It’s unlikely a full-grown great white could be scared off with a punch, even from Mike Tyson.
The spectacle of a Spielbergian scenario with a hero and happy ending delighted TV viewers.
Within hours of world champion Mick Fanning escaping a shark attack, the internet did what it does best: produce memes about the terrifying incident.
How do you survive a potentially lethal attack by a great white shark? Mathieu Dasnois found out on the Wild Coast.
Ocearch says its work could help to save human lives in the sea.
A fatal shark attack at Kogel Bay has conservationists up in arms over what they call risky research practices involving great white sharks.
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/ 5 December 2011
South Africa is home to some of the most beautiful beaches, but is also the site of fatal shark attacks which have experts puzzling over the cause.
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/ 16 January 2011
A surfer was killed by a shark at Second Beach near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape on Saturday, Surfing South Africa said.
A surfer survived a shark attack in the sea off Port Alfred on Tuesday, police said.
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/ 14 January 2010
The City of Cape Town opened beaches around False Bay on Thursday morning after a man was killed by a shark at Fish Hoek beach earlier in the week.
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/ 13 January 2010
Beaches from Glencairn to Muizenberg will be closed until further notice after a man was attacked by a shark while swimming at Fish Hoek beach.
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/ 13 January 2010
There is very little chance of finding the remains of a
Zimbabwean man who was attacked by a great white shark at Fish Hoek beach on Tuesday
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/ 13 January 2010
The search for a man believed to have been attacked by a shark off Fish Hoek beach in Cape Town resumed on Wednesday morning
A 16-year-old boy died after being attacked by a shark on Second beach in Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, according to a report on Monday.
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/ 26 January 2009
A 27-year-old lifeguard died after he was attacked by a shark at a beach in Port St Johns on Sunday, a media report said on Monday.