Shark
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Shark cage manufactured by Fibber McGee for Skip Storch's solo marathon swim attempt from Cuba to Florida; photo by Tim Johnson
noun - Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago. Different types of sharks include the Great white shark, bull shark, hammerhead shark, tiger shark, mako shark, Greenland shark, sand sharks, blue shark, and oceanic white tip shark. It is an apex predator.
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Synonyms
The Man in the Gray Suit, Mack, Old Toothy, Garbage Can of the Sea and Fish are colloquial terms occasionally used by open water swimmers.
Origin
Some scholars believe shark is derived from the German title schurke, meaning villain. In Latin, squalus means shark.
Pablo Fernández Álvarez With Sharks In South Africa
Tiger Shark Tracking in Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Tiger Shark Tracking provided by PacIOOS or the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System.
Jaws Opening Scene
Susan Backlinie plays Chrissie Watkins in the opening shark attack scene in the movie Jaws that inaccurately shaped many people's perceptions and opinions of sharks.
Video of Human Aerial Art in 2013
Schoolchildren in Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong create human aerial art of a shark in an event organized by Doug Woodring and Ocean Recovery Alliance.
Shark Feeding Frenzy
A shark feeding frenzy of blue fish off the coast of North Carolina is caught by Pastor Donnie Griggs of One Harbor Church.
Shark Attack Victim
External links
- The NYAD Series, Part 1 – The Swimmer-Coach Dynamic
- Compilation of Shark Attacks of Open Water Swimmers
- Increased Shark Encounters, Shark Attacks During Moonless Night Sky Channel Crossings
- Sharkbanz – The Best Shark Deterrent for Open Water Swimming
- Pet, Don't Punch...At Least With Lemon Sharks
- Mindfulness Meditation To Help In The Ocean
- Swimming During War Time And In Modern Times
- What Is A Swim Streamer?
- Lynton Mortensen Pioneers a 30 km Swim Around Lord Howe Island
- Ryan Stramrood, Ned Denison Talk About Swimming False Bay With Great White Sharks On WOWSA Live
- Régent Lacoursière Talks About Life On WOWSA Live, Part 2
- When Marathon Swimmers Swim With Great White Sharks
- Identifying Injuries In The Open Water
- Ram Tough, Swimming In The Death Zone From The Ring Of Death To Strandfontein
- Beth French, Stefan Stuckert Discuss Against The Tides On WOWSA Live
- Nachts Allein Im Ozean, Mein Weg durch die Ocean’s Seven
- Jim McConica Reminisces About His Swimming Career On WOWSA Live
- Remembering Penny Palfrey’s Bridging The Cayman Islands On WOWSA Live
- Philip Rush Talks About Epic Swims On WOWSA Live
- Steve Minaglia Does His 19th Channel Crossing With Friends
- Ala Moana Beach Swim Club Crosses Kaulakahi Channel With Calvin
- The Summer Of 1968 And The Incredible Race To Block Island
- Coexistence With, In The Ocean
- Pablo Fernández Álvarez Swims With Sharks In South Africa
- Becca Mann Describes The Maui Nui On WOWSA Live
- Becca Mann Describes Her Maui Nui Triangle Swim
- Dr. David Smith, The Original Most Interesting Man In The World
- The Importance Of Technique And Timing
- Emergency Descriptions & Medical Codes Used In The Open Water
- Police, Lifeguard, Medical Codes Used In The Open Water
- What Started With Harry Huffaker, Accomplished By Becca Mann, Is Now Open To Challengers
- Cameron Bellamy Gets Lucky On Friday The 13th
- Discover Shark Week In The Open Water
- Look Behind And Below You In The Open Water
- Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks
- Penny Palfrey Encounters Hammerhead Sharks
- Are Sharks Afraid of Dolphins?
- Are Open Water Swimmers Protected By Dolphins?
- Open Water Swimming
- Close Encounters of the Strangest Kind
- Don't Stop Swimming Now
- Swimming Safely With Thoughts Of Sharks
- Jellyfish, Sharks, Sea Snakes And Dinosaurs Back In The Day
- On Pins And Needles In The Gulf Of Mexico
- Is The Evolution Of Sharks Mixed Up Because Of Neoprene?
- Heading Back To School In The Open Water
- Gary Hall Jr., Olympian In More Ways Than One
- Shark Safety - Punch It in the Nose
- Private Thoughts On Swimming With Sharks
- Shark Encounters Of The Strangest Kind
- Myths In The Open Water: Sharks vs. Dolphins
- Top 10 Things To Fear In The Open Water
- How Wild Can It Be?
