Thursday, December 20, 2007

Shark caught in nets off popular beach

A rare grey nurse shark has been caught in shark nets off Bondi Beach this morning.

The 2.4m shark - a harmless, endangered breed is dead. It comes after a man caused worldwide headlines after being attacked by a shark off the iconic beach.
That attacker is believed to have been a wobbegong and relatively harmless.
It also follows the more serious biting of a surfer as experts say increased shark activity on the NSW coast is normal for this time of year. The South Australian man surfing near Newcastle this week survived a shark bite on his right buttock, becoming the third person in NSW to have a brush with a shark in the past two months.
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