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Attack map

A US map reveals that shark attack hotspots wrap around all of America.

Recent attacks on the west coast have been seen near Santa Barbara and Monterey, California.

East coast beachgoers have witnessed attacks near Myrtle Beach in South Carolina and Jones Beach in New York.

More tips to avoid a shark attack

Sharks are not likely to attack a group of people, they tend to go for a solitary individual – so stay with a good number of other swimmers.

Shiny jewelry can be identified as fish scales and could bring on an onslaught on the individual wearing them, it’s recommended to avoid wearing jewelry in the water.

Swimming too far from the shore can leave a person without immediate emergency assistance, beachgoers should stay close to the land.

How to avoid a shark attack

In order to avoid falling victim to an attack from the ferocious sea creature, experts listed a number of ways swimmers can steer clear of the perilous predator.

Due to a shark’s ability to hear low-frequency sounds, marine life experts say to refrain from excess splashing in one area.

If a shark hears splashing, it might associate the noise with potential prey in distress.

There’s an app for that

Shark tracking app  is a new development used by civilians and scientists alike to track the beasts through the seas.

According to their site, the app was “developed with input from the Massachusetts , the , and officials from Cape Cod and South Shore towns to raise awareness of the presence of white sharks off our coast.”

Swimming pigs

The infamous swimming pigs of the Bahamas may be past their safest days.

“Some believe that the local tiger shark population has acquired a taste for pork and may be feasting on these famous oinksters,” Discovery says on their site.

Do tiger sharks like bacon? Shark and pig fans can find out once and for all by streaming Pig vs. Shark on Discovery+.

Pack mentality

While sharks were previously thought to be the lone wolves of the sea, scientists have recently found several instances where they have been hunting their prey in packs.

After three 20ft Great Whites were seen eating a whale carcass, marine biologist Dr Chris Lowe said: “Finding one white shark and a whale, sure.

“Getting three large female white sharks on a whale, that’s different.

“That means those sharks must have been close enough in the vicinity to detect the odour of that whale, and then also it might mean that these sharks are travelling together.”

What is Shark Week?

Shark Week is a documentary series about the life of sharks.

This year included 45 hours of shows to educate viewers about one of the earth’s deadliest creatures.

The annual week-long TV block has now become one of television’s longest-running events in history.

All week, viewers were able to watch the specials on their local Discovery channels at 8pm.

Shark attack saved man from cancer, part three

Eugene believes that Mother Nature sent him a sign by having the shark smash into him only days before, prompting his trip to the hospital.

“I got a message from Mother Nature,” Eugene told The Washington Post.

“That’s what started this series of events that brought me to the hospital to let me know about this.

“Otherwise I would never have gone in, and they wouldn’t have caught it,” he explained.

Shark attack saved man from cancer, part two

Only the following day did Eugene and his family realize that it was most likely a shark that did this to him as a surfer then reported to the local news that they had bumped into a great white shark lurking in the waters.

However, not too long after that Eugene began feeling some chest pains, breathing issues, and other aches and pains that he and his family assumed must be from the shark attack.

They headed to the ER immediately for doctors to instead find a small cancerous tumor on Eugene’s right kidney.

Fortunately, it was still very small and the medical staff was able to take Eugene into surgery and remove all traces of the tumor along with only 20 percent of his kidney.

Shark attack saved man from cancer

Eugene Finney went swimming with his son, daughter, and girlfriend off the coast in Huntington Beach, California, in July 2015 when he was injured by a shark.

While in the water with his daughter, Eugene recalls that he felt something “smash” into his back, prompting him to swim back to shore, reports .

“I would say it’s like being hit by a ton of bricks, or like whiplash from a car, but it’s not that,” he explained.

“I’ve never been hit like that before.”

Upon returning to his girlfriend and son on the shore, Eugene was bleeding from about a one-foot long cut on the upper part of his back.

Reasoning for rise in shark sightings

Town of Southhampton Parks Director Kristen Doulos said the recent uptick in sightings is a result of people monitoring sharks, as drone and cell phone videos quickly spread on social media.

"There is also an abundance of baitfish in local waters as of late," she said.

"Although the chances of a fatal shark attack are about one in 3.7 million, we are still being extremely cautious."

Sharks spotted ‘closer than ever’ to US coastline, continued

“The frightening part was the 5 teenagers suiting up to surf in the parking lot," drone videographer Joanna Steidle explained of the footage.

“I’m down there every day and get one good shot a week if I'm lucky,” she wrote.

