1.   But blacktip sharks in this natural fish nursery near Palmetto left anyway.

2.   Tarpon, cobia, snook, pompano and blacktip sharks have been caught recently at the city pier, bartender Andy Campbell said.

3.   They often involve smaller blacktip sharks that mistake, say, a human foot for a bite-sized fish.

4.   All three victims were bitten on the leg Sunday by blacktip spinner sharks circling off Daytona Beach, said local beach official Joe Wooden.

5.   Among the animals in the tank were nurse sharks, blacktip sharks and leopard sharks, none of which the wedding organizers considered dangerous to the couple.

6.   Around noon Thursday, the sighting of a blacktip shark feeding on silver mullet near Coquina Beach prompted authorities to evacuate a mile-long stretch of water.