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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/13/cape-town-giant-shark-attack Witnesses have described their horror at seeing a tourist being eaten by a "gigantic" shark in South Africa's most popular holiday destination. Lloyd Skinner was pulled under the surf and dragged out to sea by the shark, believed to be a great white, off Fish Hoek beach in Cape Town. His diving goggles and a dark patch of blood were all that remained in the water. "Holy shit. We just saw a gigantic shark eat what looked like a person in front of our house," witness Gregg Coppen posted on Twitter. "That shark was huge. Like dinosaur huge." The...

/begin my translation Big Earthquake to Hit Tokyo in 6 Months Japanese Asahi TV aired 'earthquake prediction' programominous signs: deep-sea creatures surface, and continual earthquakesIn the worst case, 10m-high tsunami could hitTokyo, correspondent Sun Woo-jung su@chosun.com 2005.07.05   Mega Earthquake Definitely Comes ! Uncovering X-day of Direct Hit on Kanto At 7pm, July 2nd, Saturday, Asahi TV, a major commercial TV network, devoted 2 hours of prime time segment to air a shocking program. It was titled, 'Mega Earthquake Definitely Comes! Uncovering X-day of Direct Hit on Kanto'(photo.)  Kanto refers to the area around Tokyo Bay including the capital Tokyo with 12 million residents.   Its conclusion is obvious. In the program, Uda Shinich,...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A rarely seen megamouth shark, unknown to science before 1976, has washed up on a South African beach, scientists said Monday. Photos Reuters Photo "We are very excited because it is only the third female to be discovered to date and we know almost nothing about its biology, so we are keen to dissect and study it," Dr. Vic Cockcroft of the Center for Dolphin Studies told Reuters. The 3.5 meter (12-foot), 300-kg (660 pound) female is the first megamouth to be discovered in southern Africa. It washed up on a beach Saturday morning about 400 kilometers...