There's More Than Just Berries In Oregon

A surfer was attacked by a shark on the Oregon coast Tuesday night. Tom Larson was surfing with friends at the south jetty in Florence when he felt a shark pull him off his board and bite into his foot. Ouch! He beat the shark with his surf board until it let go, and then paddled to shore. He said it felt like a bear trap. It took 35 stitches to sew up the eight holes the shark left in his foot.

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Another Shark Sighting At Avila Beach

Another shark sighting will keep the waters at Avila Beach and Port San Luis closed through Sunday. Happy Labor Day...

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Oh, And Don't Swim In Lakes Either

A woman was mauled by an otter last Thursday while swimming in Claytor Lake, VA. She'd been in the water for about an hour when she felt something grab her tushie. She pulled away but then it bit her arm and latched on to her thigh. When they pulled her out of the water the otter was still hanging on... they had to beat it off her!

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Snap!

Beyonce Knowles has been reprimanded by animal rights group People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) after boasting about taping a baby alligator''s mouth shut at a photo shoot for her new album.

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Virgin Mary Appears On Turtle!

A Chicago woman has found the image of the Virgin Mary silhouetted on the belly of her pet turtle, Mary. She also has another turtle named Joseph.

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819 Pounds Of Terror!

A California fisherman landed a whopper yesterday... an 819-pound Mako shark.

Here's the video.

Holy Halibut!

Todd Hughes recently hooked and landed a 7.5 foot, 405-pound halibut while fishing in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. That looks like something from Land Of The Lost.

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Shark Closes Avila Beach

The water at Avila Beach, CA is closed until further notice after another shark sighting. This is the second one this month.

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Fish Food . . .

• Hey, hand me the remote...

• Sigmund the Sea Monster goes mobile.

• Wrap yourself in this!

R. I. P. Bubba

In 1987, Bubba arrived at the Shedd in a bucket with a note asking the aquarium to care of the little grouper because he was getting too big for his fish tank. Bubba was placed in the Wild Reef shark habitat and grew to a whopping 154 pounds. He was living the good life as a kept fish until 2001, when things took a downward turn for the grouper. He got a bacterial infection that antibiotics failed to treat. Bubba became the first fish to ever receive chemotherapy. Bubba died Tuesday ay the age of 24 due to natural causes.

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Ever Hear A Whale Bark?

Luna, a lone killer whale that lived near a Canadian fishing village, was a skilled mimic that could bark just like a sea lion! But, alas, the finding is a posthumous one, as Luna was killed in a collision with a tugboat's propeller in March. But you can still listen to Luna's bark.

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Bags With Fins

$36. Comes in friendlier versions too.

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Liz Taylor Goes Cruising For Sharks

With eight marriages under her belt, Elizabeth Taylor probably already knows a thing or two about predators. Even so, the 74-year-old wheelchair-bound actress recently enjoyed a shark-viewing tour in Hawaii. But rather than donning the obligatory bikini, mask and snorkel, and plunging into the ocean herself, she watched from the comfort of an open-air deck, where various soft drinks and snacks were being served, as her companions lowered themselves into a 10ft by 6ft Plexiglas cage to view the sharks up close.

Thanks Stacy

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Somebody Overslept . . .

Early-morning beachgoers had a surprise on Tybee Island, GA today. An 8 foot shark had washed up on the beach.

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Looks Like The Sharks Are Summering In Maine

3 beaches in the town of York, Maine were closed to swimming Wednesday, after 3 shark sightings. One person reported seeing a shark in the water off Long Sands Tuesday night, and then Wednesday morning, a lifeguard also reported seeing a shark. There was also a shark sighting there last Thursday.

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Test Tube Sharks?

An artificial shark womb, complete with test tube shark babies, is the newest strategy in the effort to bring grey nurse sharks back from the brink of extinction. Apparently, grey nurse sharks wrongfully earned the reputation as man-eaters due to their needle-sharp teeth, but they're now regarded as placid and only harmful if provoked. Still... I'm not sure I want any more of these swimming around.

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Another Dolphin BItes A Kid

Another child was bitten by a dolphin at a SeaWorld Orlando attraction. The 7-year-old boy reached out to pet the dolphin and was bitten on the thumb during his birthday party. The boy has forgiven the mammal. "I still like dolphins," he said.

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Shark Diving Grannies!

The first mission for these grannies was a parachute jump, then a hot air balloon ride. This time... it's diving with sharks! You go grannies!

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Look Ma, No Needles!

The stinging cells of jellyfish could soon be used to inject drugs and even apply tattoos. Jellyfish have stinging cells called cnidocysts which shoot a tiny hollow thread, at incredibly high speed, into anything that touches a "trigger" near the cell's opening, and then pump toxin through the thread into the target.

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You Know They're Out There . . .

A 13 foot tentacle and two arms of a giant squid were snagged by a sport fisherman off Santa Cruz Island. No, silly, not this one... but one like it I'm sure...

