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Drones sweep for sharks along New York coast as encounters rise with beachgoers (omaha.com)

Drones are sweeping over the ocean off the coast of New York’s Long Island to patrol the waters for any danger possibly lurking.

June 25th in Florida, a hammerhead shark checks out some paddle boarders. (dailycaller.com)

"Paddleboarders experienced a close encounter with a hammerhead shark on June 25 during a crossing from the Bahamas to Florida."

Megalodon may have been warm-blooded unlike most other sharks. (www.newscientist.com)

Evidence is mounting that megalodon could have been warm-blooded, unlike most modern sharks, hinting at how it grew to be so big and also why it went extinct.

Sawsharks are one of the most unique and fascinating creatures. These odd-looking fish get their name from their long, serrated snout, which resembles a saw blade. (www.world-of-sharks.com)

The Saw Shark family contains some of the oddest looking sharks. Here are some fascinating facts about them.

A saw shark.

Goblin shark, "the living fossil" or more rudely "the ugliest shark." (en.wikipedia.org)

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. This pink-skinned animal has a distinctive profile with an elongated, flat snout, and highly protrusible jaws...

Parasitic Eels Found Inside The Heart of a Shark (www.sciencealert.com)

When you think of parasites, you probably think of worms and bugs… but in the brutal realm of the ocean, it seems that anything goes.

Zakynthos: A shark swims in front of a boat just outside the port. (greekcitytimes.com)

A professional fisherman spotted a shark two miles outside the port of Zakynthos, between Kyllini and Kefalonia.

Drew Rosenhaus faces PETA backlash for shark wrestling video on Tyreek Hill boat trip (nypost.com)

Drew Rosenhaus nearly negotiated for his life –– and not via a contract –– while yanking on the tail of a dusky shark on Tuesday.

The Wiki on sharks! (en.wikipedia.org)

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the Batoidea (rays and kin). Some sources...