most dangerous sharks in the pacific?
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Tiger sharks are aggressive sharks and are commonly found in the Pacific Ocean. The Great White is probably the most feared and largest. They are known to travel all around the Pacific.
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My friend Shane loves to tell tales of his shark attack. It was off the coast of New Zealand and this massive shark came up and after a wild struggle it bit off a huge chunk from his body....that's his tale. The truth is a small shark bit off the end of his pinky finger. He really doesn't have the end of his finger anymore. But he has suddenly developed at fingernail on the new tip. Weird.
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The two-ton shark arrives so fast that there is little a person can do to swim away!\n\nA guy called McCosker and his co-researchers say they have interviewed every single living shark attack victim in the West Coast. \n\n"None of the living victims ever saw the shark in advance," he said. "It all happens too fast." \n\nBesides that, believe it or not:\n\nMore people get killed by falling coconuts than by shark attacks.\n\nAlltogether there are only 106 known attacks on the WHOLE West Coast!!!! \nThe only recorded shark attack in San Francisco was on May 7, 1959, when college student Albert Kogler was bitten twice -- and died -- while swimming off Baker Beach.
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The great white shark and saltwater crocodile have gone longer than any other predator on the planet without evolving.  That means they are the best there is at what they do.  As for poision, some types of sea snakes have venom up to 10 times as strong as rattlesnake venom, but they are usually quite docile.
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Krakatoa.\n\nAmazingly it was not the eruption that caused the deaths.  It was after the explosion, that the outer walls gave in and the volcano was filled with water.  When the volcano caved in the water rushed in and due to the properties of wave the inward rush reflected outward in the act of a giant tsunami.  This Tsunami is what killed the settlers of Oceania.\n\nExample:  Fill you bathtub with water and take a bowl.  Now push the bowl into the water (cavity up) until the water starts to flood the bowl very quickly.  Now look at the resulting wave, now try to put the wave you saw to scale of a bowl about a half mile to a mile wide in the middle of the ocean.  This is why geologists are scared of Krakatoa erupting again.
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To avoid attack by sharks, never swim with a bleeding wound, which sends them into a psychotic feeding-frenzy, keep nearer the beach and a constant vigil for them, with other swimmers, and preferably a very nearby boat, and as sharks nudge and nibble to determine if something is edible, you have to strike them hard -kick, punch, heel of hand, elbow- them on the nose, as they have a very sensitive area full of nerve-endings there, and can be fazed for a few minutes by a strong strike.\n  Bears are territorial, and 'own' a big area!  The worst thing to do is startle a bear, sneaking up on them.  You should sing while you hike, walk with jingle-bells on your boots, play a radio, makes a lot of noise, and they will hide, and watch you.  Never make eye-contact, never start running to escape, they can catch Olympic sprinters!  Keep  a big pistol to hand.  The noise will scare most off, but the gun helps gives you a confident psychic trace, that they pick up on, rather than you quaking in your boots, wishing you had a gun! \nBee-stings kill a lot more than both.
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A Great White Shark will WIN because crocs can't swim as fast and sharks got way SHARPER teeth. There you go. SHARKS RULE THE SEA. But if its a land fight then OF course. The shark will be dead before you know it.
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There are sharks in all seas and oceans aaround the world. \n\nThere are many species of sharks found in the Mediterranean, especially in the western and central Med - including Hammerheads and Great Whites. Unfortunately the numbers of these sharks, of all sharks in the med, are in great decline and in many areas the numbers are close to non-existent. The culprit for this is commercial fishing (for blackfinn tuna and swordfish - both as a result of being caught in netsAND having their natural food sources depleted, in some cases to extinction - bluefin tuna became extinct in the Med in the 1940's)and, ironically enough, tourism. Especilly around Croatia in the late 90's there were several 'Jaws Tours'operating. The 'chumming' undertaken to attract sharks obviously attracted sharks into tourist areas which resulted in the culling of many, many sharks so as not to endanger tourism!\n\nSo, yes, there are sharks in the Med but I wouldn't be put of swimming in the Med as shark attacks here are almost non existent. Between 1508 and 2004 therewere a total of 38 shark attacks in European/Mediterranean waters. 18 of which were fatal with the last reported fatal shark attack being in 1984.  \n\nBut please get your friend to put the possibility of shark attack into persective. WORLDWIDE shark attacks between 1508 and 2004 totalled 1,986 of which 486 were fatal - in almost 500 YEARS! More people have been killed by deers running into their cars than by sharks!
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Well the best thing to do is to keep away from them.  sharks usually don't attack humans unless they are provoked.  \n\nHowever, if a shark does try to attack, punching it in the noes does help.  a sharks noes is full of ultra-sensative nerves that helps them detect prey.\n\nAlso, avoid wearing yellow, black or silver when swimming in shark-infested waters.
