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Date 2003-11-21, 2 weeks later

platialUser:dolphintim — 2006-04-17 23:15:15.766531+00:00

This is Nicole! Image credit: Michael Meÿer
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Date 2003-11-29, 3 weeks later

platialUser:dolphintim — 2006-04-18 00:01:56.797658+00:00

Interesting fact about this journey # 1- Transoceanic return migration involved a return to the original capture location
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Juliette Shipp, age 9, Bitten by Shark 06/27/06

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2006-07-04 15:42:50.470841+00:00

This may not be the exact location of the beach where this happened--I couldn't find the address of Ocean View Condos. But it is pretty close. When Juliette Shipp starts fourth grade this fall, she'll have one heck of a "What I did over the summer" essay. Speaking for the first time publicly since she was apparently bitten by a shark Tuesday morning, the 9-year-old Pennsylvania girl was tired, but in good spirits Friday. She has a cast on her right leg and numerous stitches, but doctors have said she should be able to make a full recovery, her mother Leslie Shipp said. "It's really achy and sometimes it hurts," Juliette said of her injury. "It's really scary when you look at it. It looks like 200 stitches ... and only one little part is not in stitches." Juliette was standing in the surf on a beach in front of Ocean Village as her mother floated on a raft nearby when the first of three bites came without warning, she said. She caught a glimpse as something locked onto her calf and wiggled around, she said. She saw a gray shape swim away from her after she was attacked and she cried out to her mom. "We both looked down and we were just screaming for a minute or two," Juliette said. "I'll play on the beach in the sand, but I don't think I'll go into the ocean again. It's just too scary," she said. An account has been set up by Leslie Shipp in trust for Juliette Shipp at Riverside Bank, 1600 South Federal Highway, Fort Pierce, FL 34950. For more information, contact Riverside at (772) 464-4900. Shipp, who said she has limited insurance, plans to use the money to pay for medical expenses and potential future plastic surgery to cover scars on Juliette's leg.
Tags: shark, shark attack, bitten, little girl, boogie board

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Ka Wai Nui Marsh Entrance

platialUser:beachwalks — 2006-07-08 16:16:22.94994+00:00

Come along on an underwater trip to see turtles and "black dog sharks."
Tags: shark, dog, turtle, honu, beachwalks, rox, lexi, hawaii, underwater, snorkel, diving, oahu

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Shark Bait Enterprises

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Shark Bait Enterprises (407) 876-6370
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Gay Dolphin Shark Tooth Cove

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Gay Dolphin Shark Tooth Cove (843) 448-6328
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Sewer Shark Plumbing

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Sewer Shark Plumbing (706) 754-3227
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Shark Beachwear

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Shark Beachwear (910) 575-4490
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Shark Creative Incorporated

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Shark Creative Incorporated (828) 256-7172
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Wilmington Sharks Baseball

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Wilmington Sharks Baseball (910) 343-5621
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Land Shark Vending

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Land Shark Vending (407) 852-0651
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Shark-Tron

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Shark-Tron (407) 649-9787
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Shark Lounge

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Shark Lounge (386) 258-1230
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Tarpon Club

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Tarpon Club (305) 944-4311
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Charter Boat Shark Sport Fshng

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Charter Boat Shark Sport Fshng (941) 365-2161
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John Marrack Bitten by Shark 06/03

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 06:40:23.934165+00:00

June 24, 2003 The dolphins must have known something bad was about to happen. John Marrack and his wife, Stephanie, were swimming among a pod of 30 to 40 dolphins at around 8 a.m. yesterday about 50 yards off Makua Beach, celebrating John's birthday. "It happened so fast," John Marrack said. "We were with quite a large pod of dolphins and then they just took off like rockets." An instant later, what is believed to be a great white shark hit John Marrack. "It just came out of nowhere," said Stephanie Marrack, 54. "I didn't see it, but John said it was at least 5-foot- wide and silver. John was right in front of me, and all of a sudden I see this 4- or 5-foot geyser come out of the water — it just went whoosh! And then John said, 'Steph, I've been bit.' " John Marrack said he felt something grab his foot and tug it. "I felt, like, sharp pricks, but it wasn't painful," he said. "Then I looked around underneath and ... I saw this big, silvery animal down there." Although he knew he was hurt, his injuries weren't his only concern. He immediately thought about his wife's safety. "My job was to keep between her and the shark," he said. The couple began to swim to shore when John Marrack realized the extent of his wounds. "I saw a flap of skin floating around," he said. "There was a boat right there, so I asked them for help and they did a great job." As luck would have it, Victor Lozano, owner of Dolphin Excursions Hawai'i, was in the area and hauled Marrack aboard his 33-foot rigid inflatable boat, Naia 1. "There was blood all over that boat," said Lozano. "You could see it was a bite and a release. They were good-sized tooth marks — an inch to in excess of an inch. I had to administer first aid and wrap him up to stop all the bleeding. "The guy was actually a really a cool customer. ... He was coherent and able to talk to me while I was bandaging him up.
Tags: snorkeling, shark attack, shark, bitten on the foot

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Gary Hall Fights Off Shark, July 2006

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-07-26 11:42:52.018845+00:00

Five-time Olympic swimming gold medal winner Gary Hall survived a shark attack while spear fishing with his sister off the Florida coast. The 35-year-old American fought off the shark by punching and kicking it in the nose until his injured sister was able to shoot it in the mouth with a spear gun, Hall said during the Janet Evans Invitational meet. "Fortunately she injured the shark badly enough that a lot of blood was pouring from its mouth," Hall told the Los Angeles Times newspaper. "The shark swam off. Otherwise with her bleeding as much as she was it could have been disastrous." The US swim hero emerged unscathed from the attack, but his 28-year-old sister, Bebe, suffered a bite wound on the arm that required 19 stitches. The incident took place in the Florida Keys, a string of small islands 24km southwest of Miami. The drama began when the Halls were spear fishing about 200m from their boat and spotted a shark. They started swimming back to their boat when a 1.8m black tip reef shark attacked. "Another shark larger than the first one we saw came in from the side and bit (Bebe) on the arm," Hall said. "I didn't realize she had been bitten before the shark was on me. "It was swimming after me and thrashing and had its back arched in a frenzy mode. I kept punching it in the nose and kicking it and it kept coming after me. "I was eventually able to get underneath it and roll it off of me. That's when it charged toward my sister. "She had already been bitten, but in the meantime she had enough sense to load the spear. "The shark charged her with its mouth open and she shot it." The shark swam away and they managed to get back to the boat where Hall fashioned a tourniquet for Bebe's arm. "It was definitely a shot of adrenaline," Hall said. "I don't know what my split was for the 50m, but I am sure I haven't swum that fast in years."
Tags: shark, shark attack, fight off shark, swimmer, spear fishing, black tip

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Dallas Jackson Bitten by Shark 2006

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-07-26 12:07:44.176867+00:00

Dallas Jackson will return to his Ohio home this week with a souvenir that most Hilton Head Island visitors would rather do without. Jackson, from Sylvania, outside Toledo, apparently was bitten by a shark at Singleton Beach on Monday. Authorities have not confirmed the attack, but Jackson said the teeth marks and puncture wounds on his foot and ankle are all the confirmation he needs. He needed about a dozen stitches. If the bite is confirmed, it will be the fourth attack in South Carolina and the second on Hilton Head this year
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Caelin Lacy Bitten by Shark 07/08/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-07-26 12:01:53.46263+00:00

Caelin Lacy of West Palm Beach, Fla., said she was about 25 feet out in the ocean around 11 a.m. Saturday and had just "caught a great wave" when the attack happened. "Another good wave was coming and I started kicking. All the sudden, I turned around and something had grabbed hold of my foot," Lacy said Monday from Georgetown Memorial Hospital, where she is recovering after receiving 70 stitches to her leg and ankle and treatment for three tendons severed in the attack. It looked like a 6-foot-long bull shark, Lacy said. "It tore up my foot but it didn't thrash or anything. I kicked it with my right foot, and it let go immediately," Lacy said. Lacy, whose family visits the Grand Strand every summer, said she will get back in the ocean as soon as she can. "You're more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to be attacked by sharks," she said. "I can't let this keep me out of the water."
Tags: shark, shark attack, surfing, surfer, kid, 14yearold, attack, bite, bitten, swimming, beach