- Dangerous Creatures For Open Water Swimmers
- Great Whites vs. Great Irish, No Falsehood In The Bay
- Ned Denison Faces The Truth In False Bay
- Don't Stop Swimming Now, Great White Shark In Our Midst
- Is The Evolution Of Sharks Mixed Up Because Of Neoprene?
- Heading Back To School In The Open Water
- Tough Cookies...Round Shark Bites From The Deep
- Calm, Cool And Collected In The Gorgeous Galápagos
- On Pins And Needles In The Northern Gulf of Mexico
- Shark Shields In The Rottnest Channel Swim
- Where Sharks And Swimmers Co-Exist
- Open Water Swimming With Hammerheads
- When Man And Beast Co-exist In Peace
- Jaws Was Hollywood; Global Carnage Is A True Story
- Kids Can Say The Cutest Things
- Badges Of Honour In Open Water Swimming
- Ron Chamberlain, Tailor Made For The Man In The Gray Suit
- Misinformation And Myths In The Open Water
- Eliminating The Fear Of Sharks In The Open Water
- Two Heads Are Not Better Than One
- The Most Interesting Man In The Open Water World
- No False Moves. Dramatic Visualization of Shark Encounters
- Fight-or-Flight Response When Sharks Are Spotted In The Ocean
- When Sharks Are Spotted
- Dealing With Apex Predators Of The Deep
- Playing It Safe In The Maui Channel And Elsewhere
- Shark In The Pacific Is Caught Up In The Atlantic
- Old School Shark Shield
- Denizens Of The Deep
- Michael Spalding Has Done It All
- Susie Maroney Criticized For Cuba-Florida Crossing
- The Cuba Swim, Traditional Marathon Swimming It Is Not
- The Most Viewed Open Water Swimmer In History
- Quint, Hooper, Brody In The Open Water Swimming World
- Luke On The Lookout
- When Shark Meets Swimmer During Diana Nyad's Xtreme Swim
- Diana Nyad's Divers Armed With Courage And A Golf Ball
- Fourth Time Is A Charm
- Private Thoughts On Swimming With Sharks
- Heading Back To School In The Open Water
- Streaming Straight In The Open Water
- The Shark Diver Controversy In Ocean Swimming
- Seven Attempts Crossing Through Gate Of Grief From Djibouti To Yemen
- The Dark Shadows Of Neoprene In The Open Water World
- Stripped Like Sea Snakes For Protection
- Fearsome, Ferocious, Fickle Farallones Awaits The Irish
- Fearsome, Ferocious, Fickle Farallons Awaits South Africa
- Roger That! When The Ocean Turns Very Very Scary
- Try Try Try Again. Go Joe Go
- Not Since 1967 Has This Swim Been Done
- Man vs. Beasts In The Sea Of Cortez
- Doing Good While Swimming With Sharks And Jellies
- Man Alive! And You Thought Sharks Were Scary
- Swimming With Bait Balls
- Seeds Sown On Land Results In Dream In Water
- Lessons Learned From Diana Nyad
- Impossible Was Made Possible With An Xtreme Dream
- A Passionate Ocean Conservationist Dives Into His Passion
- Working On Jaws Leads To Shark Sculptures
- The First Attempt From San Miguel To Santa Rosa
- The Night Before And The Wind Is Howling
- When Shark Meets Swimmer During Diana Nyad's Swim
- The Shark Diver Controversy In Ocean Swimming
- A Real Shark Tale By Charlotte Brynn
- Documenting Shark Attacks
- One False Move By Ned Denison Across The Bay
- Paul Lundgren's Transformation Off The Grid Into The Wild
- Feeding In Santa Barbara Channel
- The Certainty Of Uncertainty Principle In The Open Water
- Lewis Pugh Enters Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
- Everything That Could Go So Wrong Went So Right
- Fin...But Not Fini
- Expect The Unexpected Déjà Vu
- Kids Ocean Day Brings Attention To Sharks
- Looking Up, Breathing And Enjoying Nature's Beauty
- When Failure Is An Option
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year Nominees
- Within 50 Years Will It Be Crossed?
