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Sharktober: Scientists confirm spike in tiger shark bites in October
- January 22, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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New University of Hawaiʻi research confirms that "Sharktober" is real, revealing a statistically significant spike in shark bite incidents in Hawaiian waters every October. The study, which analyzed 30 years of data (1995–2024), found that about 20% of all recorded bites occurred in that single month, a frequency far exceeding any other time of the year.
Originally published at Phys.org