Andrea shared this adorable clip of her and her fiancé, who had been petting a baby shark in the water! It was every ocean lover’s fantasy brought to life, filled with gentle strokes and wide-eyed ...

We shouldn’t be petting sharks,” Sorenson says. Republican Representative John Wills declined to advance the bill, saying he doesn’t like legislation that just affects one business in the state.

A bill that would make it a crime to let people pet sharks has been tabled in the Iowa Legislature. It’s a response to a shark bite that happened in Iowa last year.

Iowa lawmakers have sunk a bill that would prohibit Iowans from petting sharks — but it's possible it could resurface. Rep. Ray "Bubba" Sorensen, R-Greenfield, introduced the bill in response to ...

The claim: A white shark named 'Cindy' has followed a fisherman around since he rescued her. A March 24 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a man petting the side of a great white shark.