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Associates Realty

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Associates Realty (305) 234-1232
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Tom Larson Bitten on Foot 08/29/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-09-13 06:32:24.30958+00:00

Tom Larson was surfing near the south jetty when he felt something grab his foot, saying it felt like a vise or a bear trap bearing down on him. It began shaking him, and Larson said he soon realized it was a shark when he saw the fin. Larson said adrenaline took over and he repeatedly hit the shark with his surfboard until the fish let go. He immediately started screaming “Shark! Shark!” in an attempt to alarm his friends and get them out of the water. He was able to paddle his way back to shore. He was treated at Peace Harbor Hospital in Florence and then released. Larson plans to continue surfing.
Tags: shark, shark bite, attack, surfing, surfer, scary, stitches, rare attack

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Gran tiburón blanco - GANSBAAI

platialUser:xpb — 2008-10-17 01:49:59.124471+00:00

Gansbaai ,”bahía de gansos”, es un pueblo de pescadores y popular destino turístico en el Municipio del Distrito Overberg, Cabo Occidental, Sudáfrica. Es conocido por su densa población de Gran Tiburón Blanco, y como una buena ubicación con avistaje de ballenas. Fué fundada en 1881, cuando un pescador Johannes Cornelis Wessels caminó un día a través de las dunas de Stanford y descubrió excelente pesca en la zona. Se instaló allí, y poco después otras familias siguieron el ejemplo. Hasta finales de siglo 20, sin embargo, era poco más que un primitivo pueblo de pescadores debido a su aislamiento y falta de comunicación con el mundo exterior.
Tags: shark, blanco, tiburon, buceo, Gansbaai, pescador, Sudafrica, Overberg

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Shark River

platialUser:system — 2006-10-14 05:33:26.335909+00:00

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Shark Bayou

platialUser:system — 2006-10-14 05:48:32.036377+00:00

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Chad Guthrie Bitten on the Hand, April 18, 2007

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2007-04-24 11:19:18.422223+00:00

A 24-year-old man underwent surgery on his hand Friday after being attacked by a shark while surfing off New Smyrna Beach. The bite victim is Chad Guthrie and authorities said he was attacked by a three to four foot shark near the 27th Avenue Beach approach. He was taken to Halifax Medical Center and underwent several hours of surgery Friday afternoon. Guthrie's family members said he is a physical therapist in New Smyrna Beach. According to the Voulsia County Beach Patrol, Guthrie suffered deep gashes to his left index finger and thumb.
Tags: hand, shark, stitches, bite, gashes, not too serious

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Shark Creek

platialUser:system — 2006-10-14 06:19:43.863671+00:00

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Diver Attacked By Shark, 05/24/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-05-29 21:00:21.278817+00:00

A tiger shark injured a Japanese tourist who was diving near Gun Beach in Tumon. Hideki Noma, an instructor with Gently Blue Diving Company, said he took a group of four Japanese tourists diving at Gun Beach last week. The group was at an estimated 32 feet below the surface when a turtle quickly ascended and swam so close through the group that it was within arm's reach, Noma said through a translator. The turtle was swimming fast because it was being chased by a 13-foot tiger shark that had its mouth open, he said. The shark's teeth scraped one of the tourists on the leg as it passed by, Noma said. The tourist, in a panic, also scraped his leg on coral. The group quickly returned to land and the tourist was taken to the PMC Isla Health System clinic and received about 10 stitches.
Tags: sharks, shark, shark attack, diving, diver, scary, just a scratch, i bet he peed in his wet suit

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Sarah Whiley killed by Bull Sharks 01/07/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-05-29 21:11:56.087051+00:00

Sarah Whiley was attacked by as many as three sharks. She screamed for help but beach-goers mistook her frantic calls for help as a prank. harks savaged Sarah Whiley, 21, tearing off both her arms and badly mauling her torso and legs. Miss Whiley, who was swimming at Stradbroke Island with three friends from a church group on Saturday evening, had shouted "Shark!". But her friends on the beach ignored her screams. "She went down in the water," said Peter Harding, a police inspector. "After about five or six seconds the deceased came out of the water and screamed 'Shark!'. Of course, people at the time thought she was only joking - until they saw the blood." Miss Whiley was pulled from the water by two local fishermen and dragged on to the beach. A local teenage girl, who tried to comfort the injured woman while she lay on the beach, said Miss Whiley was still conscious at that time. "She kept on saying that she was going to die," said the girl, whose mother asked for her name to be withheld. Tourist beaches on the eastern coast of Australian were closed yesterday as police divers hunted for the sharks responsible for the attack. They were hoping to retrieve the dead swimmer's missing limbs - although they admit that this is a remote possibility. They also hope to confirm the type of shark, and number, involved in the attack, which occurred in chest-high water at a popular swimming beach. By a grim coincidence, the attack took place off Amity Beach - the same name as the fictional island setting of the Hollywood shark horror film Jaws. The Queensland state government yesterday ordered an investigation into the incident. Amity Point, where the attack occurred, is protected by shark nets and drumlines - large baited hooks anchored to the seabed - which should keep swimmers safe.
Tags: fatal shark attack, shark, shark attack, death, swimming, scary

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Garry Turner Bitten by Shark 09/22/02

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-05-29 21:26:27.161198+00:00

(AP) -- A shark bit a boogie boarder on the left ankle, tearing flesh down to the bone, hospital officials said. Garry Turner, 24 of Portland swam back to the beach Saturday and was taken to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City, and then sent by ambulance to Portland, said hospital spokesman Brandon Ford. Turner was listed in fair condition Sunday. He and two friends were boogie boarding and surfing off Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City. Turner said the three were waiting for waves about 200 feet from the coast when the shark attacked. "I was sitting on my boogie board and talking when something grabbed my foot and tried to pull it straight down," Turner said from his hospital bed. Turner said he didn't immediately realize he had been bitten. Wearing fins, his first reaction was to free his foot by kicking hard and thrusting himself back on the board. But the shark circled back, and it was then that the three realized what had happened. "My friend yelled, 'Shark. Shark"' Turner said. "I saw the gills just as it was dropping back in the water." The three then paddled vigorously toward the shore and the shark apparently lost interest. Witnesses told emergency workers that the shark was about eight-feet long and seemed to lunge out of the water. Area fishermen said it was likely a blue or a sand shark, among the most common types in that part of the Pacific Ocean. Turner will likely make a full recovery because the bite didn't sever tendons, hospital officials said. Ford said the last time a shark bite victim had come to his hospital was six years ago, when a surfer was bitten on the thigh. It was believed a great white was involved in that attack. That person made a full recovery, he said.
Tags: ankle wound, shark, boogie boarding, attack, shark attack, scary

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Mary Strong bitten by Bull Shark 07/02

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-05-29 21:33:06.985624+00:00

EMERALD ISLE — Strong had just arrived for vacation with her parents and was swimming in about 4 feet of water near the 6600 block of Ocean Drive around 5 p.m. while her family unpacked the car. She was in the water for about five minutes before something bit her leg. She got out of the water on her own. Although Strong suffered no broken bones, Mary Metzler, chief of Emerald Isle Emergency Medical Services, said the bite caused “massive damage.” “It grabbed her from the back of her calf,” Metzler said Sunday. “You could see the bite marks pretty well. “The back of her calf was pretty well chewed.”
Tags: bull shark, shark, shark attack, bite, swimming, scary

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Boy Bitten by Shark 05/31/02

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-05-29 21:40:46.723191+00:00

On May 31, a shark bit the left foot of a teen swimmer near St. George Island off the Panhandle in the Gulf of Mexico. The 16-year-old boy from Birmingham, Ala., underwent three hours of surgery and was recovering well, reports stated. The teen, who was swimming with his younger brother, was about 200 feet from shore when the shark, thought to be 3 feet long, attacked. People were reportedly fishing and feeding gulls near the boys at the time of the attack.
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Paul Buckland Killed by Shark 04/2002

