Call Me Crazy, But I Think I'd Get Out . . .

Beachgoers were ordered not to enter the water at Pukehina Beach in New Zealand when a bronze whaler shark was seen circling the area, but get this... despite the warnings some people continued to swim! WTF?

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Croc Attack!

A 46-year-old man has lost his arm while his 13 year-old son suffered multiple injuries after being attacked by a crocodile on Lake Kariba in Africa. The croc tried to drag the man out of his canoe, then it pounced on his son who was trying to help him! Believe it or not, they both survived. Well, except for that arm thing.

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Woman Marries Dolphin!

Sharon Tendler, a 41-year-old Jewish millionaire from London married her beloved Cindy, a 35-year-old dolphin on Wednesday. At the end of the ceremony, Sharon whispered "I love you" into her new husband's blow hole.

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Victim Of The Day

Stingray barb... yeouch!

Why Does This Make Me Think Of The KKK?

Yeah, They're Cute Until They Grow Up

A foot-long reptile, first believed to be a baby alligator, was found in a dumpster at the Mystic Seaport Mobil gas station on Monday evening. Turns out it was actually a South American Dwarf Caiman which apparently grow up to 5-feet in length and are pretty aggressive. They're guessing it was probably someone's pet until it started getting too big to manage. Good thing it was found found before it went all Surface on us!

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Catch Of The Day

Just Another Day At The Beach

More beaches were closed due to more shark sightings in Australia yesterday. Big suprise!

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Did You Know . . .

The male blanket octopus is a chubby chaser! The female weighs at least 10,000 times as much as her mate and sometimes up to 40,000 times as much! And guess what... the male dies right after they do it.

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Must See TV

The Oregon surfer who fended off a great white shark on Christmas Eve by punching it in the nose said he learned the tactic by watching television shows like "Shark Week." I've learned something from those shows too... stay out of the water.

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Doh!

A diver is in intensive care after accidentally shooting himself in the chest with a speargun Thursday afternoon. The spear apparently just went off by itself as he was coming out of the surf! He had an emergency operation to remove the spear which was lodged 4" deep in his chest. Ouch!

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Anybody Wanna Play Smack the Penguin?

smack him!

via Vanessa Jaye's

Happy Holidays!

Have a safe and happy holiday, kids!! And for pete's sake, stay out of the water!!!

Fish Food . . .

• Maybe that Maui shark should have attacked the newscaster instead.

• William Forsythe, Hunter Tylo and hammerhead sharks?? How did I miss this?

• Andy, our favorite shark expert, teaches us a thing or two about great whites.

Shark! The Herald Angels Sing . . .

A man was attacked by a 10-foot great white shark while surfing off the northern Oregon coast this very Christmas Eve! The 30-year-old surfer was bitten on his ankle and calf and yes, there was lots of blood. He was taken to Providence Seaside Hospital.

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Just In Time For Christmas!

Box jellyfish are due to arrive in Oahu waters today and tomorrow, and lifeguards are advising beachgoers to stay out of the water to avoid getting stung. Hopefully, Santa will be putting The Stinger Suit in everyone's stocking.

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Catch Of The Day

Victim Of The Day

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Fish Food . . .

• Shark gets evicted for sexual harassmentt!

• Alligator appears in California lake.

• Baby Toga is still missing!

• Clarence doesn't get to eat his two-mouthed trout.

"His mouth was huge . . . "

Maui shark attack victim Jonathan Genant describes his recent attack... which includes a 3 to 4 feet wide mouth. And all it ate was his pinky?

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Severe Trout Mouth

A trout with two mouths was caught last weekned in a Nebraska lake! The man who caught the freak fish says his plans for it don't include mounting. He's gonna smoke it and eat it. I guess with two mouths you're bound to get hooked.

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Now That's Loyalty

An alligator was heading straight for Cindy Hernandez as she was swimming off her dock along the Hillsborough River in Florida! But, before the alligator could reach her, her dog Bob swam in between them. Bob was killed, while Hernandez was able to swim to safety. That dog's either a saint or just real dumb.

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Come On, Rogue!

Movie producers have assured Katherine residents that the croc monster flick Rogue, starring Radha Mitchell and Michael Vartan will not scare tourists away. They've even promised to add a line to the end credits stating there aren't really any saltwater crocodiles in Katherine Gorge.

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Maui Owie!

