I really only work with species we get in the north east US (a lot of the others in the chart!), but my guess is that they’re so cool looking divers tend to approach too close? @wobbologist.bsky.social is an expert maybe they can provide some insight!

Pie graph, within the open mouth of a shark displaying the most common shark species in attacks. Great white (40), tiger (30), requiem (56), other (12) and wobbegong (29)

I have to say this has got to be the best data visualization AND use of a pie chart I’ve ever seen.

Drawing blood from a shortfin mako shark

Smooth hammerhead shark

Southern stingray

White shark tooth earrings

This month I’m going to share some of my personal/professional elasmo-oriented highlights from 2024. It was an eventful year! 🦈

Going through some footage from this summers dives to swap our acoustic recievers on NYS artificial reefs and found what a “great day” in NY diving looks like 😂