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-05 06:28:33.892511+00:00

(AP) -- A shark dragged a man from his friend's arms and killed him Tuesday off Australia's southern coast, officials said. The victim, a 23-year-old professional diver, was diving for scallops from an anchored boat with a friend when he was attacked by the shark, South Australia Ambulance spokesman Lee Francis said. The friend tried to pull the victim onto the boat but the shark pulled the man into the water, Francis said. The victim's name was not released. The victim's friend was not hurt, but was taken to a hospital to be treated for shock. "I understand he (the victim) came to the surface. There was a cry for help," Francis said. "But as the other person tried to get him on board, the shark grabbed him and pulled him underneath." Francis said the men's boat was anchored off the small South Australian fishing port of Smoky Bay, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) northwest of the state capital Adelaide, when the attack happened around noon. Smoky Bay is known as haunt of the great white shark. However, officials could not confirm what kind of shark was involved in Tuesday's attack.
Tags: diving, shark attack, fatal, fatal attack, shark, pulled from his friends arms, death

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Jamie Marie Daigle Killed by Shark 06/05

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-03 12:36:36.015843+00:00

June 25, 2005 Jamie Daigle, of Gonzales, Louisiana, and her friend Felicia Venable, also 14, were swimming Saturday morning about 200 yards offshore in the Gulf of Mexico when they saw a dark shadow in the water, according to a statement issued Sunday by the Walton County Sheriff's Office. Tim Dicus was surfing near the girls Saturday when he heard a scream. "I was about 200 yards out, just past the second sandbar," Dicus said. "And when I heard the scream, I turned around and saw one of the girls swimming towards the beach frantically and the other one had disappeared and there was a big dark spot where she used to be in the water." "She was unconscious when I got to the blood pool," Dicus said. "So I tried to pull her from the water -- the shark had made an attack when I was trying to get her out of the water. But it gave me enough time to get her on to the board once he had to come back around to make another attack." Dicus said the shark -- about 8 feet long -- continued to try to attack them on his surfboard as he made his way to shore. "He was really aggressive," Dicus said. "I've been here a long time and I've never seen a shark get that aggressive." "She was hurt really bad. It looked like she was going to at least lose her leg," Dicus said. "The damage on her left leg was really extensive, and I didn't know whether she had just gone into shock -- but she'd pretty much stopped bleeding by the time I got her on to the beach -- so I didn't know how we were going to save her." Dicus said he had warned other swimmers earlier in the day against going out too far, fearing shark attacks. Although shark sightings are not uncommon along the coast, no one had seen a shark in the area Saturday before the attack, Owens said.
Tags: shark attack, swimming, fatal, little girl, florida, shark

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Bethany Hamilton Attacked by Shark 10/03

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 06:23:42.676423+00:00

Oct. 31, 2004 Bethany Hamilton was surfing at Tunnels at Makua Beach on Kauai when she was attacked by a shark about 7:30 a.m. She lost her left arm below the shoulder. Officials believed it was a 14-foot tiger shark.
Tags: surfer, surfine, shark, shark attack, arm bitten off

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Clara Alo Attacked by Shark 10/03

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 06:22:19.351699+00:00

Clara Alo was wading near a fishing net when she was attacked by a 4- to 5-foot gray-colored shark at Kalama Beach on Maui about 12:55 p.m. Alo received injuries to her left thigh, right knee and right index finger.
Tags: shark attack, wading, fishing net, shark, injured

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Deborah Franzman Killed by Great White 08/03

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 07:04:54.364723+00:00

August 19, 2003 Deborah Franzman, of Nipomo, was killed as she swam 75 yards offshore alongside a group of seals. Witnesses reported seeing a large fin as Franzman screamed for help. Lifeguards pulled Franzman to shore, where she died. Bite marks on her legs were consistent with those seen in previous attacks by great white sharks. witnesses claim the bite on the woman's body was a foot wide. "Just her side was completely ripped out. She had gouges on both sides of her legs," said witness Travis Warren. Shark expert Robert Lea, present during the autopsy, estimated the fish was between 15 and 18 feet long. "That's incredibly large," Basti said. An unknown species of shark was spotted in the area after the attack, Basti said. Franzman likely bled to death after her left femoral artery was severed in the attack, Basti said.
Tags: swimming, swimming with seals, fatal, shark, great white, attack, shark attack

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Julie Glance Bitten by Shark 11/02

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 06:56:10.125154+00:00

November 17, 2002 Julie Glance always dreamed of entering the Hawai'i Ironman triathlon. Now, she doubts she'll get in the ocean again — at least here in Hawai'i. "I'm kind of in shock right now," the 34-year-old amateur triathlete said yesterday — the day after she was attacked by a shark 150 yards from her Ka'anapali hotel. Glance, who received severe injuries to her right shoulder, arm and wrist, said she was happy to be alive during a news conference at Maui Memorial Medical Center. "Right now I'm very, very happy," she said. "I didn't think I was going to make it. I was afraid he was going to come back again and finish me off." Glance is the mother of two — a 2-year-old and a 5-month-old — and chief executive of Grossmont Schools Federal Credit Union in El Cajon, Calif. She said she went swimming by herself as a workout to help get back in shape following the birth of her youngest child. The attack occurred at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday just after she swam 150 yards from the Embassy Suites Hotel and had turned parallel to the shore. Glance said the water was somewhat cloudy and she didn't see what slammed into her shoulder and then sliced into her arm and bit her on the wrist. She said she and the shark turned in different directions, but before it swam a way, she caught a glimpse of its head and tail. It was gray, she said, with a white tip on its tail. She estimated the length at 6 feet. She said she didn't recognize the species, but could probably identify it from pictures. Glance said she was able to swim halfway to shore with the help of her fins. Luckily, she said, a surfer heard her screams and helped her in the rest of the way.
Tags: shark attack, shark, swimming, swimmer, scary, bitten on the arm

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Thadeus Kubinski Killed by Bull Shark 08/00

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 07:23:10.100957+00:00

August 30, 2000 Killed while swimming in Pinellas County, Florida. Witnesses said Kubinski had jumped into the water from the dock behind his home for his daily swim and was splashing vigorously. The shark raced toward him with its dorsal fin out of the water. He died from massive blood loss and organ damage before rescuers could get to him. The shark was estimated to be 9 feet long and weigh 400 pounds.
Tags: fatal, shark attack, shark, attack, swimming, junped off the dock, bull shark

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Tyna Web Killed by Great White 11/04

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-05 18:37:03.216147+00:00

Tyna Webb, 77, loved nothing more than to slice through the blue sea off Jager's Walk in Fish Hoek, but on Monday her daily jaunt turned to horror when a large shark, believed to be a Great White, took her in its jaws. On Monday at about 7am André Mentor, 48, was on the mountainside acting as a spotter for the local fishing crew when he saw the shark attack Webb. "Every morning this woman swims the backstroke, but this morning as she was swimming the shark came to inspect and although we screamed and waved the flag trying to warn her, the shark got hold of her," Mentor said. Other witnesses on the hill saw the shark speed towards Webb and attack her, then the sea around her fill with blood. They said the shark had then headed out to sea and she might still have been in its jaws. "All that was left was a little red bathing cap," said Paul Dennett, who witnessed the attack from his home nearby.
Tags: swimming, shark, shark attack, fatal, swimmer, killed

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Jessie Arbogast Loses Arm to Shark 07/01

