Robert Moses beach

OUCH! Deepwater Jellyfish Sting Hundreds On New York Beaches
OUCH! Deepwater Jellyfish Sting Hundreds On New York Beaches
OUCH! Deepwater Jellyfish Sting Hundreds On New York Beaches
It has not been an easy summer swimming on the white sandy beaches of Long Island this year. Six people were bitten by sharks in a little more than a two-week span. The painful swimming experience continued on Sunday at Jones Beach State Park and Robert Moses State Park, thanks to a marine organism called a Pelagia Noctiluca.
Why Are More Sharks Lurking Off New York Beaches?
Why Are More Sharks Lurking Off New York Beaches?
Why Are More Sharks Lurking Off New York Beaches?
With 3 shark attacks in a little more than a week off New York beaches has local officials, marine biologists and scientists looking for answers. According to the The Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File says there have been 10 unprovoked incidents of human-shark interactions in New York over the past 100 years, including the 3 from last week! That is one every ten yeas and now there have been 3 in a week? Something is different and according to local researchers, it could be a good thing.