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| Beaches closed after 100 sharks feed close to shore | |
| 2006-02-13 | |
| A feeding frenzy by more than 100 sharks closed several tourist beaches on the east coast of Australia yesterday. Several beaches along Queensland's Gold Coast were closed for a second day after hammerhead, grey nurse and whaler sharks were spotted feeding close to shore, said Sue Neil, a spokeswoman for Surf Lifesaving Queensland. Ms Neil said some surfers had come within metres of the sharks. "When they [sharks] feed on the bait fish they do close their eyes and there is a danger of collision," she said. "If they are chomping, they could very easily chomp on humans."
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 They rallied in memory of Peter Benchly who recently passed away. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-02-13 20:09 |
| #10 Sharks close their eyes? Lawyers I've seen just stare... |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-02-13 19:01 |
| #9 Dick Cheney and Harry Whittington have just been spotted at Andrews AFB. Cheney's aides were seen loading two Barrett .50 sniper rifles on to a presidential jet. Both men were wearing deck shoes and leather "Westy" hats..... this could be very bad. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-02-13 16:41 |
| #8 Did somebody print a blasphemous shark cartoon? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-02-13 15:24 |
| #7 Great turn of phrase there, RJ! Can I use that one? |
| Posted by: Veep Cheney 2006-02-13 15:19 |
| #6 Global warming! Global warming! This never happened before Kyoto was shot down! |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-02-13 13:47 |
| #5 sounds like attys going after a class-action suit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-13 10:47 |
| #4 ... but you should see the water froth, chum ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-02-13 10:39 |
| #3 At least they dont seethe when they go into a frenzy ... |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-02-13 09:22 |
| #2 No Phil, I'm fairly sure it's related somehow to Bush's tax cuts. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-02-13 01:22 |
| #1 Happens every year when the bait fish come close to shore. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-02-13 00:21 |