July 31 (UPI) — The Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week programming block might be winding down, but UPI Odd News chooses to live by the sage wisdom of Tracy Jordan: “Live every week like it’s Shark Week.”

The oft-misunderstood fish have made frequent appearances in the headlines for being dangerous, curious, lovable or downright unusual.

Here are five shark-related stories to keep the spirit of Shark Week alive in our hearts year-round.

Paddleboarders stalked by great white shark off California coast

Kayla Ross and her paddleboarding partner went out to intentionally try to find a shark that had been spotted off the Santa Barbara, Calif., coast in June — unaware that the shark had actually found them, instead.

A drone video taken by Ross’ uncle shows the great white shark following the paddleboard around in the water as they obliviously searched for the predator. Ross said the experience has not put her off paddleboarding and she is hoping to encounter an even larger shark in the future.

Woman earns Guinness World Record with 106 shark tattoos

Maine resident Emily Morrison, a shark biologist and owner of a shark fossil diving tour company, was awarded the title for the most sharks tattooed on the body (female) when her pieces of ink were officially counted by the record-keeping organization in May.

Guinness World Records confirmed “Shark Lady Emily,” whose obsession with the animals began when she saw Jaws at the age of 8, has 106 different tattoos of sharks on her body. Her ink earned her an appearance on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week special My Strange Shark Addiction.

Angler reels in first documented orange shark off Costa Rica

Angler Garvin Watson quickly realized there was something unusual about the 6-foot, 6-inch nurse shark he reeled in near Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park in August 2024: it was bright orange.

Researchers said the shark’s bright orange coloring is caused by a condition called xanthism, which causes yellow or gold pigmentation in an animal’s skin, scales or fur. They said Watson’s catch marked the first time total xanthism had been documented in a shark.

Great white shark bites camera off Southern California

Carlos Gauna, aka The Malibu Artist on YouTube, was out on his kayak in late April using multiple cameras and a drone to take footage of sharks when one great white approached one of his cameras and tried to take a bite.

Gauna said the shark did not manage to swim away with the camera, but it did crack the protective dome around his equipment.

Great white shark might be the first caught on camera in Rhode Island

The Atlantic Shark Institute Executive Director Jon Dodd and Sarah Callan, manager of animal rescue for the Mystic Aquarium, were attempting to locate a humpback whale carcass spotted off the Rhode Island coast in late May when they captured video of a great white shark.

The institute said the shark, which was feeding on the whale carcass, might be the first great white to ever be caught on camera in Rhode Island waters.