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Schizophrenic Shark Week
Sharks are beautiful, misunderstood creatures of the sea THAT WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND EAT YOU IF YOU EVER GO SWIMMING AGAIN!!!! This and other conflicting messages in Discovery's 21st annual Shark Week.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. Sharks are beautiful, misunderstood creatures of the sea THAT WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND EAT YOU IF YOU EVER GO SWIMMING AGAIN!!!! This a... more -
Shark attacks boy in bedroom
A sleepwalking teenager from Dudley in the West Midlands managed to recreate a scene which his mother described as being 'like something out of a horror movie,' by walking straight into a souvenir shark head hanging on his wall. His mother woke up to hear him screaming in pain with the shark's jaw embedded into his cheek.
The lad escaped with just a small scar saying it was the most frightening experience of his life. A sleepwalking teenager from Dudley in the West Midlands managed to recreate a scene which his mother described as being 'like so... more -
Man pokes great white shark in eye!
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian man has described how he escaped from the jaws of a great white shark by poking it in the eye as it dragged him under water.
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Jason Cull, 37, told reporters from his hospital bed that he saw a dark shape approaching as he swam about 80 metres (yards) off the popular Middleton beach in Western Australia on Saturday.
At first he thought it was one of the dolphins he had been swimming with, but realised it was a shark as the four-metre (12-foot) monster closed in, local media reported Monday.
"It banged straight into me... and it grabbed me by the leg and dragged me under the water," said Cull, a schoolteacher and father of two.
"I just remember being dragged backwards underwater. I felt along it, I found its eye and I poked it in the eye, and that's when it let go."
A volunteer at the local surf club, Joanne Lucas, 50, heard Cull's cries for help as she arrived at the beach and immediately dived in to rescue him.
"Instinct just kicked in," she told reporters. "I didn't even have to think about it, which is amazing really.
"I got to him and he said, 'Thank God. Thank you so much -- a shark has attacked my leg.'
"He had huge chunks taken out of his leg, his calf and the knee," Lucas said.
Cull underwent surgery at a regional hospital and doctors said he was expected to make a full recovery.
Middleton beach remained closed Monday as at least three great white sharks cruised offshore, avoiding efforts to herd them away, fisheries officials said.
A teenaged surfer was killed in a shark attack last month, bringing the death toll in Australia since 2000 to 12, according to the US-based International Shark Attack File.
Credit: Associated Press SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian man has described how he escaped from the jaws of a great white shark by poking it in the eye as it dragg... more -
Shark Kills Surfer in Mexico
Another Shark Attack!
A San Francisco man died after a shark attacked him while he was surfing off Mexico's southern Pacific coast, authorities in the southern state of Guerrero said Tuesday. Another Shark Attack! ... more -
Shark kills man in Southern California
A man was attacked and killed by a shark in the ocean near San Diego on Friday, the first person to die in a shark encounter off the Southern California coast in nearly 50 years. A man was attacked and killed by a shark in the ocean near San Diego on Friday, the first person to die in a shark encounter off the S... more
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Bodyboarder dies in shark attack
Eeek ... another terrifying story of a shark attack in Australia, this time a fatal one.
It sounds like a scene from Jaws and, indeed, the aftermath is just that, with the New Soutrh Wales government initiating a shark attack response plan, which effectively means "hunt and kill that shark".
There is always a lot of talk about this when attacks happen down here - should the shark be hunted or left alone? Personally, I think the latter. You venture into a shark's territory at your own risk. The fish's natural instinct to attack what it deems to be tasty treats in the water should not be a death sentence ... it's nature, plain and simple, not murder.
While I sympathise with the family and friends of the victim, killing the shark is a woeful way to deal with this situation. Eeek ... another terrifying story of a shark attack in Australia, this time a fatal one. ... more -
Another Shark Attack
i was up there this weekend - wish i'd seen this before i went -eek
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Gilbert Arenas: "There Are No Such Thing as Shark Attacks"
"Were humans. We live on land.
Sharks live in water.
So if youre swimming in the water and a shark bites you, thats called trespassing. That is called trespassing. That is not a shark attack.
A shark attack is if youre chilling at home, sitting on your couch, and a shark comes in and bites you; now thats a shark attack. Now, if youre chilling in the water, that is called invasion of space. So I have never heard of a shark attack."
I have to agree with Agent Zero on this one. "Were humans. We live on land. Sharks live in water. ... more
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