Fox News anchor Jesse Watters propagated some “fake news” on Tuesday. Reporting that sharks had taken over the flooded streets of Texas. “There’s some really weird biblical things that are going on down there in Houston,” Watters told viewers. The viral photo was posted to Twitter in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Photoshopped image […]
“Siesta Key” star identified in latest shark torture video
Spoiled rich kid and wannabe reality television star, Alex Kompothecras, has been identified as the man pulling the trigger in a viral video of an endangered hammerhead being shot repeatedly off the coast of Florida. The video shows a young man in a “Make America Great Again” hat, identified as Kompethcras by the Miami Herald, […]
VIDEO: Rare megamouth shark sighted in Indonesia
British tourist Penny Bielich and her diving group encountered an extremely rare megamouth shark on the Gili Lawa Laut off Komodo Island, Indonesia. The 26-second clip show the approximately 15-foot shark as it passes overhead. Although the sharks are not considered a threatened species, encounters with megamouths, a species that typically lives at depths of […]
Keel-hauled shark video prompts investigation
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission announced that it has identified the men in a video of a captured shark being dragged behind a boat off the coast of Florida. The video, which has been shared thousands of times, shows three men laughing while what appears to be a juvenile blacktip shark is violently dragged […]
Woman Attacked By Shark in Florida Keys
A 40-year-old woman was airlifted to the hospital Saturday after being attacked by a shark in the Florida Keys, officials said. Read more: NBC 6 South Florida
The Sharkiest Place on the Web
Greetings fellow Shark Lovers. It’s the start of Shark Week, which in my house is even more sacred than Lent. It also makes the perfect opportunity to announce the official launch of this site, Sharkophile.com. As one of the country’s most renowned “shark journalists,” I’ve spent the past few months building up this site as […]
VIDEO: Drone captures hammerhead caught in Panama City
Anglers filming for Modern Day Outdoors had an extra camera watching them as they reeled in a hammerhead shark on Panama City Beach in Florida over the 4th of July weekend. The footage, which was posted on YouTube by drone operator Curtis Williams, shows the approximately nine foot shark being caught and released. “We got […]
Shark-Con 2017 coming to Tampa… and Sharkophile.com will be there
Shark finatics of all ages will be able to get their toothy fix this weekend when Skark-Con returns to the Florida Fair Grounds in Tampa on July 8 and 9. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. The annual event, now in its fourth year, is presented by The Florida Aquarium […]
Southwest Airlines unveils Shark Week-inspired plane
DALLAS (PRNewswire)– Southwest Airlines Co. and Discovery Channel are teaming up once again to bring television’s most anticipated summer event, Shark Week, to new heights. Today, Southwest revealed a Shark Week- themed 737-700 aircraft with an all new, larger-than-life underwater scene depicting five shark species along the fuselage. The plane will fly the skies as part […]
Gold medalist Michael Phelps to race Great White during Shark Week
Is Olympic gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps able to out-swim one of nature’s fastest predators? That is the premise of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2017 special event, Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White. According to a press release from Discovery, “They are one of the fastest and most efficient predators on the planet: Sharks. […]
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