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 08:34:05.649514+00:00

July 6, 2001 As the light of a warm summer day was fading on the beach near Pensacola, Florida, Jessie Arbogast was frolicking in the knee-high water of the Gulf Island National Seashore. He had come to spend the day with his aunt and uncle, Diana and Vance Flosenzier of Mobile, Alabama, his siblings and his cousins. Vance was on the beach when he heard someone yell, "Shark" and a scream. When he turned toward the water he saw a growing pool of blood near where his daughters and nephew, Jessie, were playing. Then he saw the 200-lb, 6 1/2 foot bull shark and it clamped it's massive jaws down on Jessie's arm. Vance ran into the water and grabbed the base of the shark's tail, essentially rendering it powerless. Thus began a life and death tug-of-war over Jessie. On the second tug, the shark came free. Little did Vance know, that this meant the shark had severed Jessie's arm, approximately midway between the shoulder and elbow. In addition, a large piece of his right thigh was torn out. Jessie fell back into the arms of another swimmer, who essentially saved Jessie from drowning. In the short time it took his rescuers to get him to shore, Jessie had lost so much blood that there was essentially none flowing from the gaping wounds. Jessie lost consciousness. His aunt, took beach towels and tied off his arm and leg and then began CPR on him. A call to 911 brought a helicopter from Baptist Flight to the scene. When the helicopter arrived with Dr. Greg Smith and paramedic Chris Warnock, who asked about Jessie's arm. At that time, no one had any idea what had happened to it. Because saving Jessie's life was paramount, they did a "scope and run" where they did not do anything procedures on the scene, but rather scoped up Jessie and ran with him to the hospital. With the wind the helicopter fought on the way to the beach now behind them, they arrived at Baptist Hospital in just a couple of minutes. During this time, Jessie's uncle wrestled the shark to shore, where it was shot four times by local ranger Jared Klein. A volunteer fire fighter, Tony Thomas, used an expandable baton to pry open the shark's mouth with a pair of hemostats and retrieve Jessie's arm. Wrapped in moist towels and packed in ice, the arm was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Even as they were flying, there was grave concern for Jessie. He had no pulse and was clinically dead. With the arrival of Jessie's arm, doctors had two very complex issues in front of them. The first was obviously the most important thing and that was saving Jessie's life. He had essentially lost most of his blood and was without a pulse for almost 30 minutes. Since it was bitten of fairly cleanly, plastic surgeon Dr. Ian Rogers had a good place to start. After over 11 hours of surgery, the doctors had successfully re-attached his arm. At this point Jessie was alive, with his arm re-attached. However, going so long without blood, there was likely to be damage to all of his organs including his brain. Although he was alive, the doctor had no idea to the extent of the damage caused by the massive blood lost. By the beginning of August, Jessie had improved to the point where he was focusing on the objects around him. Although still not clear the extent to which Jessie is aware of things around him, he is continues to make a steady recovery. On August 12, 2001 he was released from the hospital and returned home in an ambulance. Jessie suffered severe brain damage as a result of this attack and loss of blood.
Tags: shark attack, bleeding to death, severed arm, kid, little boy, horror, shark, swimming

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Brad Smith Killed by Shark, 07/04

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-05 06:24:21.145328+00:00

Bradley Adrian Smith, 29, died on Saturday afternoon after being "bitten in half." Witnesses said the surfer tried to beat off the sharks, which officials said were probably great whites, although they said they could have been bronze whaler sharks. "We saw the guy start scrambling around and saw him clinging to the shark and... trying to whack it and trying to get away," surfer Mitch Campbell said. An ambulance officer said the victim suffered extensive injuries to the pelvis and abdomen. He died on the beach near the small fishing village of Gracetown before medical workers reached him. A witness, who was not named, said that two teenagers who pulled the victim out of the water claimed one of the sharks was "as big as a car."
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Ken Crew killed by Shark, 11/00

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-05 06:33:33.160936+00:00

November 6, 2000 Two men fought desperately to hunt away a shark as it fatally mauled a friend off one of Perth's most popular beaches today. Local businessman and father-of-three Ken Crew, 49, died after having his leg ripped off by what fisheries officers believe to be a white pointer shark up to four metres long. Mr Crew was returning from his daily swim when he was attacked about 30 metres off Cottesloe beach around 6.30am
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David Peltier Killed by Shark 08/01

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2006-06-05 16:07:13.290558+00:00

David Peltier of Richmond was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters at 3:45 a.m. Sunday. The attack severed the main artery in his left thigh and resulted in significant blood loss, a hospital spokesman said. David and his father, Richard Peltier, a resident of Virginia Beach, were on a sandbar about 50 yards offshore at 6 p.m. when the shark attacked. The water was only 4 feet deep. Witnesses said the father hit the shark over the head to try to get it to release his son. "I mean you could actually see him fighting off the shark and sort of pushing the shark away and pulling the kid," one witness said. "There were shark bites all along his leg. It also looked like the shark might have got him right inside the thigh. He lost a lot of blood," the witness continued. "He had two brothers who also had their surfboards and they were just standing on the beach crying hysterically." David was taken to Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, then to the trauma unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, and finally to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, where he died.
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Sheldon Jee Eaten by Shark 11/03

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2006-06-05 15:59:18.130355+00:00

November 2003 Police originally said Sheldon Jee, a 21-year-old dive instructor, was presumed to have fallen victim to a shark while scuba diving off Sodwana Bay on South Africa's northeast coast Thursday. His severed left hand was all that was found. But his diving school said Saturday he had been spear fishing at the time. They think he was attacked by a 13-foot tiger shark far from the dive sites of Sodwana, famed for stunning coral formations and tropical fish. The fact that he was spear fishing at the time will come as a relief of sorts for the thousands of scuba divers who will descend on Sodwana over the Christmas holiday period, as sharks almost never attack divers.
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Cameron Bayes Killed by Shark 09/00

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2006-06-05 16:55:35.472375+00:00

September 24, 2000 New Zealande Cameron Bayes was dragged off his board 50m from shore while surfing at Cactus Beach on his honeymoon. Witnesses described the shark as approximately four to five metres in length. Mr Bayes was on a six-month honeymoon with his wife, who is said to be in hospital suffering from severe shock. A witness told how Mr Bayes had clambered back onto his board after being knocked off by the shark. But he was dragged under again just moments later. "I didn't see [the shark] again until [it was] about 400 metres offshore. He came to the surface and spat the board out, thrashed around, and then just went under and was gone," the witness added.
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Sergi Zaloukaev Killed by Shark 09/01

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2006-06-05 17:36:00.113843+00:00

Killed while swimming with his girlfriend in the surf off Avon, Hatteras Island, Dare County, North Carolina; his girlfriend, Natalia Slobonskaya, was severely injured in the attack but survived. The two were swimming together near a sandbar about 20 feet from shore when they were attacked around 6 p.m., said Dorothy Toolan, a spokeswoman for Dare County Emergency Medical Services. "They were coming in from the surf and were about 20 feet from the water's edge, according to witnesses," said Dr. Seaborn Blair, who was on call at an island medical center. As they were wading in water that was not over their heads, both started screaming at once, witnesses told Blair. Blair said the attack was an anomaly along the Outer Banks. "I've seen people who've been bit before by bringing sharks in on fishing lines, but I've never seen an attack in 11 years that I've been here," he said. "I'd say the best word for it was gruesome," Blair said. "I mean it was violent. I mean, it looked bad, I mean, God a'mighty .. it's something I'll never forget, and certainly something I don't ever want to see again."
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Fatal Shark Attack Reported 2003

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:08:15.077661+00:00

The International Shark Attack File recorded one fatal unprovoked attack in fiji in the year 2003. I was not able to find any details about this incident.
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Fatal Shark Attack reported, 2000

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:40:49.08844+00:00

This marker represents one of two fatal shark attacks recorded by the International Shark Attack File in the year 2000. I was unable to find any details concerning this attack.
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Fatal Shark Attack Reported, 2000

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:37:46.775405+00:00

This marker represents one of two fatal shark attacks recorded by the International Shark Attack File in the year 2000. I was unable to find any details concerning this incident.
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Fatal Shark Attack reported, 2000

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:56:59.733756+00:00

One fatal unprovoked shark attack was reported in New Caledonia in the year 2000 by the International Shark Attack File. I was unable to find any details concerning this incident.
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Fatal Shark Attack Reported, 2000

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:50:45.323307+00:00

One fatal unprovoked shark attack was recorded by the International Shark Attack File in Japan in 2000. I was unable to find any details concerning this incident.
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Fatal Shark Attack Reported, 2002

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 08:28:46.506284+00:00

The International Shark Attack file recorded one fatal unprovoked shark attack in 2002. I was unable to find any details concerning this incident.
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Fatal Shark Attack reported, 2000

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:59:39.251752+00:00

The International Shark Attack File recorded one fatal unprovoked shark attack in New Guineau in the year 2000. I was unable to find any details concerning this incident.
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Liz Dunn Bitten by Shark 03/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 09:10:55.367647+00:00