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Well Boxergirl, I've been scuba diving for 28 years, and just as the surfer said, the best way to defend against a shark attack is to be aware of the shark to begin with! We did a live study on shark attack methods, and the results were very interesting. Almost all sharks will circle their targeted prey several times before attacking. They attack from below, getting an angle from below so that they give no warning. In the surf, and at the mouths of rivers and such, they come from the side, due to no visibility and most attacks on humans there are mistaken identity, because they don't actually see you at all. They bump into soft flesh, and bite in reflex, normally letting go as soon as they taste the blood. Our blood is not the same as marine life, so it's not something they actually like very much. But it can get them excited, so don't take it for granted that they won't attack twice. \n    In the event that you ARE attacked, stay calm, first and foremost! You will have a bad cut, or worse, so you do NOT want to get your heart to racing! If at all possible, locate the shark, and keep an eye on it, while you work at stopping or at least slowing the blood flow. Swimming calmly, not splashing or acting erratic, make your way towards shore, yelling loudly to let nearby swimmers know that you've been attacked. In the event that the shark returns, or makes another pass, you can use both hands and feet to kick and strike in the nose and eye regions. If you have a board, shove the nose of the board at the shark's eye region. Keep in mind that if you are bitten, other sharks may be attracted, so you are in a fight for survival, and there are no rules. You fight to win, no questions asked. \n    Like I said, I've been diving for 28 years, and even with all the sharks dives I've done (435), I've never been bitten. I HAVE had to ward several off when they got too nosey, but no bites. Good luck!!
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I agree with Anonymous.\n Whale shark 's the largest shark, also the largest filsh .\n It's about 12m in length and about 15 tons
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Yes sharks kill people unless a person shoves another person in a sharks mouth
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Sometimes Great White sharks will be captured and put in captivity for a short period of time. That would be a good time to jump into their aquarium.\n\nSeal Island is a small land mass located about 5.7 km off the northern beaches of False Bay, near Cape Town, in South Africa. The island is occupied by Cape Fur Seals and a few sea birds.\n\nThe dense population of fur seals at certain times of the year attracts the seal's main foe, the Great White Shark. Seal Island provides unique opportunities for those who wish to observe attacks by White Sharks on Cape Fur Seals and to observe social interactions amongst both species.\n\nAs for this free matter, it depends on where you are located and what mode of transportation you have. If you give more information, it would be easier to help you. This information would enable us to suggest the closest place for you.
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That depends on what exactly you mean.\n\nWithin Antarctic waters the top predator without a doubt is the killer whale.\n\nOn land the top predator is the skua, a kind of large and very aggressive seagull.\n\nPenguins are in no way a top predator. In the sea they regularly fall prey to leopard seals and killer whales, and while on land they are not in any way predatory.
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yes i was in Tobago 2003 in the man of war bay. I was in a canoe.It was also my first time trying this sport. I was told no sharks come into the bay yet this one did. It was jumping out of the water rather close to me, Scared me silly. Unfortunately a few days later the local fishermen caught one. a hammer head shark. Lovely to look at but would have been better if it was alive in the sea.
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Yep. Dolphin attacks on humans are about as common as shark attacks. The difference is that dolphin attacks are very rarely serious enough to require hospitalisation and never fatal. As a result people know that sharks are prone to attacking humans but largely ignorant of dolphin attacks on people.\n\nIt's amazing how many people believe that dolphins won;t attack people.\n\n\nIn the past few months there have been reports of dolphins “attacking” humans that have come to interact with them. The latest are those of a 12 year old girl, a 34 year old woman, a 26 year old mother of two, and a 10 year old boy. All of these victims were not seriously injured, but were very frightened by their experience.\n\nDolphins, as well as other mammals, have a natural instinct regarding eating, mating, and social interaction. By humans coming into the world of dolphins they may interrupt the dolphins routine. This may be distressing to the dolphins, which may show this by attempting to get the human to flee, as they would with anything else they see as a threat.\n\n Further damaging a reputation tarnished by reports of violence, a bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Florida bit a 14-year-old French tourist who tried to pet it this week. The girl, who was swimming in the Intracoastal Waterway near Nokomis, Fla., suffered only minor cuts and bruises. She was taken to a local hospital, treated and released.\n\nWhile this attack certainly wasn’t fierce, local whale and dolphin experts say it may serve to accelerate a changing view of dolphins in the wild. The incident comes just months after an extensive report published in The New York Times cited similar occasions on which the seemingly friendly creatures display violence toward humans. In this case, 14-year-old Pricilla Jones was the unassuming victim. Witnesses say that Jones, a tourist from Paris, swam out to greet the dolphin and tried to pet it on the back. In response, the dolphin thrashed around in the water around her, biting her on the hand.
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The attacks occurred in 1916.  Four people were killed, including one child.  One man was killed while attempting to locate the body of the young boy. Interestingly, three of the victims were attacked not in the ocean, but in a local creek.  Apparently, the creek fed into the sea, and the shark eventually made its way up the creek to a well-known swimming area.  Check out Richard G. Fernicola’s book Twelve Days of Terror.