The two species which most often attack boats are the Great White and the Mako. The first is the heaviest of the sharks (up to 3000 kilos) and the second the fastest (around 50 km/h). Both are armed with a pointed snout, as are the majority of the Lamniformes (see the Directory of Sharks).
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White Shark attacks on boats have been reported from numerous places, including Australia, Japan, South Africa, Canada, South America and the United States. Attacks on boats and other types of marine vessels were recorded as far back as 1865 in V.M. Coppleson's book "Shark Attack." ... Sharks of the Pacific Coast...
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White Sharks are also infamous for their occasional attacks on boats. It has been suggested that White Sharks may sometimes attack boats because they are attracted by the electric field generated when dissimilar metals – such as the zinc or magnesium anti-rust plates on a metallic hull – corrode in seawater.
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It is the predator's ultimate attack sense, guiding it in for the last short spurt to the kill. This may explain why sharks sometimes attack boats. They are not trying to reach the occupants inside, but are attracted by the weak electrical currents produced by metal fittings immersed in sea water.
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Never enter the water where people are fishing, either from the beach or from inshore boats. If there are number of people in the water do not separate yourself from them. ... For several years the Natal Sharks Board has been experimenting with alternative ways of protecting people utilising the sea from shark attack.
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The center's mission is to conduct leading scientific studies on all aspects of the biology of sharks and their relatives, the skates and rays, with an emphasis on their role as important marine resources.
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Shark expert Vic Hislop warned there would be more attacks because sharks had been forced to look at humans as an alternative food source. ... Australian wildlife rescuers were using jetskis and small boats to try to save almost 200 pilot whales and a pod of dolphins beached on King island between the mainland and Tasmania...
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