March 23, 2006 Liz Dunn faced her worst fear when a shark bit her leg, piercing it to the bone, while she surfed the North Shore yesterday. "The bite was almost not the scariest part -- it was seeing the fin," a jagged dorsal fin a foot and a half wide at its base, said the 28-year-old visiting surfer from Canada. "I knew it was a big, serious shark." Dunn was attacked shortly before 11:40 a.m. at a surf spot called Leftovers, about a mile south of Waimea Bay. "I had just gotten the perfect wave --- one of the best waves of my life, but I rode it so far that I ended near the murky water," said Dunn. "I felt a big bump under my board," said Dunn, who guessed it was a big rock or a turtle. She saw something move, then felt the bite on her calf. The gray shark kept circling her, with the large fin above, then below the water, and Dunn feared the worst. "I screamed, 'Shark, help!'" Dunn said. "It felt like it took a taster bite," she said. The bite left three puncture wounds near her shin. The largest was 2 1/2 inches wide and went to the bone. Dunn admit she has a shark phobia, but she feels a little safer now knowing that statistically it is less likely she will get bitten again. Also, "I know I don't taste good, 'cause I got spit out," she said.
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Nikky Raleigh Bitten by Shark 02/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 09:01:34.244789+00:00

February 27, 2006 A 15-year-old Kihei girl was attacked by a shark yesterday afternoon -- the second time in less than a week in which a person has been bitten by a shark in South Maui waters. Maui police Sgt. Natalie Ching said a shark's teeth marks were visible as the girl lay on a table at the beach after she had been bitten on her right calf. The attack happened near the shoreline in about one to three feet of murky water at Makena State Park at 4:39 p.m., Ching said. The girl was taken by ambulance to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where she was treated yesterday evening in the emergency room.
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Davis Bunn Attacked by Shark 04/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 09:14:01.527529+00:00

A shark attacked Davis Bunn, a christian novelist, off the Melbourne Coastline, leaving him severely injured. Like all surfers, Davis Bunn knew it could happen. He has paddled into the deep blue waters of four continents, but nothing could prepare him for the attack. "When it hit, I didn't know if I had a foot. The pain was so intense," said Bunn.
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Billy Horne, 10

platialUser:mingmei — 2006-06-22 19:24:31.744686+00:00

While adrift after the yacht he was in caught on fire and sank, he was killed by a shark in the Gulf of Mexico off of Florida on July 2, 1974.
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Shark Creative Incorporated

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Shark Creative Incorporated (828) 256-7172
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Sharks N Shooters

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Sharks N Shooters (252) 937-8882
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Art Sharks Graphic Design

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Art Sharks Graphic Design (407) 540-0026
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Minows Swim School

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Minows Swim School (407) 699-1992
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Alysha Webster Killed by Shark 06/05

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 08:02:19.710083+00:00

June 22, 2005 Alysha Margaret Webster, seven, of Whitianga on the Coromandel Peninsula, was killed when attacked by a shark at a beach on Malekula Island in northern Vanuatu. She was swimming off a beach with other people on Malekula Island in the north of the South Pacific island group when the attack occurred on Wednesday afternoon.Alysha was on a yachting holiday with her parents Grant and Sheree Webster, from Whitianga on New Zealand's North Island.They had sailed to Malekula from the Vanuatu capital Port Vila.A plane chartered on Thursday by the New Zealand High Commission flew the Websters and Alysha's body back to Port Vila.Malekula is well known for shark attacks and a number of local children have been killed over the years in similar circumstances, Port Vila Presse reported.High Commissioner Paul Willis said it was customary to check with a local chief or village to see if it was safe to swim in nearby waters."In this case, I understand there were local people around, so clearly the family might have had some reason to expect that it wasn't going to be too dangerous," he said.
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Shark Creek

platialUser:system — 2006-10-14 06:03:33.755698+00:00

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Shark River

platialUser:system — 2006-10-14 06:03:33.77668+00:00

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Turua William Maretapu Bitten by tiger shark, 4 March 2007

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2007-03-05 18:39:06.814054+00:00

A northern Cook Islands boy is lucky to be alive after being bitten on the leg by a Tiger shark. The Cook Islands Times says 16-year-old Turua William Maretapu was swimming over the reef into the lagoon at Penrhyn after spearfishing. He spotted the shark and fired at it. The shot missed and the shark bit his leg. The newspaper says luckily others were on the reef nearby and helped him. They included his uncle, who had been trained in first aid by the Red Cross. The Cook Islands Times said Turua was rushed to hospital, where the doctor said the first aid probably stopped him bleeding to death.
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Humberto Pessoa Batista Killed by Shark 06/20/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-20 21:20:16.432173+00:00

Humberto Pessoa Batista, 27, was with about 30 other surfers some 50 feet from a beach in the city of Olinda when he was attacked, firefighters told the Agencia Estado news service. Olinda is just north of the much larger city of Recife, about 1,300 miles northeast of Sao Paulo. The area is known for large concentrations of sharks. While surfing has traditionally been banned in the area, authorities lifted the restriction this year because few sharks had been seen. Rescue workers tried to take Batista to a hospital, but the shark bite ruptured his femoral artery and he died of a hemorrhage, Agencia Estado reported. Firefighters could not immediately be reached for comment. Batista’s death was the 18th since 1992 caused by shark attacks in the area. The sharks are attracted to waters off Recife by a large coral reef where they go to feed.
Tags: shark attack, shark, bite, fatal, surfer, surfing, hemorrhage, bled to death

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James Willie Tellasmon, 9

platialUser:mingmei — 2006-06-22 19:19:27.252183+00:00

Killed on November 21, 1998 while swimming off Ocean Beach, Jaycee Park, Indian River County, Florida. His torso and legs washed up on the beach the next day. His arms and head were never recovered. The nature of the wounds allowed experts to conclusively establish that the shark was a Tiger Shark, about six feet in length.
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Date 2003-12-8, a month's gone

platialUser:dolphintim — 2006-04-17 23:40:25.885062+00:00

This data didn't come easy - look at what the researchers had to do... They literally lifted up the great white shark onto a cradle to put a satellite tag onto the shark's dorsal fin. Amazingly, dangerous as it seems, the lead author, Ramon Bonfil said that the shark was surprisingly calm (much like a frozen fish) when it's out of the water, allowing researchers to put the tag on, and as well, passing water through the gills of the shark to maintain the shark in a healthy condition Image credit: Staverees/MCM
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Date 2003-12-21, 6 weeks

platialUser:dolphintim — 2006-04-18 00:02:42.826589+00:00

Interesting fact about this journey # 2- Total distance: 20,000+ km long
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Stinson Beach!

platialUser:birgit — 2006-02-28 21:37:51.835507+00:00

Rockin' beach to take the dog off leash. Follow the signs off Highway 1. From the parking lot, go to the northern most beach access and head north on the beach (south of this entrance is all state park land: no dogs allowed). From here, let the mutt off leash to romp and roll in the dead seal carcasses - this being great white territory, there are some - all the way up to the ... inlet? Is that what those are called? Basically, at the end of the beach you can see Bolinas, one of the most guarded or secretive towns on the coast. Beware of strong outgoing tides, and rip currents: low tide is a great time to go, high tide can be dangerous for water dogs. Stinsonites are very friendly, as are their dogs. I've found the best time of day is very early morning right before you head up or down the coast for one of the most beautiful scenic drives around.
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Robert Land Attacked by Shark 03/2006

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-05-29 21:57:07.461106+00:00

A snorkeler hunting for sand dollars 300 yards off Deerfield Beach Friday morning became the prey of a 3-foot nurse shark. Robert Land, 39, of Deerfield Beach, said he was swimming above a school of fish, when the shark lunged forward and clamped onto his left arm. "I had to grab him and make my way up top to get more air," Land said. He said he spent about five minutes struggling in the water, fighting with the shark while trying to breathe, when nearby boaters noticed his distress and came over to help. "If they weren't there, I don't think you'd be talking to me right now," Land said Friday afternoon. But even when he was safely on the boat's deck, Land was hardly out of harm's way. The persistent shark refused to release its grip, so the boaters slit its belly -- to no avail. "It was trying to rip my arm. Scary," Land said. With the shark still dangling from Land's arm, the boaters raced to the nearby docks at the Boca Raton Beach Club, 900 S. Ocean Blvd., where Boca Raton Fire-Rescue workers were waiting. There, paramedics pried the shark's jaws open with wood planks and pieces of metal, Land said. They gave Land nitrous oxide to ease the pain, but he said he never lost consciousness. Land was taken to Boca Raton Community Hospital, where he was treated and released, said hospital spokeswoman Betsy Whisman. He said his arm is riddled with teeth marks, and now his biggest concern is infection. A Philadelphia transplant who has been snorkeling for 10 months, Land said he's not going to let a little shark bite keep him out of the water.
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Bernie Williams Bitten and Hunted by Shark 01/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-05 06:16:59.492+00:00

