{"id":119596,"date":"2023-09-27T17:11:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=119596"},"modified":"2023-09-27T17:11:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:11:44","slug":"sharks-even-more-likely-to-attack-humans-at-time-of-day-experts-thought-was-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/world-news\/sharks-even-more-likely-to-attack-humans-at-time-of-day-experts-thought-was-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks even more likely to attack humans at time of day experts thought was safe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A group of researchers are calling for official advice to be changed after they found that shark attacks are actually more likely during a period that experts said was more safe.<\/p>\n

    The group from NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Macquarie University have called for official Australian advice that recommends that water-goers avoid swimming and surfing at dawn and dusk be overwritten to reflect their findings.<\/p>\n

    Those times are apparently key for large bull sharks because \u201csharks can see you but you can\u2019t see them\u201d. This is when visibility for humans is poorest but sharks are more active.<\/p>\n

    READ MORE: Cocaine-fuelled sharks are attacking surfers after drug lords dump hauls in the ocean<\/b><\/p>\n

    But the researchers suggest that the presence of large bull sharks was greatest from midday to 4am. They found an increased possibility of the sharks being near to shore between 6pm and 1am.<\/p>\n

    The group also found that when the water temperature was higher than 20C, after heavy rain or when the water was murky, sharks were more present.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThese conditions are favourable for ambush predators like bull sharks,\u201d Amy Smoothey, scientific officer and shark biologist at NSW DPI, told LiveScience. <\/p>\n

    \u201cBe aware during periods of lowlight levels, as these are times when bull sharks are typically more active and you may not be able to see the approaching shark.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Researchers tagged 233 bull sharks and tracked them along 21 coastal New South Wales beaches between 2017 and 2023 to garner their findings. <\/p>\n

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