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New Bite-Resistant Wetsuit Could Cut Shark Attack Injuries » Explorersweb
Over the past four decades, shark bites have been on the rise. In 2024, 71 bites were reported worldwide, seven of them fatal. While encounters with sharks are still rare, the increasing numbers have inspired a new idea -- a wetsuit that could protect against shark bites. A team of Australian marine biologists at Flinders University decided to find out if this was possible. They developed and tested new bite-resistant wetsuit materials to see if…
Windsurfer Andy McDonald miraculously survived a great white shark attack that suddenly grabbed his board and pulled him under the sea with it. "At that moment I thought, 'This is it. My time is up,'" McDonald told a local newspaper, explaining that he managed to escape the life-threatening situation by punching and kicking the beast.
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