January 14, 2006 A scuba diver injured in a shark attack off Perth says he wrenched his bleeding arm from the predator's jaws and hid in a crevice on the ocean floor until he was rescued. Despite his brush with a 3.5m white pointer yesterday Bernie Williams, of the northern Perth beachside suburb of Sorrento, vowed today to continue diving - with a shark repellant. Mr Williams was diving for crayfish when he was bitten on the left arm by the shark about 5.5km off Perth's City Beach. "I just felt like I'd been hit by a truck on the side ... and there was a very large shark head hanging off my arm, trying to chew it," Mr Williams told ABC radio. The predator took Mr Williams for a "bit of a ride" before releasing him to try to take another bite. But Mr Williams pulled his hand free and shot down to the ocean floor where he hid in a crevice. "I had a perfect view of it when it came at me the second time, and across its head would have (measured) three or four hundred millimetres," he said. The shark made several more attempts to attack Mr Williams, disappearing into the gloom and lunging back from different directions, before the arrival of his two diving companions, including one named Brian (eds: last name so far not known) wearing a shark repellant. "I think I was actually on the bottom hiding, and being chased around, for the best part of four or five minutes and then I ran into my buddies. "We all bunched up around Brian, with the shark pod, ... and the shark disappeared."
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Jevan Wright Killed by Shark, 09/00

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2006-06-05 17:10:00.494665+00:00

September 25, 2000 panic in the media and among the Australian public in general grew considerably when another fatal attack occurred in the same region only two days after the first attack. Seventeen-year-old Jevan Wright was taken by a shark while surfing with friends at Black Point, near the town of Elliston, a location 200 kilometres to the south of the attack on Mr Bayes. The close proximity (both in time and place) of the two attacks suddenly focused public attention on the possibility of a ‘rogue’ shark, one that was specifically targeting humans, such as had been portrayed in the film Jaws. In response to the two attacks in South Australia there were calls for the shark to be hunted down and killed. So great was the hysteria that the writer of Jaws felt compelled to come to the defence of sharks. He stated that the feeding habits of sharks were much better understood than when Jaws was released in the 1970’, and that rogue sharks of the type shown in the film simply did not exist.
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Surfer Killed by Shark 2004

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2006-06-05 18:33:28.478983+00:00

I couldn't find the name of this victim or details about the incident.
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Bob Purcell Killed by Shark 02/03

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:01:53.683574+00:00

The body of Bob Purcell, a former Commonwealth Games bowler, was discovered by kayakers after he disappeared on his regular morning swim. Mr Purcell had suffered severe leg wounds. The acting manager of Queensland's shark control program, Tony Ham, said the attack on Mr Purcell was consistent with a bull shark measuring more than two metres.
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Fatal Shark Attack Reported, 2001

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:14:23.905591+00:00

The International Shark Attack File recorded one unprovoked fatal shark attack in Mozambique in 2001. I was unable to find any details about this incident
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Jamie Marie Daigle, 14

platialUser:mingmei — 2006-06-22 19:16:46.97501+00:00

Killed by a bull shark on June 25, 2005 while swimming with a friend on boogie boards about 200 yards off a beach in Walton County, Florida eight miles east of Destin, Florida. Witnesses estimated the shark was 6-8 feet in length.
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Aaron Romento, 18

platialUser:mingmei — 2006-06-22 19:22:09.33855+00:00

Attacked and killed by a tiger shark on November 5, 1992 while body boarding off Keeau Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii.
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Directed Shark Fisheries

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Directed Shark Fisheries (386) 239-0948
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Bala Shark Pet Shop

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Bala Shark Pet Shop (305) 644-1122
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White Pointer Bites off Zak Golebiowski's Leg, 12/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2007-02-19 23:41:21.856315+00:00

Zak, from Mt Gambier, had been with his 18-year-old brother 40 metres off Wharton Beach, 70km east of Esperance, at 7.40am (WST) when a five-metre white pointer attacked him. Part of Zak's right leg was bitten off by the huge shark, which also mauled and punctured his other leg, leaving it severely lacerated. The shark remained in the area for several hours after the attack, but rough weather prevented police and fisheries officers from getting close to the shark. WA Fisheries incident controller Tony Cappelluti today said his staff were flying over the area to see whether the shark or other sharks still posed a threat. Mr Cappelluti said his staff would call for beaches to be cleared if a dangerous shark was spotted and a WA Fisheries five-metre boat would be dispatched to "herd" it from the area. "We are not in a position to hunt down the shark," he said. "We have shark capture equipment on the boat, but that is an absolute last resort. "Trying to deal with a big animal with a relatively small boat is just not an option." Local fishermen are planning to set lines to catch it. The teenager was dragged to the beach where two New Zealand tourists and his brother helped stem the flow of blood by tying an extension cord around his leg.
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Corey Howell Bitten while Spearfishing, Sept 17, 2007

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2007-09-19 18:16:10.37757+00:00

An Australian man has suffered "rugged" bite wounds in a shark attack while spearfishing in the Solomon Islands. Corey Howell, who has lived in the Solomons for seven years, was diving for fish near Gizo in Western Province on Monday when a shark took three bites at him, injuring his left thigh. The shark was attracted by the fish he caught, the Solomon Star newspaper reported today. Mr Howell was airlifted to the capital, Honiara, yesterday and is recovering at the National Referral Hospital after undergoing surgery to patch up "a rugged wound", a hospital spokesman said. AAP
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Shark's Fish House

platialUser:system — 1997-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

Shark's Fish House (941) 623-0294
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Shark Expert Bitten 04/09/02

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-05-29 21:53:03.249217+00:00

Dr. Erich Ritter, chief scientist for the Princeton, New Jersey-based Global Shark Attack File, was bitten in the calf by what was believed to be a 350-pound (159-kg) bull shark during filming of a Discovery Channel program off Walker's Cay, Bahamas, on Tuesday. "It was a serious injury," said Marie Levine, executive director of the Shark Research Institute in Princeton. "He's going to be in the hospital for four or five more weeks." Ritter, 43, was bitten in murky, waist-deep water as he worked with lemon, black-tip and bull sharks for the television program, Levine said. It appears the bull-shark was chasing a remora, a smaller fish, and bit Ritter by accident. "There was food in the water about 15 yards (14 meters) from Erich. A bull shark closed on the remora but in the low visibility bit Erich instead," she said. The shark's teeth went to the bone and Ritter was rushed to a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he underwent an arterial graft and possibly a skin graft on the calf wound, she said. "They were really pushing the envelope," Levine said. "This is one of those things that can happen when you're working with big animals and it was an accident." But Dr. Sam Gruber, a University of Miami shark expert who worked with Ritter in the 1990s, said Ritter's methods were not accepted by the scientific community and called him "an accident waiting to happen." "He has been getting more and more fearless, or some would say bold. This method is basically to titillate TV cameras," Gruber said. "He wants to impress people that he can control these sharks and they will never bite him." Gruber said Ritter believed his study of the marine predators had made him immune to shark bites and called his methods damaging to those trying to do "legitimate" research on sharks. "He believes he can read the minds of sharks and that he knows everything about shark behavior so he can predict what they are going to do," Gruber said. "Those predictions will never be accurate enough to say 'this is what will happen 100 percent of the time.'"
Tags: expert, pushing the envelope, going too far, fearlessness, shark attack, shark, bitten, accident, bull shark, filming, documentary

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Jason Noades Bitten by Shark 02/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 08:55:43.030328+00:00

