The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one critica
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the capture of a "man-eating" shark off the Jersey Shore after the attacks.
Mural on bridge in area of Matawan Creek attacks, Matawan, New Jersey
Memorial plaque dedicated to the victims of the 1916 Matawan Creek shark attacks, Matawan, New Jersey
German American Michael Schleisser and the great white shark caught in Raritan Bay purported to be the "Jersey man-eater", as seen in the Bronx Home News
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The sand tiger shark, also commonly known as the spotted ragged-tooth shark in South Africa, grey nurse shark in Australia, or blue-nurse sand tiger in India, is a species of shark that inhabits subtr
Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916
…Jamaica Bay." Witnesses of the Beach Haven fatality estimated that the shark was 9 feet (3 m) long. A sea captain who saw the event believed it was a Spanish shark driven from the Caribbean Sea decades earlier by bombings during the Spanish–American War. Several fishermen claimed to have caught the "Jersey man-eater…
Sand tiger shark
Diagram indicating the differences between C. taurus and O. ferox
Snout and mouth of sand tiger shark, showing protruding teeth and small eyes
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