A 29-year-old San Diego man lost a pinky and part of his ring finger when a shark attacked him Wednesday morning. He was swimming just 200 yards off shore at Keawakapu Beach in Maui when a shark bit his left hand! Ow! A helicopter spotted a 10 to 12 foot tiger shark in the area immediately following the attack. Lifeguards closed the beach.

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Lake Shark!

Three teenagers jumped into a lake yesterday morning to rescue a struggling shark! Yes... a lake.

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The Motherload

Researchers have hit the jellyfish jackpot! They stumbled onto a stinger breeding ground this week at Double Island, Australia where thousands of Irukandji jellyfish were living. Hopefully, they can find an antidote for jellyfish stings now!

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Apparently, Squid Are Good Mommies

Squid have always been considered poor parents: they lay their eggs on the seafloor and leave them to develop on their own. But a University of Rhode Island scientist has learned otherwise. He observed five squid each carrying thousands of eggs in their arms to protect them.

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Fish Food . . .

• Toga the baby penguin's been snatched!

• The jellyfish invasion continues.

• When is a 4.5" fish a record-breaking catch?

• China to breed rare white dolphins!

Watch This! Trust Me . . .

Thanks Anon 3:27!

New Squid On The Block

A giant 23 foot squid frozen in a 3.5 ton block of ice is on display at the Melbourne Aquarium.

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Don't Go Swimming In Durban Bay!

A fisherman was reeling in his catch on Sunday when a dark fin and a pair of jaws popped up out of the water and bit his fish clean in half! The water is only about 3 feet deep there. Don't dangle your toes in those waters!

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Shark Attacks Rowing Team

A 12 foot shark attacked a rowing team in New Zealand this morning. The shark briefly circled the boat before making its attack, ramming into the boat, sending it rocking. The two team members quickly got into the well of the boat and tried to not move or make a sound. The attack continued for the next 15 minutes leaving the rowers shell shocked. One of the rowers considered taping a gas cooking canister to a flare and trying to shoot it ‘Jaws’ style but decided against that idea. Help finally arrived 6 hours later!

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Did You Know . . .

Kelsey Grammer's twin half-brothers were killed in a shark attack in 1980!

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Tarpon Gets Double-Teamed . . .

Einstein's Into Watersports

Albert Einstein (the goldfish) can swim through hoops, push a soccer ball into a goal, and fetch! Don't be jealous! For $20, you can train your own fish...

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Holy Crap!

R. I. P. Hermie

Poor Hermie (the turtle who got braces) didn't make it... So much for Christmas miracles.

Thanks Julia!

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Now That's What I Call Art!

Fish Food . . .

• Two-headed turtles for sale!

• And this turtle gets braces for Christmas.

• More frankenfish show up in the Delaware river. Yikes!

• And for a little bit on Manatees...

A Few Reasons To Visit Atlanta

Some pictures from the Georgia Aquarium that opened recently...

Did You Know . . .

Years and years ago, the Manhattan waterfront and the harbor were infested with sharks! Not that I'd get in that water anyways...

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Who Knows What Else Is Down There . . .

Scientists have discovered a bunch of new stuff in the ocean including the first Arctic octopus, tiny carnivorous sponges and all kinds of other stuff.

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Victim Of The Day

Time To Bring In The Big Guns

There's been so many great white shark sightings along Australian beaches that they've decided to install a steel mesh shark barrier at the city's most popular beach, West Beach. 12 months ago a great white killed 18-year-old surfer Nick Peterson just off West Beach and there have been 29 shark sightings off metropolitan beaches in the past six months! Wild seahorses couldn't drag me into those waters!

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Fish Food . . .

• Blog Portland salutes some really big animals.

• Speaking of big ones.

• A tortured fish helps nail a crook.

• What the heck is a Boatercycle?

More Sharks Spotted!

Swimmers and surfers were ordered out of the water at two southern Australian beaches on Wednesday afternoon when three sharks were seen swimming as close as 150 feet offshore!

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Catch Of The Day

Why are they so happy?

Shark Stapler!

Take a bite out of your paperwork.

Thanks Gazard!

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That Seal Is Crazy!

Thanks Andy!

And The Award For "Most Humans Eaten" Goes To . . .

According to a recent report, crocodiles are the most dangerous animal to humans in Zimbabwe this year. In the first 10 months of 2005, Crocodiles dragged away and ate 13 people!

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