Monday, March 17, 2008

Shark Bytes - March 17, 2008


5 fishermen, 2 plumbers and a jogger land shark
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
But Bill Athanasslies' catch near Point Lonsdale pier on Tuesday — a 250-kilogram, three-metre-long bronze whaler shark — was too toxic for human ...


Boy, 8, may have been bitten by shark
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
The most recent shark attack in Lee County was July 1, 2005, when a young Austrian tourist was bitten on the right ankle.


Defending the Wild
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Floating in the ocean and watching a large bull shark swim towards you with its back arched is to be in the wild; where you are not the centre of the world ...


We're not going to need a bigger boat
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
Quite a whopper of a fish tale is landing in inboxes around Maryland about a great white shark caught in the Chesapeake Bay. Before you get all panicky, ...


In-form Fitzgibbons faces shark survivor Hamilton
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
By Amanda Lulham AUSTRALIAN junior world surfing champion Sally Fitzgibbons will tackle shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton of Hawaii in today's ...



Brisbane River shark's death sparks debate
NEWS.com.au - Australia
The University of Florida international shark attack file recorded just four deaths from sharks world-wide in 2006. Mr Gorrie agreed, saying the shark's ...



Encourage shark shield use: deputy coroner
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Jarrod Stehbens, 23, was scuba diving, collecting cuttlefish eggs for a research project, when he was taken by a great white shark in the Gulf of St Vincent ...



Great White Shark stroked by scientist: Photo
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
It is the moment a scientist patted a ferocious Great White Shark that burst out of the water alongside his boat off the coast of Australia. ...



Shark shield 'may not have saved diver'
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... eggs as part of a research project at Adelaide University when he was attacked without warning by what is believed to have been a Great White shark. ...


Shark caught off Latsi
Cyprus Mail - Nicosia,Cyprus
Last August, British tabloids had claimed that a Great White Shark was causing panic and chaos on the beaches of Larnaca, but the Cyprus Tourist ...


Dolphin leads whales out of hot water
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... Chinese invaders. ound themselves confronted by a great white shark off the coast of New Zealand claimed they survived thanks only to a pod of dolphins. ...


Under the Sea at the Aquarium of the Pacific
Valley Star (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
If you want to touch any of nine types of sharks, like the bull shark and the sand tiger shark, visit the Shark Lagoon, part of the outdoor explorer cove ...



Sharks' demise unsettling
Brunswick News - GA, United States
"It all started with 'Jaws'," she said, recalling the 1975 fictional movie about a great white shark that attacked swimmers and boaters. ...



Ancient giant's tooth found
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
A ranger on the island told him it belonged to a megalodon, a huge, extinct relative of the great white shark. "It's probably been on the beach for a few ...


YouTube video of great white shark death helps feds reel in fines
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
Witness the case against a Fort Lauderdale charter captain and his mate, who were cited for killing a great white shark caught by one of their customers. ...


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