- Peter Attia's Got Grit
- Theodore Yach Is 76 And Counting
- The Uncommon, Unselfish Bravery Of Terry Olivier
- Smell The Sea, Feel The Sky In Memory Of Burgert van der Westhuizen
- Catalina Channel Swimming Back In The Day
- 50 Things Open Water Swimmer Should Not Do
- 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- When Sharks Lead To Tweets
- When Swimmers, Polo Players And Triathletes Talk
- 100 New Year's Resolutions For Open Water Swimmers
- Shooting/ And Missing…Sharks And Swimmers…Fortunately
- Strange Sharks Of Sagami
- Look Up In The Bayou
- What If? Lexie Kelly
- Dangers, Risks: Who's Responsible In The Open Water?
- What If? Ashley Twichell
- What If? Alex Meyer
- Top 25 Terms In Openwaterpedia
- Are You Ready For The Open Water?
- Where Looks May Be Deceiving
- Gotta Good Feeling About The Farallons
- Marathoning From Mozambique To Madagascar
- Big Day Out On The Ocean (Atlantic Division)
- Big Day Out On The Ocean (Pacific Division)
- Q&A With Craig Lenning
- America's Very Difficult Open Water Swims
- 10 Difficult Short Open Water Swims
- Simon Holliday Swims For Grate Art
- When Hammerhead Sharks Go Round And Round
- 6 Down, 1 To Go For Adam Walker
- When Man Meets Shark, Dolphins Intercede
- 2 Million Views And Counting, Curiosity Gone Made
- Nick Glendinning Breaks Out, Completes The Triple Break
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Merman's Magical Moments
- Swimming For Clarity - The Course
- Open Water Swimming Preparations For Tsugaru Channel
- Being Followed In Hawaii's Kalohi Channel
- Paddle Out For Sharks
- When SEALs Stand Up To Sharks
- Swimming Comfortably In Uncomfortable Conditions
- What Did She Say Out At Sea?
- What Can A Renaissance Man Do In The Endurance World?
- Night Train Swimmers To Swim Around The Farallones
- Bruckner Chase Presents Aquatic Adventures
- Are Sharks Increasing Or Have They Always Been There?
- Roger Finch's False Bay Attempt Despite A Feeding Frenzy
- The Inexcusable, Inhumane Lack Of Regard Of Swimmers
- Steven Robles, Friends Heading Right Back To The Ocean
- Pier Fishing And Concerns Of An Open Water Swimmer
- Kickstarter campaign
- Humans To Use Orcas To Avoid Sharks
- Ben Hooper To Swim Across The Atlantic Ocean
- What Should You Do In The Case Of A Shark Encounter?
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Beyond Avalon, An Unprecedented Swim In The Pacific
- Beyond Avalon Heads Into Problems
- Beyond Avalon Unexpectedly Stopped By Sharks
- Beyond Avalon Returns To The Deep And Dark
- Lee Grove Ready To Help In The Face Of Danger
- Lookout For Natural Marine Phenomena
- Stay Thirsty With The Most Interesting Men In The World
- 50 Things To Do In The Open Water After 50
- Where Swimmers Can Outswim Sharks
- The Contrast In Reality And Perception Of Hammerheads
- Competitive Awareness In The Open Water
- Aumakua Watching Over Humans
- Armed With Nothing But A Swimsuit
- Ben Hooper To Be Protected In The Big Arena
- Absolutely Painful Open Water Swims Of The 21st Century
- Steven Spielberg's Legacy - Don't Go In The Water
- Man With Mother Nature In The Open Water
- Madeira Islands 25 km Santa Cruz To Desertas Natural
- Simon Dominguez Is Circled And Pulled
- When Sharks Circle
- When Injuries Happen In The Open Water
- The Chances Of 1 In 11.5 Million
- Hawaii Tiger Shark Tracking
- Christian Reichert Swims Fast For A Reason
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Police, Lifeguard, Medical Codes Used In The Open Water
- Shark Encounters Of The Closest Kind
- Ocean Adventurers Weigh Risks And Rewards, Part 2
- Ocean Adventurers Weigh Risks And Rewards, Part 1
- Shark Spawning Season In September
- Sharkwater: Extinction
- Sharkwater
- Sharkwater, Filming Transformation From Predator To Prey
- Hawaii Tiger Shark Tracking
- Findings Of Hawaii Tiger Shark Tracking
- Blood In The Water
- Safety From Harassment In The Open Water Community
- Swimming With Sharks, Pre-Swim
- Swimming On Valentine's Day
- A Summers Day Out In Molokai
- 50 Things An Open Water Swimmer Should Not Do
- Becca Mann Describes Her Maui Nui Triangle Swim
