Multiple sharks were mutilated by an unknown individual on a west coast beach in Florida. **WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions and animal abuse.

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• FWC website
• Fox News13 Tampa Bay (09/07/2026 story)
• ABC News Channel 13 report (09/08/2026)
• Fox News13 Tampa Bay (09/08/2026 story)
• **Spencer Roberts' Instagrams: Fish Defender & Subaquatic Spike
• Florida State Legislature - Title XXVIII, Chapter 379
• The Kristin Jacobs Ocean Conservation Act
• The KJOC Act, explained (Shark Allies)

Sound Credits

• Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android
• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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• SharkGang website, Florida Instagram, Texas Instagram

Have you ever seen a multi-colored shark? They do exist! A piebald lemon shark was spotted in Florida at the end of August 2026. Learn about this shark's unique coloration and what might cause a mutation such as this!

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• Shark and Awe Podcast episode #3 - Hark! An orange shark!
• Ecology and Evolution Journal
• ABC 7 (video of piebald shark)
• RealTree Magazine
• IFL Science
• Journal of Fish Biology
• Springer Nature Journal

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• Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android
• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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• Sharkgang website ... Florida Instagram ... Texas Instagram

Caribbean reef sharks love the warm water - who doesn't?! Find out what else this shark gets up to on this week's new episode of the Shark and Awe podcast!

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• Florida Museum: species profile
• Reef Smart Guides
• Bimini Shark Lab
• Save Our Seas
• Saving the Blue
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
• IUCN Red List
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
• Epic Diving
• Save Our Seas (Palau)
• Mongabay
• Smithsonian Ocean (US regulations)
• 4Ocean
• A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology
• Bimini Biological Field Station
• Micronesian Conservation Coalition
• Florida Museum: physical characteristics
• ANGARI Foundation
• Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• NOAA Fisheries

**FLORIDA SHARK DIVE OPERATORS

• Jupiter Dive Center
• Florida Shark Diving
• Shark Addicts
• Tanner Underwater

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• Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android
• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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• SharkGang website ... Florida Instagram ... Texas Instagram

**Welcome to season 2! Get ready for another year full of shark fun facts and real-world news stories designed to get YOU interested in shark conservation!**

This week we talk about the social media influencers who recently received some unusual attention after being bitten by sharks.

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• Yahoo! News
• International Shark Attack File (ISAF): Nurse shark
• Tayane's bite (video)
• The Sun (alt video)
• Tayane Dalazen 's Instagram
• Henry Gibbs' website
• Florida Museum ISAF: Advice to spearfishermen
• Top Shot Spearfishing
• Henry Gibbs' Instagram
• ISAF: Grey reef shark
• Rontaa's GoFundMe
• Animal Cognition Journal (2013)
• Smithsonian Magazine
• Journal of Ecotourism (2021)
• Shark Eyes mask strap cover
• What Shark Attacked? (Shark Week 2026)

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• Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android
• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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• SharkGang website + Florida Instagram & Texas Instagram

Celebrate our one-year anniversary with us on this special (and short) episode! 🥳🦈1️⃣🎂

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• Sharkgang website ... Florida Instagram & Texas Instagram

A man has been arrested for "wrestling" protected shark species in Puget Sound, Washington. Learn who he is, what he's been doing, and the charges he faces in this week's episode.

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• Fox News
• The Lynwood Times
• The Seattle Times
• Popular Science
• Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
• Shark Research Institute
• Untamed Science
• The Marine Detective
• Florida Museum
• IUCN Red List
• Washington Surfrider Foundation
• Track Washington State House Bill 2447
• Track Washington State Senate Bill 6108

Sound Credits

• Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android
• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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• Sharkgang website ... Florida Instagram & Texas Instagram

**Join us for our 50th episode!** Today we examine the world's largest shark - the Megalodon!

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• UK Natural History Museum
• 2025 Study
• Smithsonian Ocean
• FossilEra
• Discover Magazine
• White Shark Ocean
• Ocean Conservancy
• Britannica
• Florida Museum
• UCali UC Merced
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Pliocene-era extinction
• Popular Science

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• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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• SharkGang website ... Florida Instagram ... Texas Instagram

Lemon sharks, named after the fruit because of their yellowish color, are some of the most charismatic fish in the sea! And, they're one of the many species YOU can swim with! Want to learn more? Check out today's episode of the Shark and Awe podcast!

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• The Ocean Conservancy
• Shark Research Institute
• Florida Museum
• Shark Angels
• National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
• Marine Bio Conservation Society
• Lemon sharks geographical separation
• Bimini Shark Lab
• IUCN Red List
• Florida Prohibited Sharks List (FWC)
• ANGARI Foundation
• Save Our Seas Magazine
• The world's oldest lemon shark!
• National Geographic
• Marine Ecology Progress Series journal
• Saving the Blue Research Expeditions

**FLORIDA SHARK DIVING

• Tanner Underwater
• Shark Addicts
• Florida Shark Diving

**PETITIONS TO STOP THE FLORIDA SAFE SEAS ACT:

• Change.org
• Action Network
• StopHR3831.org

• Shark and Awe Episode #45 - The Florida Safe Seas Act

Sound Credits

• Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android
• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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• Sharkgang website ... Florida Instagram ... Texas Instagram !

In this NEW segment of the Shark and Awe podcast, we celebrate real people making waves for sharks. Our first feature goes to Saving the Blue, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public and protecting the sharks of the Bahamas, Florida, and beyond!

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• Saving the Blue
• STB Success Stories
• Annie Guttridge

• The Silent Hunter Group
• Dr. Tristan Guttridge
• Annie's & Tristan's STB profiles
• Fahlo x Saving the Blue
• STB Expeditions
• Shark Research Station timeline & phases
• SRS Donations
• STB Donations
• **STB and SRS are run by the same organization. Donating to one donates to the other!
• Become a STB member! Join the Blue Side today!!

Sound Credits

• Sound effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android
• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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In June of 2026, the state of California proposed emergency regulations restricting big-game recreational fishing gear to protect the public and white sharks. The regulation was unanimously passed, and implementation began in July.

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• State of California's Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Shark Stewards
• California DFW white shark regulations
• Western Outdoor News
• California DFW current catch regulations
• IUCN Red List (shortfin mako)
• Defenders of Wildlife
• NOAA Fisheries
• Fisherman's Landing
• NOAA Fisheries - California state anglers
• Science.org - 100 million sharks killed each year
• The Meat-Eater
• The Daily Breeze
• The Daily 49er

Sound Credits

• Sound effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android
• Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube
• Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app)

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• Sharkgang website ... Florida Instagram ... Texas Instagram !