On July 29, Erik Norrie was vacationing with his family in the Bahamas when he went spearfishing for their dinner. A nearby shark sized him up, declared him a meaty wuss, and took a huge bite out of the Florida man's left leg.
Looking to re-ignite your childhood fear of sharks? Look no further! A tourist bodyboarding off a beach in western Australia was killed in a gruesome shark attack on Sunday, the first in the area in some two decades.
2010 witnessed the highest number of shark attacks in a decade. Close down the beaches! Before you feed into the false panic, note there were only 79 shark attacks last year around the whole world, up from 63 in 2009.
How do you fight off a shark attack? Pull its tail, apparently. That's what happened today in Australia when a dive instructor was bitten in the leg and butt and a swimmer yanked the shark's tail, which then fled.
Yesterday a great white shark killed 19-year-old boogie-boarder Lucas Ransom in California after ripping his leg off at the pelvis. An expert said the shark probably thought Ransom was a sea lion, in a tragic case of "mistaken identity." [LAT]
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, a new study says that shark attacks are more likely to occur on Sundays and during new moons. But don't worry, only 10% of shark attacks are deadly—you'll be fine! [AFP, pic]
