Tom Campbell filming a Great White. Picture by Dennis Coffman.

Whale Sharks feeding, by Michael Aw.

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:00:54 -0400

Whale Sharks feeding, by Michael Aw.