The Town of Southampton acknowledged the uptick in sightings in a news release.

"Amidst several shark bites in western Suffolk County last week, and multiple sightings along the shore, municipalities have been stepping up their efforts," it said.

“We have boats in the water every day and coordinate with our lifeguard staff and calls to 911, investigating suspected sightings using our boats and drones that we operate from our boats, as well as radio cars on land."   

Sharks spotted ‘closer than ever’ to US coastline 

Eerie footage shows sharks circling just yards off the shore of Long Island as officials have ramped up patrols after a series of attacks.

Drone videographer Joanna Steidle, who captured the footage of the predators, said she's never seen them so close to the beach.

"Sharks 80ft from shore today-Hamptons NY," Steidle wrote while sharing the video on 

“In seven years of flying drones commercially in the Hamptons, I have never captured sharks this close to shore,” Steidle 

The alarming footage of the sharks in a "feeding frenzy" off Little Plains Beach in Southampton comes as Long Island has seen a series of attacks this summer.

Shark attacks are not common

The chances of a shark attack are extremely slim.

The likelihood of dying from flu is 1 in 63 chance and the chance of dying from a shark is 1 in 3,700,000.

In total there have been 489 fatal shark attacks since 1958.

Average shark attacks each year

Around 75 shark attacks occur each year, with a high in recent times of 83 in 2012 across the world.

The fearsome creatures struck a staggering 73 times in just nine months around the world in 2015, making it one of the bloodiest years yet.

The deadliest stretch of coastline is America’s East Coast, where a terrifying 33 maulings were carried out by the bloodthirsty predators during that year.

Attack survivor played dead

A shark bit into diver Frank Logan’s side and began shaking him violently, but what he did next saved his life.

Instead of struggling against the beast, Frank played dead and let his body go limp.

As a result, the shark carried him 16 feet in the sea before releasing him from its dagger-like grip and swam away.

Frank’s friends dragged him out of the water and rushed him to a nearby hospital where he received more than 200 stitches to repair his gaping wounds.

Frank was at Bodega Rock in California’s Sonoma County when the terrifying attack took place in 1968.

Sharks almost went extinct

Sharks were on the verge of extinction about 50 years ago.

The global abundance of sharks declined 71 percent since 1970, according to a 2021 study in the scientific journal .

The decline could’ve been as high as 90 percent in extreme cases, according to OCEARCH’s Chief Scientist Dr Bob Hueter.

34th annual Shark Week

The annual tradition first premiered on July 17, 1988, and has since become the longest-running cable television programming event in history.

The 34th season will bring in bigger sharks and bigger findings from teams of scientists and researchers around the world.

How long Shark Week will run

Shark Week is expected to start on Sunday, July 24, 2022, and last until July 31.

The event will have content streaming on the Discovery Channel and Discovery+.

How to watch Shark Week

Shark Week is exclusively available on the Discovery Channel and on-demand on Discovery Plus.

However, you can access Discovery Channel on multiple live TV streaming services including Sling TV, Fubo TV, Philo TV, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, and AT&T TV Now with a paid subscription.

Longest-running cable television event

Since 2010, it has been the longest-running cable television programming event in history and it is broadcast in over 72 countries.

In 2018, Shark Week had 34.9million viewers and Discovery Channel took the number one network spot for prime time during the annual event.

How long Shark Week has been on

Shark Week has been airing on Discovery Channel for over three decades.

It originally premiered on July 17, 1988, and became an instant success for the network.

Sharks have evolved into hundreds of species

According to the Shark Foundation, there are 500 kinds of sharks that are still living today, and they differ greatly in terms of size, shape, and even color, per .

The dwarf lantern shark, which has a length of barely 3 inches, may fit in your pocket, according to the Smithsonian.

Sharks are also the biggest fish and the biggest predatory fish. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the "gentle giant" whale shark may grow to a length of about 40 feet, surpassing a full-size school bus.

Close-call in Monsters of the Cape

In a promo for tonight's Monsters of the Cape, one of the divers is almost attacked by a shark that was in pursuit of a seal carcass.

Monsters of the Cape airs tonight at 8pm on Discovery.

Shark Rober

The  for this special reads: “YouTube star, NASA engineer and inventor Mark Rober teams up with marine biologist Luke Tipple to test the theory that sharks can smell human blood from a mile away.

"They get surprising results from three species of shark, using cutting-edge electronics.”

Tune in tonight at 11.30pm on Discovery or Discovery+ to watch.