Ranked #1
Episode 68: Lowering pectoral fins is not a threat display
Episode 68: Lowering pectoral fins is not a threat display
The lowering of pectoral fins has different meanings than being a threat display. Here, the two main functions are expla... Read more
23 Oct 2017
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10mins
Ranked #2
Episode 79: Making eye contact with sharks...
Episode 79: Making eye contact with sharks...
Whenever we look into the eyes of a beloved dog, cat or other, it is commonly agreed we can read in their eyes. If the s... Read more
8 Jan 2018
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9mins
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Ranked #3
Episode 78: Bite numbers are up does not mean an increase in bites...
Episode 78: Bite numbers are up does not mean an increase in bites...
The number of shark bites does not say much except that the absolute numbers are very low compared to other animal group... Read more
1 Jan 2018
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11mins
Ranked #4
Episode 3: Motivation of sharks and environmental circumstances leading to a bite.
Episode 3: Motivation of sharks and environmental circumstances leading to a bite.
This episode is the first of several explaining the different motivations that can lead to a shark bite (erroneously cal... Read more
20 Aug 2016
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20mins
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Ranked #5
Episode 40: Moon cycles, weather systems and all that jazz
Episode 40: Moon cycles, weather systems and all that jazz
When it comes to shark bites, a variety of parameters have been mentioned that may play a role in it. It was said in the... Read more
10 Apr 2017
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10mins
Ranked #6
Episode 43: Bite rates in Florida
Episode 43: Bite rates in Florida
When it comes to shark bites, Florida has worldwide the most bites each year. However, in early years, the interpretatio... Read more
1 May 2017
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9mins
Ranked #7
Episode 42: It depends how you position yourself when facing a shark
Episode 42: It depends how you position yourself when facing a shark
Our research clearly showed that a shark stays farther away (significantly) from a person if he/she is in a vertical pos... Read more
24 Apr 2017
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9mins
Ranked #8
Episode 25: What to look for when at the beach...
Episode 25: What to look for when at the beach...
Whenever people are at the beach, they assume, since others are in the water as well, that no sharks are close by. Most ... Read more
26 Dec 2016
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11mins
Ranked #9
Episode 112: How to get safely away from a shark
Episode 112: How to get safely away from a shark
The most prominent question people have about sharks is what to do when a shark shows up, meaning, how can they get away... Read more
27 Aug 2018
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11mins
Ranked #10
Episode 105: Do sharks actually have fun once in a while?
Episode 105: Do sharks actually have fun once in a while?
They often come across as funny but having actually fun? An idea is presented were sharks most likely had fun doing it b... Read more
8 Jul 2018
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9mins
Ranked #11
Episode 168: What happens to all the white sharks…
Episode 168: What happens to all the white sharks…
Less and less white sharks show up in Guadalupe. Granted, they are still more abundant than anywhere on this planet, but... Read more
23 Sep 2019
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8mins
Ranked #12
Episode 44: "Tag & Release" is wrong
Episode 44: "Tag & Release" is wrong
For many years, sportfishermen where asked by scientisits to catch sharks, tag them and let them go again, to get data s... Read more
8 May 2017
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9mins
Ranked #13
Episode 157: Shark-Get out of the water! No, wait, what?
Episode 157: Shark-Get out of the water! No, wait, what?
Should a shark show interest in you, never, ever, back off and try to reach the shore. Stay put, go vertical, pivot, obs... Read more
8 Jul 2019
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7mins
Ranked #14
Episode 36: Shark encounter at night without a flashlight
Episode 36: Shark encounter at night without a flashlight
It is every boater's nightmare to get shipwrecked, spending the night in the water, knowing that sharks are close by. In... Read more
13 Mar 2017
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9mins
Ranked #15
Episode 6: How to read an environment with reference to sharks
Episode 6: How to read an environment with reference to sharks
Whenever you enter the ocean for whatever activity, make sure you understand your surroundings with reference to the pos... Read more
22 Aug 2016
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14mins
Ranked #16
Episode 191: It happened, now what do you do?
Episode 191: It happened, now what do you do?
There is glaring ignorance of what to do underwater when an incident with a shark happened. How to read the situation, t... Read more
2 Mar 2020
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8mins
Ranked #17
Episode 141: Forget that it is a white shark
Episode 141: Forget that it is a white shark
Whenever a shark approaches you, it does not matter what species it is, but solely that it is a shark. Starting to think... Read more
19 Mar 2019
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8mins
Ranked #18
Episode 166: Sharks have no mean bone in them
Episode 166: Sharks have no mean bone in them
No shark wants to hurt us; they most often merely try to figure us out using their teeth as a holding tool. It is never ... Read more
9 Sep 2019
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6mins
Ranked #19
Episode 134: Beautiful and not dangerous
Episode 134: Beautiful and not dangerous
An unbelievable encounter with a huge white shark just happened in Hawaii. The large animal popped up next to a group of... Read more
28 Jan 2019
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8mins
Ranked #20
Episode 110: Meg is not a “must see”-movie
Episode 110: Meg is not a “must see”-movie
It is summer and sharks are–once more–the monsters in the theaters. Despite that Hollywood tried to portrait a shark of ... Read more
13 Aug 2018
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7mins
