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Young Lifeguard Vanishes in Shark Attack

Monday, December 21, 2009 By Matt Hooper View Comments
Bull Shark Kills Young Lifeguard

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.John Costello at the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI ) said the board later washed up on the shore but there were no signs of the unnamed lifeguard. He said: "The witness said before he … [Read more...]

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Shark Savagely Annihilates Wild Coast Lifeguard

Monday, January 26, 2009 By Martin Brody View Comments

A lifeguard watched in horror as his friend was torn apart by a giant shark off Port St Johns in Port Elizabeth at the weekend.Sikhanyiso Bangilizwe, 25, of Port St Johns, was bitten in half by what is suspected to be a tiger shark while he was catching waves off Second Beach with a friend on Saturday.He was a member of the Wild Coast Guards and was off-duty. He is the second lifeguard in two years to have been killed by a shark at the Eastern Cape resort.Police station commissioner … [Read more...]

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Fatal Shark Attack in Philippines

Friday, November 7, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments

Hot off the presses, this news comes to us by way of the Hong Kong Standard. We will update the story as more information becomes available.A fishermen was killed by a shark while checking his nets in the northern Philippines, police said.Joel Bacud, 39, was killed when he jumped from his boat to check nets while fishing with his son off Paoay town in far northern Luzon on Thursday, said Senior Inspector Dexter Corpuz.Bacud's son summoned other fishermen to help but when they pulled Bacud … [Read more...]

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USS Indianapolis Crewmember Recounts Harrowing Tale Of Survival

Thursday, October 9, 2008 By Quint View Comments
USS Indianapolis Crewmember Edgar Harrell Recounts Harrowing Tale Of Survival

Though we're well aware of the incident, this is our first time reporting on the USS Indianapolis. We'll get there, in due time. In the meanwhile, enjoy this article from the Bristol Herald Courier...By Amy HunterBRISTOL, TENNESSEEThey had watched 63 of their comrades die, one by one, over three days. Some were killed in shark attacks, some succumbed to deadly injury and others died of thirst and hunger. It was their third day stranded in the Philippine Sea. There were 17 of their group … [Read more...]

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Polar bears under threat: Now sharks are after them too!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
Polar Bear

Already threatened by a thaw of ice around the North Pole, the polar bear's title as the top Arctic predator may under challenge from a shark.Scientists researching how far sharks hunt seals in the Arctic were stunned in June to find part of the jaw of a young polar bear in the stomach of a Greenland shark, a species that favours polar waters."Bits of animals including caribou have been found in Greenland shark stomachs in the past -- scavenged or attacked swimming.Campana said there … [Read more...]

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MANGLED SEAL CORPSES ON BEACH NEAR BIXBY

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 By Quint View Comments
skinned baby seal

We have received information from an extremely reliable source who spotted several mangled seal corpses on the beach near Bixby Ranch. Remember, the recent fatal attack in Solana Beach was preceded by several seals seeking shelter on the beach. Apparently, three barely recognizable corpses were brutalized by a large predator before they were able to securely obtain refuge on land. Based on the recent and hisotrical high level of Great White Shark activity in these waters, one could responsibly … [Read more...]

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Mexico shark attack kills surfer

Saturday, May 24, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments

A shark has killed a 21-year-old surfer off a beach west of Mexico's Acapulco resort, less than a month after another fatal shark attack in the area.Osvaldo Mata Valdovinos died after his left hand was bitten off and his leg broken by the shark, officials said. Friends swimming with him at Pantla beach near Zihuatanejo saw a 2m (6ft) shark pull him underwater, police said.Last month, a US tourist died after a shark bit him near Troncones beach, a few miles away. Zihuatanejo's civil protection … [Read more...]

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Two more killed in shark attacks in Pacific

Thursday, May 1, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments

From The TimesAn American surfer has died after being attacked by a shark on the Pacific coast of Mexico only four days after another man was killed by a great white shark off California.By Chris Ayres in Los AngelesMarine biologists are now asking if the attacks are an astonishing coincidence — it has been 30 years since a fatal shark attack on Mexico's Pacific coast and almost 15 years since anyone was killed by a shark off Southern California — or if another factor is at work.Some … [Read more...]

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