February 8, 2006 ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE: Jason Noades, 15, holding up the part of his surfing suit that was torn by a shark bite on Wednesday. Noades has two bite marks on his right calf after his encounter with the shark, which has yet to be identified. Picture: ALAN EASON By MODISE KABELI AN afternoon of surfing turned ugly for a Bonnie Doon teenager when he was attacked by a shark while surfing off Nahoon Beach on Wednesday. Jason Noades, 15, made a daring escape from the jaws of a shark by kicking it with his left foot as it was trying to bite his right leg. "I was surfing when I fell and the wave took me down. I felt something grab me on my right leg. "Then I saw the fin, which was about 15 centimetres long, as the shark was taking me." Noades said he kicked out with his other leg and then "I paddled faster...without even looking back." When he was out of the water he told the lifesaver who called everybody in. Noades has two shark-bite marks on his right calf to show for his encounter with the shark, which has yet to be identified by experts. Noades said there were about seven other people surfing in the area when the incident happened in the late afternoon. His friend, who was surfing a few metres behind him, also saw the shark. Noades, who has been surfing for about three years now, said he would be returning to the water as soon as his injury is better.
Tags: surfer, shark attack, shark, bitten, bitten on the foot, unidentified species

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Little Girl Bitten by Shark 06/07/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-09 12:22:36.81783+00:00

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (AP) -- A 7-year-old girl from Missouri was bitten by a shark while playing in two feet of water, Beaufort County deputies said. The girl suffered puncture wounds to her foot and buttocks in the attack Wednesday afternoon, but the injuries were not life threatening, deputies said. Lifeguards and others on the beach first thought the girl had been stung by a stingray, but the doctor who treated her found a shark tooth embedded in her foot, authorities said.
Tags: tooth in foot, shark bite, rare, shark, shark attack

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Randy Fry Killed by Great White, 08/04

platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing — 2006-06-05 18:14:49.251702+00:00

Cliff Zimmerman was only three feet away from Randy Fry, his old friend and diving partner, when he heard a noise and felt the pressure of something big moving by. It was a shark, and it came out of nowhere, it came fast, and it killed his partner. "I heard a noise, like 'whoosh,' like a submarine, like a boat going by fast. It was a shark,'' Zimmerman said. "I knew it was a shark. It almost brushed me. I saw its dorsal fin. I don't know what kind it was; all I know is, it was big. Big. It was big enough to kill.'' The shark struck Fry, and suddenly, Zimmerman said, the water was filled with blood. "It was massive,'' Zimmerman said. "I was yelling and yelling, but I knew from the amount of blood that it was fatal. "He came in for the kill.'' It was over in an instant; no one saw the shark again, and no one saw Fry again. All this happened on Sunday afternoon, in water 15 feet to 20 feet deep, just 150 feet from the shore of a cove used by lumber schooners years ago, a place noted for abalone beds. "It was terrible,'' Zimmerman said Monday, a day after the attack. "I almost had a heart attack myself. It could have been me.''
Tags: shark, shark attack, killed, fatal, diving

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Snorkeller Killed by Shark 02/04

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-05 07:01:31.078179+00:00

A snorkeller died of blood loss after being bitten by a shark in Coral Bay, Sharm, Egypt at the weekend. The Egyptian man was snorkelling close to shore with a group of holiday-makers on Saturday 14 February when the attack happened. The injured man made it back to shore and was taken to hospital where he later died of shock due to blood loss. A member of South Sinai Divers Association (SSDA) confirmed the details of the incident. "This is a one-off attack, and the last incident in Egypt was 6 - 7 years ago and was widely reported."
Tags: shark, shark attack, snorkelling, fatal, bled to death

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Nick Peterson Eaten by Great White 12/04

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-04 10:08:01.269119+00:00

December 17, 2004 It was Thursday afternoon at suburban West Beach in Adelaide at the start of the first hot spell of summer. A tourist from the Czech Republic, Lenka Mrzilkova, looked out to sea and saw a large black dorsal fin only 30 metres from shore. Thinking it must be a dolphin, she photographed the distinctively angled fin of the great white shark and left. About 400 metres from shore Nick Peterson, 18, and his three best friends were messing around in a dinghy with a surfboard towed behind. One of them had been on the board but asked to be pulled back in. Nick Peterson, a surfer and experienced water man, jumped off next and asked his friends to throw him the board. Within seconds a great white shark as long as the five-metre boat surfaced and grabbed Nick by the left arm. It dragged him along the length of the boat by the arm and back, playing with him before a second shark apparently joined the attack. The boys, friends from Adelaide's Sacred Heart College, tried to beat the sharks off with oars but Nick, who left school a year ago and was working as a paver, died quickly in front of them. About 3.15pm, Anna and Frank Criscitelli were preparing to put their boat to sea when the boys reached the shore and ran towards them yelling, "Don't go out, don't go out, sharks, sharks." The boys were in shock. "Our friend has just been taken by a shark," they screamed. Over the next few hours Nick's surfboard was washed up and some human remains were recovered. At first light more remains were found.
Tags: surfing, teenager, shark, shark attack, fatal, surfer, gnarly

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Blaise Castellano Jr. Bitten by Shark 10/2006

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-10-31 07:02:12.344769+00:00

Blaise Castellano Jr. went to Florida's east coast hoping to catch a big one. Instead, a big one caught him. The Lemon Bay High School sophomore was bitten by a shark during a surfing and fishing trip to Sebastian Inlet this week. "It was pretty crazy," Blaise said Friday. "I guess the shark thought my foot was a mullet. Then it was gone. "There was blood everywhere." The shark left three 5-inch lacerations in the boy's shin, 10 small puncture wounds in the bottom of his foot and one large hole in his heel. With Charlotte County schools closed Monday and Tuesday, Blaise and several friends decided to go to the beach to celebrate one buddy's birthday. "I wouldn't call it a shark attack; I would just call it a shark bite," said Randy Fogo, the birthday boy's father and the one who drove Blaise to the hospital. When Blaise returned to school Thursday, everyone knew about the bite. Freshmen he had never met and students behind him in the lunch line pointed him out, he said. Because so many people asked about the injury, Blaise put photographs of the bite on his MySpace.com Web page. Blaise has to use crutches for two weeks and stay off his right foot completely, he said. Within six weeks, he'll be back to running and skateboarding. "I did a pretty good number for getting my first stitches," he said. "It's a good story."
Tags: shark, bite, fishing, shark attack

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Tylor doing evasive duck and dodge

platialUser:jason — 2007-01-05 13:17:11.237323+00:00

just got this amazing photo proof of Tylor evading a gnarly looking shark bite.
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Geoffrey Brazier Eaten by Shark 03/05

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-05 06:12:10.761891+00:00

March 19, 2005 A 20-foot shark tore Geoffrey Brazier in half as he was snorkeling off Australia's west coast, police said Sunday. Geoffrey Brazier, a pleasure boat deck hand who was snorkeling with tourists, died instantly in the attack Saturday afternoon off the Abrolhos Islands. "The 26-year-old man was bitten in half by the 20-foot animal and death seemed to be instantaneous," said Putland, adding that the man's body so far has not been recovered. The species of shark is not yet known and it was not clear how many people were in the water with the victim at the time of the attack. No one else was injured. Area residents have speculated that a great white shark or tiger shark is responsible.
Tags: shark, savage, shark attack, snorkeling, killed, fatal, bitten in half, eaten

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Matt McIntosh Pulled from Boogey Board, 02/07

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2007-02-19 23:23:54.656886+00:00

A SURFER bitten by a shark while riding a wave off the NSW north coast earlier today is recovering in hospital. The 26-year-old man's lower left leg and foot were lacerated in the attack off Shelly beach, near Ballina, a Lismore Base Hospital spokesman Robin Osborne said. "As I understand it he was actually bitten on the lower leg," Mr Osborne said. He said doctors would keep the man in hospital overnight and assess his injuries in the morning. "He managed to raise the alarm with his friend, he swam towards shore, got back onto his boogie board and his friend came in and then went out and actually assisted him back into the beach," Inspector David Driver said. Paramedics who airlifted the man for treatment at Lismore Base Hospital said his friends were initially unaware of the attack. "He was catching a wave when the shark bit him ... he didn't see the shark at all," Westpac Rescue Helicopter pilot David Milnes said. "His mates didn't even know what happened." Mr Milnes said the surfer was conscious and talking during the flight to hospital. No one seems to have seen the shark to identify its size or species. He was dragged off his board and underwater as the shark tore through the soft flesh of his calf. Matt suffered severed ligaments, tendons and nerves before teeth hit the bone in his lower leg. Doctors have told him he may not get any feeling back on the sole of his foot. "It just hit me like a sledge-hammer," he said. "Then I couldn’t feel my leg."
Tags: shark attack, shark bite, shark, scary, surfing

