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...McAuley acknowledges that the number of attacks may have increased lately. But he maintains this is not because shark numbers have increased dramatically due to successful preservation programs, as some have argued. White pointer sharks, for example, take 20 years to reach maturity, do not give birth every year, and have few offspring. "Any increase would take in the order of decades," McAuley says...
...when local banker Brian Guest went missing while snorkling off a beach south of Perth in Western Australia. A search located a few tattered pieces from a wet suit belonging to the 51-year-old. Authorities concluded that he had been killed by a large white pointer shark spotted near the beach. (See the top 10 animal stories...
...same day Hannah Mighall, 13, was surfing in Binalong Bay off the Tasmanian coast in Australia's far south when she screamed and was dragged under the water by what authorities suspect was a large white pointer. Her cousin paddled to the injured girl and dragged her to safety while being circled by the shark. On Jan. 12, a man snorkeling in a tidal lake in New South Wales was bitten on the leg, probably by a bull shark. Authorities reported that the man punched the shark in the nose and made it to shore with about 40 puncture wounds...
...some fishermen and others complain that Australia's efforts to protect sharks - catching rare white pointer sharks is illegal, for example - is resulting in an increase in attacks. In particular, they object to a policy of letting suspected man-eaters go. "Sharks do hang around after the attack, and the government has a duty of care to deal with it," says Queensland fisherman Vic Hislop. Sharks "learn to kill humans. They learn to go in hard and fast...
...quickly stifled by a 9-0 Dartmouth run that brought the Big Green lead to 48-44, its largest margin for the rest of the game.A 57-53 Dartmouth lead was eclipsed when freshman forward Keith Wright made two shots from the charity stripe and Pusar hit a three-pointer, but a three-point play from Big Green junior Elgin Fitzgerald put Dartmouth on top again, 60-59, with only two minutes to play. Lin drove the ball down the court, dishing it to McNally, who pulled up for a bucket from the elbow, making it 61-60 Harvard.Big Green...