There he is. This was the moment 2 kayakers in
Northern California's Half Moon Bay noticed they were being followed
by a great white shark.
It's huge. Finn appearing just feet from Ian Walters,
who was on the water with a friend that day
nearly a mile from shore.
I'd let him know that there's a shark behind him
and.
We talked about it briefly and the shark followed my
buddy for maybe two or three minutes.
Just very slow. Deciding occurring in the so-called Red Triangle
of great white sharks off the coast of Northern California,
the region home to favorite foods of the great white
such as seals,
otters and sea lions. Walters and his friend fortunately weren't
on the menu that day.
It was simply curious, you know,
it was just there because that's where it lives.
And we were in its,
you know, house essentially. And,
and it could check us out.
But not every shark encounter has been this benign.
Colorado teen Annabelle Carlson lost her leg after being bitten
by a shark while swimming in Belize a week ago.
Her family riding in. An update on the site CaringBridge
that Annabelle's perspective is balanced and positive while she receives
treatment in the hospital.
Though she's battling bouts of severe pain and phantom limb
symptoms.
Earlier this summer, 49 year old pro surfer Tamayo Perry
was killed by a shark in Hawaii.
Florida's Volusia County saw four bites in just one week
this past July and a rash of attacks off the
coast of Texas too.
Aerial video capturing the shark that attacked several beachgoers on
South Padre Island.
Still, shark experts say sharks attacking humans is exceedingly rare,
and this summer's number of attacks is no higher than
average.
In terms of shark sightings,
we see increasingly more because many more people have drones
and so people are much more aware of animals in
the water.
Doesn't mean there are more animals in the water.
So some context there, but here are the stats.
Florida leads the world in shark attacks.
The state had 16 unprovoked attacks last year.
That is more than California,
Hawaii and all of Australia.
1 possible explanation, experts say,
is that the high number of high number of people
are testing the waters of Florida's beaches.
Say had about 140 million visitors back in 2023.
Of course, a lot of them,
they went to the beach.
Janelle, have to be safe.
It's kind of scary. All right,
Morgan, thank you.