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Gaviota Great White Shark Attacks Kayaker

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Gaviota Great White Shark Attack

The infamous Gaviota Great White Shark has struck again! Kayaker Duane Strosaker posted a fantastic report of an attack he endured on August 2nd - while kayaking off the coast in the always-sharky waters of Northern Santa Barbara County."Without warning at about 12:40PM, when I was around 5 nautical miles from Gaviota State Beach, a great white shark, which I estimated to be at least 15 feet long, bit and held onto my kayak. It attacked from my left side, with its head coming up from the water … [Read more...]

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Pismo Beach Shark Attack

Saturday, July 3, 2010 By Quint View Comments
Great White Shark Patrolling Hollister Ranch, California

Can't say we didn't warn you!!! And people call us paranoid... Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean the shark aren't out to get you.From KEYT.com: "Pismo Beach officials say a surfer is recovering from a shark bite. The 19-year-old surfer says a shark bit him on the foot shortly before 7:00 p.m. Friday night at Shell Beach near Silver Shoals. He says the shark was about 4 feet long, and was brown with dark spots. Officials say advisories are now posted, but beaches in the area will remain … [Read more...]

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EXCLUSIVE PICS OF COJO SHARK MASSACRE!!!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Shark Alert System - SEVERE WARNING!!!

More carnage from frightening Northern Santa Barbara County, as the devastated carcass of yet another shark attack victim washes ashore. The following picture was sent in by a dedicated Fear Beneath reader who investigated the rotting mass of flesh and found evidence of extensive Great White Shark injuries.Our dedicated readers are familiar with our on-going coverage of the Bixby and Cojo Ranches, and the prolific quantities of Great White Shark activity associated with the area.It … [Read more...]

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GREAT WHITE SHARKS TERRORIZE SANTA BARBARA

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Great White Shark Attacks Sea Lion

UPDATE: The National Park Service has issued a warning to swimmers in the Santa Barbara Channel. Watch out for Great Whites this holiday weekend!A flurry of shocking Great White Shark activity has Santa Barbara residents staying out of the water, fearing for their very lives as a series of shark attacks and sightings have rocked this normally peaceful beach town and shaken ocean-goers to their core.Over the weekend, a badly mauled sea lion was discovered hanging from a buoy off the "family-friendly" … [Read more...]

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Crocodile Devours Bull Shark At Kakadu

Friday, June 25, 2010 By Martin Brody View Comments
Crocodile Eats Shark Near Cojo Ranch, California

In the heavyweight championship bout of the animal kingdom, a giant crocodile defeated a shark in a TKO - and then enjoyed a victory seafood dinner.Two boats full of tourists got the photo opportunity of a lifetime after the 16-foot crocodile's decisive win on a river in Australia's Kakadu National Park Saturday morning, the country's Northern Territory News reported."Nearly 100 people saw it all...and they were jumping for joy," tour guide David Cameron told the newspaper. "They said this … [Read more...]

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Terrifying Incident With “Submarine-Like” Great White

Monday, January 4, 2010 By Quint View Comments
Surfer Russell Specht has survived a terrifying face-to-face encounter with a monster great white shark

Veteran surfer Russell Specht has survived a terrifying face-to-face encounter with a monster great white shark stalking North Stradbroke Island.The 52-year-old surfer, local lifesavers and island boardriders fear the huge man-eater was responsible for the horrifying shark-on-shark attack off the island, east of Brisbane, which The Sunday Mail featured in graphic photographs in late October.The smaller 3m white pointer, snared on a baited drumline set off North Stradbroke's busy Cylinder … [Read more...]

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Close Encounter With A Tiger Shark

Monday, January 4, 2010 By Matt Hooper View Comments
Michelle Adamson Narrowly Avoided Becoming Shark Food

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.The shark did not attack her, and Ms Adamson said she only became aware of how close she was to the shark once she was out of the water. “There were people yelling at us to get out of the water, and I couldn’t hear because my head was under,” she said.“But when I stuck my head up, … [Read more...]

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Perth Great White Sharks Tagged and Monitored

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 By Martin Brody View Comments
Great White Shark Near Bixby Ranch, CA

More than 70 great white sharks have been tagged by scientists who will monitor when, where and for how long the predators linger near Perth's beaches.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.Surf-life saving groups, scientists and wildlife officials will be notified immediately a tagged shark moves near any one of 18 bright-yellow … [Read more...]

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Shark Snacks On False Killer Whale

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 By Martin Brody View Comments
Workers Attempt to Revive 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.The whale died after desperate efforts by up to 50 people who rushed to Twin Waters on a rescue mission. The 3.8 metre female was first spotted at 6:30AM south of Mudjimba Island.Originally thought to be a pilot whale, it was later identified by an attending Australia Zoo rescue team as a “pseudorca crassidens” – a false killer whale.The rescue team … [Read more...]

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Paua Divers Fear Shark Tour’s Impact

Monday, December 28, 2009 By Matt Hooper View Comments
Cage diving with great white sharks off Ledbetter Beach

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.They claim the company drops minced tuna into the sea to attract the sharks – a practice known as chumming – and are concerned this may modify the great whites' behaviour.Paua Management … [Read more...]

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Avoca Beach Shark Attack Survivor (Update)

Monday, December 28, 2009 By Quint View Comments
John Sojoski, Avoca Beach Shark Attack Survivor

John Sojoski will think twice when stepping on a “rock” from now on, after being bitten by a shark on Boxing Day.Mr. Sojoski, 55, of Copacabana, was teaching his visiting granddaughter Summer, 12, to surf at Avoca Beach, when he struck trouble about 11am on Saturday. “I stepped on it originally,” Mr Sojoski said.“But then when I stepped off it, it latched on straight away and it was the weirdest sensation. It was like a vice squeezing and squeezing. Then it started shaking my leg … [Read more...]

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Eleven Tiger Sharks Caught Off Sunshine Coast

Monday, December 28, 2009 By Martin Brody View Comments
A recent spate of Tiger shark catches off Sunshine Coast beaches has triggered a warning for swimmers.

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.The revelation follows a large, aggressive tiger shark menacing two kayakers as they paddled to shore from Mudjimba Island on December 20.Queensland shark control program manager Tony Ham said the increased movement of tiger sharks was an annual event signifying … [Read more...]

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