Underwater Photo
Galleries Sharks - Squid - Octopus - Tropical Fish - Coral Reefs
- Sea Monsters
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Underwater Photos and Photography.
Underwater
Photos. Photos and facts about scuba diving with
sharks, squid and stingrays on the
living coral
reefs of the beautiful seas and oceans of this big blue world. Underwater
photo galleries of some of the seas amazing marine animals, tropical fish
and sea creatures that are found in the earths oceans and on it's
living coral reefs.
Photos of the colorful coral itself, did you
know that a coral reef is a living structure made up of millions
of tiny marine animals called Coral Polyps see their photos, they
are living rocks. A coral reef can be home to as many different
animal species as a tropical rainforest.
Some Coral Facts.
Underwater Photo Galleries.
Underwater photos. Photos of scuba diving in our tropical seas with marine
animals like Giant Green Moray Eels, Great White Sharks and huge
Stingrays. See amazing underwater photos of scuba divers
interacting with these beautiful sea creatures and marine
animals. Underwater photos and photography from the deep of
Giant Squid and Octopus and other sea monsters. Could you
survive a shark attack?
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Sharks and Underwater Predators
Sharks. Well known species such as the great
white sharks tiger sharks and bull sharks and the hammerhead
shark all are apex predators at the top of the underwater food
chain. Their extraordinary skills as predators fascinate and
frighten humans, even as their survival is under serious threat
from fishing and other human activities.
Most Shark Attacks.
In 2000, the year with the most recorded shark attacks, there
were 79 shark attacks reported worldwide, 16 of them fatal. In
2005 and 2006 this number decreased to 61 and 62 respectively,
while the number of fatalities dropped to only four per year. Of
these attacks, the majority occurred in the United States (53 in
2000, 40 in 2005 and 39 in 2006).
The United States has had more
shark attacks (1,032) than
any other country. According to the International Shark Attack
File, the states in the U.S. where the most attacks have
occurred are Florida, Hawaii, California, South Carolina and
North Carolina. Outside the U.S., Australia and South Africa
have had the most attacks. As of 2009, the ISAF recorded a total
of 2,251 attacks worldwide since 1580, with 464 attacks being
fatal. The location with the most recorded shark attacks is New
Smyrna Beach, Florida.
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