sharks

  • Surfer claims he rode a great white shark

    It sounds like a story granddad tells you but instead of walking miles and miles to get to school it’s using the back of a great white shark as a surfboard. But it’s the story of American Doug Niblack and he’s sticking to it. Niblack says he was surfing...
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    Old and faded: Shark attacks; New and deadly: Cow attacks

    While the media paints a terrifying picture of sharks as man-eating predators, most Americans don’t know that you’re twenty-seven times more likely to be slain by a murderous bovine. It’s true: Between 2003 and 2008, four shark fatalities have been reported in the United States, compared to a whopping...
  • Surfers rescue stranded great white shark… by hand

    When a three-meter great white washed up onto Hungry Head Beach in front of Andrew Eckersley, he could have been forgiven for keeping a safe, respectful distance. Instead, he and an anonymous wetsuit-clad surfer rushed to its aid and rescued it by hand. Eckersley explained: It was pretty scary...