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Stripes Are In!

Sharkcamo is a zebra-like design that can be affixed to surf boards or turned into swimwear. The pattern is supposed to discourage sharks from attacking... I know what I'll be wearing next time I hit the beach!

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R. I. P. Hummer

Chris Curtis was walking his dogs, Hummer and Willow Friday morning at the Sherwood Golf Course in Titusville, FL when a gator grabbed Hummer and swam off with him in it's mouth.

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Surfer Dies After Shark Rips Arm Off

A surfer died after being attacked by a shark in the Indian Ocean on Sunday. Apparently, he was surfing in an "no swimming" zone called Devil's Point. The shark tore off one of his arms. He was taken to the hospital, but it was too late...

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Whale Gets A Little Too Close

A tourist received stitches for a head injury Thursday after a humpback whale surfaced under the whale-watching boat she was on knocking her over.

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Maybe Everything Isn't Bigger In Texas . . .

A group of friends from Texas hooked a 758-pound mako shark off the coast of Santa Monica on Friday...

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Salmon Sundaes? ‘Van-eel-a’ Ice Cream? Ew.

Scientists discovered how to extract the blood protein of the Arctic pout fish and infuse it into ice cream. Mixing it with milk, cream and sugar reduces the formation of ice crystals on the final product, meaning less cream can be used, which means fewer calories. And guess what? You may have already eaten it if you’re a fan of Popsicles and Breyers Light Double Churned ice cream bars...

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Britney Says "Nuh-Uh" To KFed's Sharks

Britney Spears is making her hubby get rid of his pet sharks. Apparently, Spears, who is expecting her second child with Federline, doesn't think it's a good idea to have six Australian gray nurse sharks in the house when there are two kiddies around.

Thanks Michael K!

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Fish Food . . .

• That must've been a big shark...

• Sharks in Beverly Hills?

• Time to beef up security.

They're Alive!

Three fishermen were rescued after being lost at sea for 9 months! They should try out for Survivor.

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Achmat Gets A New Foot

The Cape Town lifeguard, Achmat Hassiem, whose foot was bitten off by a shark on Sunday, will have a prosthetic foot fitted within the next week.

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Daddy, Look What I Caught!

A 15-year-old girl reeling in an 11-foot, 364-pound blue shark off Martha's Vineyard... a record-breaker.

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Turtle Trouble

Authorities found the body of a missing graduate student Monday, days after he failed to emerge from a dive into the Atlantic Ocean after a 300-pound sea turtle. He was supposed to jump onto the turtle, grab onto its shell and bring it to the surface, but something went terribly wrong down there...

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Set Your Tivos . . .

Remember this pic?

Python vs. Gator, Wednesday, August 16, at 8PM on the National Geographic Channel.

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My Left Foot (Update)

Achmat Hassiem, the Cape Town lifeguard whose foot was bitten off by a shark, tells us how he deliberately attracted the shark towards him to save his younger brother...

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Close Your Windows

Thousands of dead fish are washing up on the shore of Lake Erie... and apparently it doesn't smell too good.

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Stay On The Dry Part Of The Mitten

Wells Beach in Maine has been closed following several shark sightings. A dead mako shark, about 3-to-4 feet long, washed ashore Sunday and two other sharks were spotted in the same area.

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It's Monday . . .

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

A 24-year-old lifeguard lost his foot when he was bitten by a shark in False Bay, South Africa on Sunday morning. He was rushed to the hospital in a helicopter where he is in stable condition at the moment (well, minus that foot...)

UPDATE: even more gory details here!

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Sweet Revenge

You can make some pretty mean cookies with this...

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Victim Of The Day

The gory details...

That's Fishy

Some dude pulled a 6 foot octopus from the Ohio River on Monday!

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Man Knocked Out By Giant Sturgeon!

A man was knocked unconscious when a 4-foot sturgeon jumped out of the water and hit him on the Suwannee River!

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Norway Has A Bad Case Of Crabs Too

Giant red king crabs are spreading like wildfire in Russian waters along the Norwegian coast, destroying everything in their wake!

Thanks Michael K

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Remember That Giant Pregnant Hammerhead?

Underwater Times has pictures from the autopsy...

Sharks Hanging Out In New England

There's been a series of small sharks sighting at the beaches of Winthrop, MASS. They say there's nothing to worry about, but where there's baby ones aren't there mommy ones?

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Chesapeake's Got A Bad Case Of Crabs

What looked like a daddy longlegs the size of a dinner plate turned out yo be the first Chinese mitten crab ever to be caught in the Chesapeake region. The species is native to Asia and considered a delicacy in China, but are regarded as pests everywhere else, notorious for invading areas, then multiplying like crazy and raising hell.

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I'll Have The Chicken

Thirty one people are in critical condition after eating a toxic Giant Barracuda last Sunday in the Philippines.

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