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In a position where you could potentially be mistaken for one of their prey items. we are trying to sort out what drives the mechanics of these animals, what motivates them to do what they do. we re on the water as much as we can collecting data on these fish. take a look at this video from thursday in provincetown, massachusetts. a great white is feasting on a seal there off the shore on the race point beach in that area. more sharks also spotted off the coast, all on the cape on friday. jon? jon: it is pretty rare to get bitten by a shark, is it not? yeah, it is, very rare. that s the good news. this was the first shark attack in massachusetts since 2012. no one has died from an attack in that state since 1936. and if you look at these numbers, in 2018, according to tracking sharks.com, so far there have been 22 shark attacks in the u.s. this year. according to the international shark attack files, in 2017, there were 53 shark attacks on ....
Offshore. be vigilant. these are areas where the sharks are hunting for seals. he did not want to place yourself in a position where you can potentially be taken for one of their prey items. we try to sort out what drives the mechanics of the animals paid what motivates them to do what they do. we are on the water as much as we can collecting data on the fish. reporter: look at this video. this is from thursday in provincetown, massachusetts. it is a great white feasting on a seal, right off the shore of race point beach. more sharks were also spotted off the coast of all on the cape friday. shark attacks are extremely rare. the last person to die in massachusetts from a shark attack was in 1936. still, in 2017 look at these numbers. 53 shark attacks on people nationwide and zero fatalities. 2018 so far, according to tracking sharks.com, there been 22 shark attacks nationwide. ....
Them to shore. swimming near a group of seals about 30 yards off shore. the vigilant. these are areas where these sharks are hunting for seals. you don t want to place yourself in a position where you could potentially be mistaken for one of their prey items. we are trying to find out what drives the mechanics of these animals and motivate them to do what they do. we are on the water is much as we can be collecting data on this fish. reporter: this is video from thursday in provincetown massachusetts facing on a feel on a scale. all on the tape friday. experts point out while attack are terrifying, they are rare especially massachusetts. definitely kind of scary there. it is their territory. ....
Of food in the water. that said, seven in three weeks is not totally explain bid that so there s an x factor out there we don t know about right now that is also contributing. george we re showing pictures of great whites. thanks jaws and other literature, those are the sharks that everyone seems to fear the most. what are the most threatening sharks to humans and where are they generally found? there are three species we re most concerned about. you already mentioned white sharks, of course. bulls and tigers are the other two that we re most concerned about. all of them get to a large size and consume large prey items and humans can be in the right size range. in this particular case the north carolina, probably bulls and tigers are the two suspects. okay. i heard a report about someone who fended off a shark attack actually was bitten but not to a severe degree and literally punched the attacking shark in the nose and the shark turned around and ran away. i mean, is that ad ....
Happening in this beach where basically we re sharing the ecosystem with sharks. this is their domain. right now this is the time of year in spring and early summer where multiple species, five or six shark species like about you will harricks and others come into these waters to reproduce. they also come into these waters to feed. this is also the time where there s lots of prey items, babe sea turtles, baby birds, fish and this comes telling in a way we have put ourselves in the middle of the shark s buffet. then what do we need to tell beach-goers? it s a reminder we re the visitors as you put it this is their domain their home. how do we coexist safely? that s the first point you mentioned. we are out of our element into the world of sharks. better there are some common ....