Marc
Lallanilla, Assistant Editor
Date: 07 March
2013 T
Seeing one
shark is enough to scare most swimmers out of the water. Seeing thousands of
sharks in the water — and many leaping into the air as they hunt for prey —
could be enough to keep a swimmer out of the water for life.
That's the
scenario greeting beachgoers this week in Palm
Beach County , Fla.
"They
were practically right on the sand," lifeguard supervisor Craig Pollock
told the Palm Beach Daily News. "They were frenzied and chasing bait all
the way up to shore." Beaches around the area are now closed to swimmers.
Pollock
identified the sharks as blacktip
sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) and spinner sharks (Carcharhinus
brevipinna). Both species are renowned for leaping out of the water and
"spinning" in the air as they search for the smaller fish that make
up their diet.
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