“I Was Lucky To Be Attacked By A Great White”

After an estimated seven or eight seconds underwater, Orgias was released and popped to the surface. Scrambling on to his board, he saw the sea turning red. His left hand was dangling by a piece of skin. As he paddled frantically back to shore, he kept thinking about his pregnant wife. When he finally reached the sand, two surfers applied a makeshift tourniquet.

Avoca Beach Shark Attack Survivor (Update)

John Sojoski will think twice when stepping on a “rock” from now on, after being bitten by a shark on Boxing Day.

Avoca Beach Shark Attack

A Central Coast man is in hospital after being attacked by a shark at Avoca Beach earlier today. The man was bitten by the shark while swimming with his granddaughter close to the shore of the patrolled surf beach.

Tiger Shark Attacks Mozambique Tourist

On Tuesday December 22, 2009 at about 2:00 PM a juvenile Tiger Shark came swimming into the bay of Ponta do Ouro and attacked a young man on holiday here who was playing in the surf with some friends on an inflatable lilo about 2 meters off shore.

Young Lifeguard Vanishes in Shark Attack

A young lifeguard disappeared in a “pool of blood” in the fourth shark attack at a South African beach in two years. Witnesses said the 22-year-old waved his hands frantically in the air before being dragged under by a shark after paddling on a surf board off the coast of Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape.

Shark Attack Victim Probably ‘Looked Like Turtle’

Gladstone freediving champion John Pengelly is in a stable condition in Royal Brisbane Hospital after being bitten by a three metre bull shark while diving at Lamont Reef early yesterday morning.

Australian Spear-Fisherman Recounts Shark Attack

Brian Guest, 51, disappeared while snorkelling off a beach in Western Australia in December. He was last seen in the area where a 14ft great white shark was seen thrashing around. His body has not been found.

BIG FUCKING SHARK TERRORIZES AUSTRALIA

The big bite is not settling well with the local surfers. “Whatever attacked and took chunks out of this big shark must be massive,” 19-year-old surfer Ashton Smith told the Courier Mail. “I’ve heard about the big one that’s lurking out there somewhere. We’re all being very, very cautious.”

Is El Niño Behind California Great White Shark Sightings?

“There were also secondary problems caused by the 1982-’83 El Niño… Snake bites became more numerous in Montana, as the hot, dry weather drove mice from high elevations downward in search of food and water and the rattlesnakes followed. A rise in bubonic plague in New Mexico resulted from a cool, wet spring providing favorable conditions for flea-carrying rodents. An increase in shark attacks off the Oregon coast was due to unseasonably warm sea temperatures.”

Coast Guard Video of Shark Attack Evacuation

A Jackson man was bitten by a shark Saturday while fishing about 65 miles southeast of New Orleans, the Coast Guard reported. The man, identified only as 56 years old, was fishing aboard a vessel named Predator near Breton Island. Coast Guard Station Venice received a radio call for medical help from the Predator around 10 a.m. and contacted Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

Tiger Shark Mortally Wounds Rescued Dolphin

“We’ve witnessed a tiger shark attack on Dunham. He’s mortally wounded,” said McCulloch, a Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution director. “There may be a possibility we need to euthanize him.” About 400 miles away, Kevin Walsh answered his phone at the Gulf World Marine Park. The dolphin he had helped nurse from near death for seven months now needed to die.

WARNING: Shark Advisory Near Avila Beach

Port San Luis Harbor Patrol says at about 9 a.m. Wednesday a sea lion was found with an evident shark bite. Harbor managers say a sea lion was attacked by a shark but at this time they do not know the location of the attack.

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