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Diver Killed by Huge Shark off Australian Coast
The Associated Press ^
| Mar 19, 2005
| Anon
Posted on 03/19/2005 7:45:48 PM PST by Pharmboy
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A charter boat deckhand was bitten in half by a 20-foot shark as he snorkeled with tourists off the coast of western Australia, police said Sunday. The 26-year-old man was killed Saturday afternoon off the Abrolhos Islands, about 250 miles north of where the pleasure cruise began at the Western Australia state capital, Perth, police said.
Police said the man's body was not recovered, and the species of shark was not known.
The water was about 26 feet deep where the attack occurred, some 35 miles west of the coastal town of Geraldton.
No one else was injured. Police said there would be a search for remains Sunday.
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: circleoflife; shark; sharkattack; sheesh
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Prolly a Great White...at least the victim didn't suffer.
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:45:49 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:47:32 PM PST
by
RichInOC
("I choppy-choppy you whole body! Ha ha ha ha!!!")
To: RichInOC
Is your tagline coincidental, or...? ;)
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:49:42 PM PST
by
4mycountry
("No, Samus, prioritize! Getting off of an exploding ship is more important than fighting a dragon!")
To: 4mycountry
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:51:41 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(...I'm a bad man. I'm a very bad man....)
To: Pharmboy
Well, at least the shark had the good business sense to eat the staff and not the tourists, eh?
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:51:54 PM PST
by
Happygal
(liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
To: Pharmboy
"I'll catch your fish"
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:52:30 PM PST
by
Wiggins
To: Pharmboy
Twenty feet!!?? Are they sure it wasn't just a really mean whale? Dang. I got freaked out by a speedy little four-footer swimming around my legs.
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:52:44 PM PST
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - do the research, contact your legislators, get this puppy passed.)
To: Pharmboy
Yikes!! Prayers for the family a group of tourists who took a three hour tour and are now afraid of the ocean for the rest of their lives.
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:52:52 PM PST
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: Wiggins
That fishing pole is upside down.
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:53:13 PM PST
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: Wiggins
"We're going to need a bigger boat" PING
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:54:12 PM PST
by
Braak
(The US Military, the real arms inspectors!)
To: Sam Cree
That fishing pole is upside down. It belongs to that liberal hooper guy with all the fancy equipment.
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:56:36 PM PST
by
Wiggins
To: Pharmboy
Ah, the Circle Of Life rolls through again...
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posted on
03/19/2005 7:57:48 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:07:44 PM PST
by
KidGlock
(W-1)
To: RichInOC
damned undignified way to go though.
To: BerthaDee
no more mean whales, bud. killer whales have been replaced by orcas.
To: Lijahsbubbe; Darksheare; lainie; BurbankKarl; oceanperch
Then there's this in Western Australia.
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:22:26 PM PST
by
bd476
(I may not like the law of gravity but I find that it's best to make the attempt to obey it.)
To: printhead
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:23:38 PM PST
by
rdl6989
To: Pharmboy
I've had worse!!
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:25:57 PM PST
by
bray
(Iraq, freed from Saddamn now Pray for Freedom from Mohammad)
To: KidGlock
Holy smokes!! I live part time in Hawaii and if I ever saw that I can guarantee you it would be the second time someone walked on water to get out of there!!! Great photo.
To: KidGlock
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posted on
03/19/2005 8:27:43 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Member, National Rightwing Alternative Media Blog Mafia.)
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