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Eric Nerhus Fights off Shark, 01/07

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2007-02-19 23:19:40.422572+00:00

Eric Nerhus, 41, was diving off the New South Wales south coast today when the 3m shark seized him head on, crunching on his head, shoulders and chest, he told friends later. Protected from the worst of the shark's bite by a lead-lined weight vest, the diver stabbed and clubbed at the creature's head and eyes with an abalone chisel until it spat him free. The shark's bite crushed Mr Nerhus's reinforced face mask, broke his nose, and shredded his wetsuit. With blood pouring from deep wounds to his head, chest and back, Mr Nerhus surfaced off Cape Howe, near Eden, to be pulled aboard a boat by his son Mark, 25. Suffering blood loss and shock, he was flown to Wollongong Hospital, where he was stable and conscious tonight, telling friends of his miraculous escape. "He was actually bitten by the head down, the shark swallowed his head," said fellow diver and friend Dennis Luobikis. "I think Eric's the first professional abalone diver that's actually survived a white pointer attack," added Mr Luobikis, 52. "Eric is a tough boy, he's super fit. "But I would say that would test anyone's resolve, being a fish lunch. "He'd have a better chance of winning the lotto (than surviving that attack), and I think he would have rather done that." Mr Nerhus was searching for abalone in weedy, murky waters nine metres deep. "He come up to the surface, he was going: `Help. Help there's a shark, there's a shark'," son Mark Nerhus told TV networks. "I went over and there was a big pool of red blood and I pulled him out of the water and he was going: `Just get me to shore, get me to shore'." Divers in a nearby boat gave first aid and one radioed his father, who was flying overhead in a spotter plane, to call for emergency help. The Snowy Hydro Rescue Helicopter arrived shortly after 11.10am and airlifted Mr Nerhus to Wollongong Hospital, where he may undergo surgery as early as tomorrow for his injuries, a spokeswoman said. But tonight, Mr Nerhus was sitting up and talking about his experience and was in a stable condition, the spokeswoman said. Doctors said the shark had "taken the diver completely into its mouth". But Mr Luobikis said Mr Nerhus' weight vest had probably saved his life. All divers need lead to submerge but abalone divers use a lead vest rather than a weight belt. "We've always felt (the vest) would probably help us in a shark attack and this is the first time we've had it confirmed," Mr Luobikis said. There had been a rash of white pointer sightings in recent weeks thanks to unusually cold waters off Eden, but such an attack was unheard of, Mr Luobikis said.
Tags: diver, abalone, shark, shark attack, fighting off a tremendous beast, horrifying, scary

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Tessa Marie Horan Killed by Shark, 02/06

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 08:40:29.097997+00:00

February 1, 2006 Tessa Marie Horan was working in a tiny Tongonese village called Tu'anuku on the island of Vava'u when she died. She and two boys from the village were swimming to cool off after a soccer game when a shark attacked her, according to her mother, Kristena Prater, who heard the story of her daughter's death from Bob Kirkhorn, a Peace Corps director of special services. "The boy that was swimming behind her knew immediately that she had been attacked by a shark, and even knowing that, he went swimming out to save her," Prater said. But the shark bit off most of Horan's right leg, and she bled to death almost instantly, her mother said. On her application to join the Peace Corps, she quoted Ghandi: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
Tags: shark, shark attack, fatal, bled to death

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Chris Kelly Circled by Shark, Oct 4, 2007

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2007-10-09 10:10:09.32893+00:00

Chris Kelly thought it was a bit odd that a big rock began moving toward him as he surfed near the Cayucos Pier along California's Central Coast. Then he heard people on the shore began yelling -- "Shark! Shark!" Kelly quickly began paddling to shore as shocked beachgoers watched the Great White begin to circle him. “My biggest feeling wasn’t fear; it was confusion,” Kelley told the San Luis Obispo Tribune. “It was more like a big rock that wasn’t supposed to be moving.” Kelly was able to safely get to shore, but the close call raised anxiety of surfers along the coast after earlier attacks in Marina near Monterey and in the waters off Humboldt County.
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Unidentified Man Recieves Minor Bite by Small Shark, Feb 6, 2008

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2008-02-12 10:48:30.342799+00:00

A surfer across from Patrick Air Force Base's main entrance off state Road A1A suffered an apparent shark bite on Wednesday, witnesses said. The man, who was not identified, refused treatment. Jon Humphrey, 33, told Local 6 News partner Florida Today that he and a friend paddled out about 50 to 100 feet off the beach when another surfer near them began shouting, "Shark!" "punching a shark that was on his foot." "He got onto the beach and was holding his foot," said Humphrey, who along with his friend grabbed a T-shirt and wrapped the man's foot. He said the wound appeared to be bad enough to require stitches. The water "blew up" around him, Humphrey said. He slipped off his board and went to shore. Humphrey said the shark appeared to be about 3 feet long. "I think I'm done here for the day," Humphrey said.
Tags: shark, shark attack, srfer

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Fatal Shark Attack Reported Here, 2001

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-06-06 07:28:35.714998+00:00

The International Shark Attack File recorded one fatal unprovoked shark attack in the Cape Verde Islands in 2001. I could not find any details concerning this incident
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Renata Foucre Bitten Posing for Underwater Coffee Table Book 10/25/2006

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2006-10-31 07:02:53.161812+00:00

26-year-old San Francisco mermaid Renata Foucre, has 22 puncture wounds on her left foot and a prescription for antibiotics to prove it. And a colleague, Boca siren Missy Kehoe, found a 6-foot shark entangled in the fishnet costume she wore for her pictorial. That beast found its way out without hurting her. "I'm not sure I'll ever do that again," Foucre said. "The shark definitely clamped down. There are bruises around each puncture wound, lined up from my toes to the ankle. "I'm lucky he didn't thrash after he got me." Foucre's mistake, said Nassau shark specialist David Eads, was to wear a flowing nightgown covered in sequins that sparkled like silvery small fry on a clear morning. "The shark thought she was dinner but didn't like what it had bitten into," said Eads. "This was just a nibble." The pictures connected to this post are from the photo shoot in question. The one with the big, white belly of the reef shark looming over the shoulder of the model is Renata, taken about four seconds before the shark bit her.
Tags: nibble, reef shark, photgraphy, extreme modeling, art, shark, stupid, shark attack, bite, underwater, model

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Fisherman Bitten by Mako Shark, 27 January 2008

platialUser:bianca2000 — 2008-02-04 08:06:20.97369+00:00

A 20-year-old fisherman from Sydney was bitten by the three-metre mako shark about 7.30am AEST on a tuna boat more than 100 nautical miles off Coolangatta. The 90kg shark whipped around and bit him on the right calf when he stepped on its tail. "There's a few hands on the deck and they could not release the shark from the leg at all until they had cut the shark's head off,'' said a spokesman for RACQ CareFlight which was called to airlift the man hospital. "It was locked on. The bite has gone down to the bone. "I've seen a photo of the wound and it's pretty messy.'' The man is in a stable condition in The Gold Coast Hospital where he was to undergo emergency surgery. He was fishing on a boat, bound for Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast, when the incident happened. Paramedic Darrin Hatchman said the victim was lucky to be alive because the bite narrowly missed major blood vessels and arteries at the back of the knee. "If it had have been a couple of millimetres either way, and a little bit more of a voracious bite, it would've been a real mercy dash to stop him from bleeding out,'' Mr Hatchman told ABC Radio. he man was winched into the rescue helicopter about 10.40am AEST in a tricky operation, carried out in three- to five-metre swells.
Tags: fishing, shark, bite, sark attack

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