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Continue reading →: Great White Death: The Mondo Shark Nightmare That Haunted a GenerationChester Moore Files #3 There were a handful of things that helped shape my fascination with sharks when I was a kid. Jaws was obviously one of them, and Jacques Cousteau opened an entirely different window into the mysteries of the sea. Those were formative influences, the kind of things…
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Continue reading →: Strange Gulf Encounters: Investigating the Sea Snake ReportsCould highly venomous sea snakes be swimming in the Gulf of Mexico? From black-and-white-banded creatures to mysterious animals with paddle-shaped tails, eyewitnesses have reported some extraordinary encounters in Gulf waters. And with Halloween approaching, it’s the perfect time to explore one of the region’s stranger wildlife mysteries. Sea snakes are…
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Continue reading →: Horror Icon Brinke Stevens Joins “Sharks Aren’t So Scary” CampaignThe Gulf Great White Shark Society is bringing together an unlikely group of allies this October to challenge one of the ocean’s biggest misconceptions. Legendary scream queen Brinke Stevens has joined the Society’s new “Sharks Aren’t So Scary” public education campaign, lending her voice to an effort designed to replace…
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Continue reading →: They Were Out There All Along: A Spooky Season Great White SpecialOctober is the month for mysteries, monsters and things lurking beneath the surface. It also happens to be my birthday month, so I decided to celebrate by bringing back one of the best deals we’ve offered through the Gulf Great White Shark Society. Beginning October 3 — my birthday —…
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Continue reading →: 🎃🦈 SHARKS AREN’T SO SCARY IS HERE!We’re excited to launch Sharks Aren’t So Scary, a public education campaign presented by the Gulf Great White Shark Society throughout October. To kick things off, horror host Count Drahoon has joined us with a special public service announcement. If anyone has earned the right to talk about monsters, it’s…
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Continue reading →: On the Menu: Gulf Sharks Have a Taste for StingraysIf you have spent much time wading the Gulf Coast, you probably know about the stingray shuffle. Instead of picking up your feet and stepping across a sandy flat, you slide them along the bottom. The idea is simple. If a stingray is buried in the sand, you would much…
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Continue reading →: From Shark Pioneers to the Cutting Edge: Two Hours With Dr. Greg SkomalThere are some conversations that remind you just how much there is left to learn about the wild world. I had one of those in New Bedford, Massachusetts, sitting in the office of Dr. Greg Skomal and talking about sharks for nearly two hours. My wife Lisa, daughter Faith and…
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Continue reading →: Viral Claim Says 16-Foot Great White Just Showed Up Off Texas. It Didn’t.A claim is going viral that Kara, a roughly 16-foot great white shark, has suddenly been detected off the Texas coast. It sounds incredible. There’s just one big problem. It’s not true. Kara is a real great white shark, and that’s part of what makes this kind of misinformation so…
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Continue reading →: The Oceanographic Institute on the Mainland: From Jaws to Real-Life Shark Science.Matt Hooper walks into Jaws as the young shark expert from the Oceanographic Institute. Played by Richard Dreyfuss, Hooper arrives on Amity after Chief Brody tells town officials they are bringing in experts from “the oceanographic institute on the mainland.” I’ve watched Jaws more times than I could ever count,…
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Continue reading →: Living Sharks Museum: Where Shark History Meets ConservationStanding in front of original pieces from Frank Mundus’ fighting chair aboard the Cricket II, I couldn’t help but think about how much shark history was represented in one place. Mundus was one of the most famous shark fishermen who ever lived. Operating the Cricket II out of Montauk, New…
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Hello,
I’m Chester Moore
I’m a wildlife journalist & conservationist who has written extensively about white sharks in the Gulf. The aim here is to raise awareness to their conservation through in-depth content and to have fun talking about the most epic creature in the ocean.