Shark and Awe

First up on our 2026 Halloween sharks list: the megamouth shark! Find out some of the fun and spooky traits this gentle giant has on this week's new episode of the Shark and Awe Podcast!

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• Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)
• First recorded sighting (1976)
• Sharks4Kids
• Oceana
• Shark Angels
• Sharkman's World
• The Florida Museum
• IUCN Red List
• Filo (where do sharks go when they die?)
• The Shark Research Institute
• Shark Guardian
• Bueno et al. 2025 study
• LiveScience
• Forbes
• Martinez-Ortiz et al. 2024 study
• Wildlife Online
• Duchatelet et al. 2020 study
• **Video 1 of a swimming megamouth!
• **Video 2 of a swimming megamouth!
• ****PSA: Please do not get close to any wild animals you might encounter! This is not a safe practice and could result in harm to you, others, and/or the animal!

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)

**Collaborators!**

• SharkGang website + Florida Instagram + Texas Instagram

What's that flying through the air? It's a bird! It's a plane! Nope, it's a spinner shark! Find out more on this week's new episode of the Shark and Awe Podcast!

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• Shark Research Institute
• Shark Trust
• Oceana
• Florida Museum
• Shark Bytes (YouTube video)
• iNaturalist
• NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation (video)
• Smithsonian Magazine
• IUCN Red List
• California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)
• Sharks4Kids
• Environmental Biology of Fishes journal (2025)
• NOAA Fisheries: Shark management laws
• Louisiana Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries (LDWF)
• NOAA Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plans and Amendments

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)

**Collaborators!**

• SharkGang website + Florida Instagram + Texas Instagram

Sharks have the usual 5 senses plus a superpowered sixth sense. Learn about all six in this week's new episode!

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*SMELL*

• Shark Trust
• Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)
• Save Our Sharks
• White Shark Projects
• Smithsonian Magazine
• Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

*SIGHT*

• Florida Oceanographic Society
• Sophie Maycock
• National Geographic

*SOUND*

• How Stuff Works
• Florida Atlantic University (FAU) article
• FAU research study
• Oceana

*TOUCH*

• Save Our Seas Foundation

*TASTE*

• Sharks4Kids
• Smithsonian Ocean
• Science.org
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal

*ELECTRORECEPTION*

• Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI)
• National Institutes of Health news release
• Marine Science Institute at the University of Texas at Austin

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)

**Collaborators!**

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

A shark "attack." A catch-and-kill order. Learn about the unfortunate events that took place in Western Australia just last week on today's new episode of the Shark and Awe Podcast.

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• ISAF 2025 Report
• Shark Allies
• New York Post
• Yahoo! News
• Surfer.com
• 1980s sighting
• Catch-and-kill order details
• Safety4Sea
• The Western Australian
• News Worthy podcast
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
• International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

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)

**Collaborators!**

• SharkGang website + FL Instagram + TX Instagram

One of the most iconic and charismatic sharks in the ocean, the great hammerhead shark is the focus of today's new episode!

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• Florida Museum
• NOAA
• Oceana
• FishBase (distribution)
• Shark Guardian
• Shark Angels
• Dr. Guttridge's philopatry study (2017)
• Saving the Blue
• Mokarran Protection Society
• The Shark Trust
• Fahlo
• Bimini Shark Lab
• Galapagos Conservation Trust
• IUCN Red List
• Earth.org
• Australian Marine Conservation Society
• Pew Charitable Trust

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• Miami Shark Project
• Save Our Seas
• Shark Research Institute

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)

**Collaborators!**

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

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)

**Collaborators!**

• 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

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)

**Collaborators!**

• 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

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)

**Collaborators!**

• 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)

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)

**Collaborators!**

• SharkGang website + Florida Instagram & Texas Instagram

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

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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)

**Collaborators**

• Sharkgang website ... Florida Instagram & Texas Instagram