Many of the shark bites in Volusia County were likely from juvenile blacktip sharks. Young sharks probably do not yet distinguish well between humans and their natural prey, such as fish ...

The county is unofficially known as the shark bite capital of the world. Many bites there were likely from juvenile and breeding blacktip sharks, which don’t yet have the ability to distinguish ...

Russ said the shark might have been of the Blacktip species and appeared to be about 6 to 7 feet in length. "It swam towards multiple people before realizing they were not food and moving on," he ...