Two separate shark attacks off Florida coastline

Why Did the USS Thresher Sink? Finally, the Navy Is Being Forced to Tell Us

A thresher shark’s long tail isn’t just mesmerizing to watch. It’s also functional. These fascinating sharks use their tails as whips to hunt prey. Now more thresher sharks will live to whip another day thanks to new global trade protections from CITES: http://pew.org/2dBgMnP. | Pew Environment

"The hunting strategies of pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus) were investigated at Pescador Island in the Philippines. It has long been suspected that thresher sharks hunt with their scythe-like tails but the kinematics associated with the behaviour in the wild are poorly understood. From 61 observations recorded by handheld underwater video camera between June and October 2010, 25 thresher shark shunting events were analysed. Thresher sharks employed tail-slaps to debilitate sardines a

Fun Facts About Thresher Sharks: Habitat, Reproduction, and More

The Thresher Shark x10 Facts: Habitat, Social Life & Hunting Behavior - SharkSider