Terrifying Incident With “Submarine-Like” Great White

Veteran surfer Russell Specht has survived a terrifying face-to-face encounter with a monster great white shark stalking North Stradbroke Island.

Close Encounter With A Tiger Shark

Michelle Adamson swam within three metres of a tiger shark and lived to tell the tale. The Telina resident encountered the deadly animal while snorkelling with husband Mark off Heron Island at the weekend.

Perth Great White Sharks Tagged and Monitored

In a world first, great white sharks will be monitored over the summer when they move to within 500m of metropolitan beaches from Ocean Reef to Garden and Rottnest Islands where satellite receivers are installed.

Shark Snacks On False Killer Whale

A false killer whale that beached on the Sunshine Coast yesterday bore wounds thought to be from a shark attack, experts have said.

Paua Divers Fear Shark Tour’s Impact

A group of Southern Paua divers is concerned its members’ lives are being endangered by a shark tourism operation in Foveaux Strait. The divers are worried the Great White Southern Dive Company operation will encourage shark attacks and endanger divers. The company runs caged diving trips to view sharks.

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.

Eleven Tiger Sharks Caught Off Sunshine Coast

At least 11 tiger sharks – some up to four metres long – have been caught in shark nets and on drumlines off Sunshine Coast beaches in recent weeks, with one shark expert warning thousands more are cruising the region’s waterways.

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.

Happy Holidays from The Fear Beneath

Happy Holidays to all our readers…

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.

Yao Ming Says “No” To Shark Fin Soup

NBA star and Shanghai Sharks owner Yao Ming urged China on Friday to say no to shark fin soup to stop the overfishing of some species amid growing demand for the delicacy. The Houston Rockets centre who recently bought his hometown’s professional team, unveiled a television commercial aimed at wealthy Chinese which urges them to stop ordering shark fin soup.

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