These cases are extremely rare, but they can happen, even in the U.K. The victim could walk off of the rescue boat, according to the BBC, and stated, "I don't for a second want this freak event to ...

In Australia, rescuers sprang into action to free a humpback calf from a deadly shark net as its mother watched. Off ...

Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) ... This may help us understand whether such wounds are sustained from aggressive behavior or misadventure. The study is published in the journal Marine Biodiversity.

Caption. Shadowing behavior displayed by blue runner fish hiding below a sandbar shark before attacking prey. Lampione island, Central Mediterranean sea, 11 July 2022.

Fishers in Albania caught a blue shark with an 18-centimetre fragment of swordfish bill embedded in its skull, in the first known case of a shark surviving such an injury. Close.