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Fatal Shark Attack

April 28, 2008

–On April 25th, a 66-year-old retired veterinarian triathlete while training was killed in a shark attack off the California coast.  It was the first shark attack there in four years, and the 96th since 1926.  The man suffered massive bite wounds to his legs by the Great White, and attempts to save him failed.  The shark swam away after inflicting the fatal bite…

That Bites!

September 20, 2007

grey-nurse-shark.jpg   A 14-year-old Oakland Park teenager who went to the beach last Thursday emerged with a nurse shark attached to his abdomen! 

How do you get rid of a 3-to 4-foot shark attached to you?–Punch it off, which is what the rescue worker did!  The boy was treated at a hospital and released.