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Shark Seen Lunching on Turtle near Hawaii Kai

Friday, November 21, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
This tiger shark savaged a delicious turtle

By Tim SakaharaIts shark versus turtle and it wasn't much of a fight. While the shark snapped its jaws, the people snapped some shots giving boaters an eye-full.The pictures were taken on Monday less than a mile off shore in Maunalua Bay just outside the surf spot called Turtles. Koko Crater and Portlock are seen in the background. The shark at one point comes right under the boat."The shark is concentrating on the turtle, the people in the boat aren't in any danger as long as they keep … [Read more...]

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Hawaii shark attack victim has big bills but a new outlook on life

Thursday, November 20, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
Todd Murashige is a changed man

We covered the shark attack on Todd Murashige at Crouching Lion on Oahu earlier this year. The Honolulu Advertiser published this follow-up story to those events.By Dan Nakaso, Honolulu AdvertiserKANE'OHE, OAHUTodd Murashige will have to live with the vicious scars from an attack that ripped his thigh open to the bone — and with the feelings he has for the shark that bit him.After two months of recovery and rehabilitation, Murashige is now grateful to the shark that changed his … [Read more...]

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Divers Catch Tiger Shark Feasting on a Goat

Monday, November 17, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
Tiger Shark Feasting on a Goat

KGMB 9 NewsA group of people diving off the Big Island saw something in the water they never imagined - a tiger shark, devouring a goat.Joyce Blutt took the pictures about half a mile off Kawaiahae last Monday. She says the shark had eaten half of the goat by the time they got there. If you look close you can see a hoof on the right hand side. Joyce says everyone on board the Kohala divers boat was awestruck."We are going oh my goodness, it's a goat, it's a shark and you know everyone's … [Read more...]

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Sixteen Foot Great White Shark Spotted At Streaky Bay

Monday, November 10, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
A Hungry Great White Shark... Frightening.

ADELAIDE NOWHuge sharks chasing fish and cruising off holiday beaches pose a threat to swimmers as warm weather draws sunlovers to the coast.Police in South Australia renewed warnings to swimmers at the West Coast holiday spot of Streaky Bay, where a monster great white has been seen cruising close to shore, The Advertiser reports.The five-meter (=16.4 feet -MB) shark had been seen in the water around Streaky Bay township and Little Islands for the past three weeks, police said.Today's … [Read more...]

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EXCLUSIVE PIC – Decapitated Seal near Hope Ranch Beach

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
Decapitated Seal on Hope Ranch Beach

SANTA BARBARA, CAA faithful Fear Beneath reader from our home town of Santa Barbara, CA, sent in this gruesome picture of a decapitated pinniped after walking in to the mostly-exclusive private beach of Hope Ranch.The rotting, fur-less, carcass showed signs of predation by scavengers, as it had been disemboweled and was spilling its intestines out onto the beach, in addition to having its head removed by an unknown assailant.These types of occurrences are frequent on Santa Barbara County … [Read more...]

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Great White Shark Attack Staged For Animal Planet

Friday, October 24, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
The re-enaction of a shark attack on surfer Todd Endris

By Daniel Lopez, The Monterey County HeraldA re-enactment of a great white shark attack on a surfer off Marina State Beach last year is scheduled to be part of a TV production for Animal Planet.A production crew from England has been in Monterey County for about a week filming the story of Todd Endris, the 25-year old Marina resident who was attacked while surfing on Aug. 28, 2007.Endris suffered bites to the lower back and thigh that morning that caused him to lose half his blood. But … [Read more...]

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Back Into The Water: Dave Martin’s Fatal Shark Attack (Follow-Up)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
The day after his father's death, Jeff Martin returned to the scene to confront the tragedy head-on.

ESPN has published an extensive and well-written piece covering last year's fatal shark attack at Solana Beach. We've excerpted the beginning below:SOLANA BEACH, CALIFORNIAOther than the helicopters and the lifeguards and the coroner, he had eight miles of beach to himself that morning. The posted signs said, "Get Back!" and "Enter At Your Own Risk!" and "Shark Warning!" but he rushed past all of them to his father's reef.As he knelt in the sand, the ocean spoke to him. He could hear … [Read more...]

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Neil Salunga, Shark Fighter (?)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
Neil Salunga, Shark Fighter? Hmm.

(Another account of aggressive sharks in California's Red Triangle. Although we wonder - who the hell is Neil Salunga and why does the San Diego Reader Weekly care? Yet we post it anyway... -MB)By "Ollie" - San Diego Reader WeeklyName: Neil SalungaAge: 29Occupation: FirefighterLives in: San YsidroPre-surf music: N.W.A.Girls in the water?: “Total distraction.”Neil Salunga recounts the experience of getting attacked by a shark:“A year ago, I was surfing at … [Read more...]

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Unlucky Fisherman Attacked By Shark On His Own Boat

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
Geoff Johnson, bleeding profusely after winning a mini-Darwin award

Note to Fear Beneath readers: being attacked by a shark that you caught in your own boat does not make you eligible for our "Free Shark Camo for Confirmed Shark Attack Victims" compensation. As far as we're concerned, the score is Sharks: 1, Geoff Johnson: 0.By Richard ShearsFirst, the fisherman hooked the shark. Then the shark hooked the fisherman.In a bizarre case of a shark striking back at the man who caught it, fisherman Geoff Johnson lost two liters of blood in a battle with the … [Read more...]

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Hammerhead Shark Attacks in Australia’s Lake Macquarie?

Monday, October 13, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
The picture above shows what is most likely a hammerhead shark fin in this lake in Australia

By Damon Cronshaw & Dan ProudmanA shark attack claim that a teenager made this weekend was dismissed yesterday as a hoax, but pictures taken off Wangi Wangi reaffirmed that sharks do exist in Lake Macquarie.James McAllister and friends photographed a shark off Wangi Wangi on Saturday morning. Mr McAllister said he was water-skiing with friends when the one- to two-meter shark emerged."I just pulled my fiancee out of the water when it emerged about five meters from the front of the boat … [Read more...]

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Aggressive Great White Shark Stalks Australian Family

Sunday, October 12, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
A picture of the actual shark that assaulted the family's boat

By David NankervisA family stalked in their boat by a great white shark off Adelaide yesterday says they feared for swimmers at a nearby beach. The massive shark – one witness said it was longer than 5m – was seen as close as 1km from the West Lakes Shore beach by boaters aboard at least three vessels between 8.30am and 11.30am yesterday.Surf Life Saving SA was alerted and water police monitored its movements.Aldgate mum Melinda Barnard was aboard an aluminium boat about 4km offshore … [Read more...]

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Family Faces Demons After Fatal Shark Attack

Saturday, October 4, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
Family Faces Demons After Fatal Shark Attack

The parents of a young girl killed by a shark are continuing to rebuild their lives by opening a campground meters from a popular beach. Seven-year-old Alysha Webster died after she was attacked while swimming in shallow water off a remote island in Vanuatu three years ago.Her parents, Grant and Sheree, and siblings, Jessica, 12, and James, 8, from Whenuakite in the Coromandel, are still reeling from their loss.In a bid to unite families and honour their daughter's memory, the former dairy … [Read more...]

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