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NEWS ABOUT: shark attack

shark attack stories: 9 news summaries

 Healthcare 
 Bill Boosts 
 Pay for 
 Prayer 

Insurance firms urged to cover praying healers

Nov 3, 09 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - A little-noticed provision in a Senate version of the pending health care bill would require insurance companies to consider paying for prayer as a medical expense. The addition was inserted by Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and backed by Democrats John Kerry and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, the home state... More »

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health care • health insurance • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • church • Orrin Hatch • prayer • shark attack • Christian Science

(Newser) - Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Discovery Channel, Shark Week is back. The channel's wildly popular annual look at the predators returns next week with six new documentaries, including a look at the deadly 1916 shark attacks off New Jersey that inspired Jaws. Channel... More »

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television • shark • Discovery Channel • marine life • shark attack • shark population

(Newser) - Victims of shark attacks have gathered in Washington to lend a hand to their one-time foes, reports the Washington Post. The survivors plan to lobby senators to pass a bill setting new restrictions on shark fishing in US waters. A third of the world's shark species are now classified as... More »

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conservation • shark • marine life • shark attack • shark population • overfishing

 Aussies Snap Over Shark Terror 

Series of attacks mars Australia's summer

Jan 13, 09 5:04 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of shark attacks in Australia has triggered a summer of terror and a national debate over whether it makes sense to continue to protect one of nature's most implacable predators. Three people were attacked in a single 48-hour period last month, reports Time. All that was found of... More »

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conservation • Australia • shark • New South Wales • shark attack • Perth • Taronga Park zoo

 Aussie Vanishes  
 in Shark's Jaws 

Was longtime advocate of shark protection

Dec 29, 08 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A missing Australian snorkeler looks to have been the victim of a brutal shark attack, the Guardian reports. Bystanders saw a dorsal fin and a struggle before the water turned red and the man disappeared off western Australia; his tattered wetsuit surfaced later.  An aerial search later spotted a... More »

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Australia • shark attack • Perth • great white shark

Polar Bears May Have Yet Another Worry: Sharks

Bone is found in the stomach of a Greenland shark

Aug 12, 08 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - As if polar bears in the North Pole didn't have enough to worry about these days: Scientists have found the bone of a young bear in the stomach of a Greenland shark, Reuters reports. The unprecedented discovery prompts a "million dollar question," says one researcher: Do the bears... More »

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global warming • shark • polar bear • polar ice caps • deadly animals • predators • shark attack

 Sure, Pat That Nose—
 It's Only a Great White 

The feared predator is sociable, curious, and will let you ride its fin

Jun 1, 08 8:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to pat a great white shark's nose? Or ride its fin for 100 yards? Experts say the much-feared predators are so sociable and curious, you can swim with them or even tread water by their open jaws. "Unlike most fish, white sharks are intelligent, highly inquisitive creatures,"... More »

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endangered species • fish • shark attack • great white shark • animal intelligence

 Shark Kills Man;
 SoCal Beaches Closed 

First area fatality since 1994 sparks fears of great white rampage

Apr 25, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beaches north of San Diego were closed today after a man was fatally injured by a shark, the Union-Tribune reports. While witnesses could identify “the culprit” only as a “big gray shark,” an expert contacted by the Los Angeles Times said, “This almost certainly was a... More »

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beach • Pacific Ocean • ocean • San Diego • Ocean Beach • fatalities • shark attack • San Onofre State Beach • great white shark

Fewer Sharks, But More Attacks

Growing human presence in water will keep encounters rising, scientists say

Feb 27, 08 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Shark populations are way down, but attacks on humans are up, LiveScience reports. There were 71 shark attacks worldwide in 2007, continuing a four-year upswing, says shark expert George Burgess, although populations of the fish have shrunk 50% during the past 20 years. Even so, as human populations expand rapidly,... More »

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beach • shark • ocean • fishing • shark attack • shark population

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