Swim At Your Own Risk: March 2006

Friday, March 31, 2006

Forget Sharks! Cods Are The Ones To Be Scared Of!


A cod swalled an entire 3 ft shark at an aquarium in China on Wednesday! The shark had arrived at the aquarium just two days earlier. I guess that cod needs his space.

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Victim Of The Day


Ouch... jellyfish!

Always Use Protection . . .


The SharkShield, an electronic shark deterrent device made by SeaChange is making it's official debut in America this year. I'll take a case!

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Thursday, March 30, 2006

I Guess The Punishment Fits The Crime


An amateur angler in Sierra Leone caught a 9 ft, 660 lb shark on Tuesday that local fishermen say killed four of their colleagues. They towed the shark back to the harbour and gave it to local people to eat.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Say Hello To Shark Boy!


Wrestler, Shark Boy is 59 in fish years. His favorite moves are the "Knee Lift" and the "Shark Bite" (on the ass).

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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Just A Nibble . . .

Monday, March 27, 2006

Knock Knock . . . Who's There?


When Lori Pachelli heard someone knocking at the door of her home in a gated community in Southwest Florida, she looked out and saw an 8-foot alligator at her doorstep!

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Killer Snails?


As if there's not enough to worry about... Cone shells may look like a seaside souvenir but if you get stung by one of them, there will be enough venom in your system to kill up to 15 people!

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Sunday, March 26, 2006

More Destructive Than A Great White. Guaranteed.


If I ever need to destroy any documents I'm definitely using MustDestroy.com!

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Surfer Attacked In Hawaii!


A Woman was attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawaii at a place called "Leftovers" on Thursday. Why would you surf at a place named after a meal??

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Friday, March 24, 2006

Shark-Bitten Body Washes Up On Shore!


A 17-year-old boy's shark-bitten body washed up on a beach in South Africa on Thursday, a day after he went missing while swimming in the sea with classmates.

Thanks to Liz for the pic!

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Victim Of The Day

Thursday, March 23, 2006

The Daddy Of All Crocodiles Is Dead


Bernard Lacoste, the French clothing manufacturer who put crocodiles on the chests of people around the world, died Tuesday in a Paris hospital of a lengthy, undisclosed illness. He was 74.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Croc Kills Doc


Richard Root, an American doctor working in Botswana was killed by a crocodile that pulled him from his canoe! The croc jumped from the water, grabbed Root, and pulled him under. He was not seen again.

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That's A Fat Fish!


Mac Weakley of Carlsbad, CA caught the world's largest largemouth bass Monday at Dixon Lake in Escondido. The fish weighed 25 lbs, 1 ounce making it a world record. I wonder what else is in that lake...

Thanks Michael K!

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Meet Your Newest Swim Partner


Dee, a ragged tooth shark who spent eleven years at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa was released into the ocean last week as part of their "Save our Seas" program. So watch out for her next time you go swimming...

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Ah, Springtime!


Sprigtime in southern Florida means alligator mating season... which means gators start showing up all over the place... backyards... parking lots, you name it. One seven-foot gator made his spring debut in the Fresca Farms parking lot in Miami on Saturday. At one point, they had to grab its tail and pull it out from under a car. And this is just the beginning... mating season lasts for 12 more weeks!

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Monday, March 20, 2006

4 Million Dollar Shark


Samsung just bought “The Wrath of God” - a shark suspended in formaldehyde by artist Damien Hierst, for a cool 4 million.

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Surfer Attacked In Fiji!


A Fiji surfer was trying to paddle out for a wave on Saturday when a shark came up below his board and bit his right arm! His fellow surfers came to the rescue and helped him back to shore. Apparently, the shark kept cicling the area. He wanted seconds!

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Sunday, March 19, 2006

Shark-Free Waters!


The lowest point on earth is also the safest! The Dead Sea has no yucky algae, no jellyfish, and no sharks. Because of the high salt content, nothing can live here besides tiny microorganisms. And I hear they even have a happy hour! Just don't open your eyes underwater.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006

Watch Your Back If You're Going To Mexico


A lot of really big sharks have been turning up in fishing nets in the Mexican beach town of El Golfo over the past couple of weeks. Apparently, this is out of the ordinary. Local fisherman say they don't usually see this many sharks in an entire year... and these are big ones... one was 14 ft! The area's tourism director is calling this an "isolated incident." Yeah, right. Probably because he's expecting tens of thousands tourists during Easter weekend... I'm sure the sharks can't wait!

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Friday, March 17, 2006

Victim Of The Day

Happy St. Patty's Day!


This must be the green moray eel's favorite holiday.

Must Love Jaws




Thanks Brian & Dlisted!

Thursday, March 16, 2006

World's Safest Beach? Not With This Guy Hanging Around


Carpinteria, CA (supposedly home to "the world's safest beach") is warning residents about a great white shark lurking offshore. Apparently, people watched as the shark attacked and killed two seals in the area in separate attacks last week.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Breed More Sharks For The Ocean? Huh?


Scientists have proposed to boost the population of grey nurse sharks by breeding more of them! Apparently, a lot of the sharks were killed in the 60's and 70's because they were considered vicious killers. But now the grey nurse shark is referred to as the "Labrador of the sea" and is protected worldwide. Didn't they try to breed sharks in that movie Deep Blue Sea? Hmmm...

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Close Call


A teenage surfer had a brush with a shark at Sydney's Bondi Beach today. Fifteen-year-old Blake was on his surfboard about 150 feet out when a shark came up and nudged him! As soon as he saw it's fin he high-tailed it to shore. A witness said he looked like the Road Runner leaving the water.

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Fish Food . . .

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Teeka Tan To The Rescue!


Teeka Tan will soon be selling a line of SAFE SEA Suncare Products, the world's only Sunblock with "Jellyfish Sting Protective Lotion" that inhibits the stinging of most Jellyfish, Man-o-war, Sea Lice, Sea Nettle and Fire Corals. Hooray! Now if only they could make it work on sharks...

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Shark Victim Says "Hell No" To Protecting Sharks


A man who lost his right arm after being attacked by a great white shark in 1996 wants to stop laws from passing taht will protect the sharks in New Zealand. He believes the protection of the sharks in other places, like Australia, South Africa and the US, has made beaches less safe. Hey, if a shark bit off one of my limbs, I'd feel the same way...

Thanks Brian!

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Monday, March 13, 2006

Ants In Our, Uh . . . Swimsuits?


Australian scientists have discovered what they think is the only species of ant that can live under water. Great... now we have to worry about ants too.

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Sunday, March 12, 2006

Run For Your Lives!


Hundreds of swimmers fled from the surf when a shark alarm sounded at Coogee Beach in Sydney today. About 20 swimmers went back into the water after the scare, but only up to their knees. I wouldn't even get my toes wet!

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Saturday, March 11, 2006

R. I. P. Luna


Luna, a juvenile killer whale from Washington state waters died yesterday when he was accidentally struck by a tugboat propeller. Luna was known to enjoy playing in boat wakes and was swimming under a tugboat when he got hit by a propeller.

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Friday, March 10, 2006

Victim Of The Day


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Thanks Angie!

Thursday, March 09, 2006

What's Blonde, Hairy And Lives In The Ocean?


Meet Kiwaida, the new crustacean divers discovered in the South Pacific! It looks like a lobster but it's covered with white, silky, blonde hair! It's about the size of a salad plate and it's also blind, which is a shame 'cuz it'll never know how hot it looks...

Thanks Liz!

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Her Name Was Rio . . .


The Minnesota Zoo has lost another dolphin. "Rio," the zoo's oldest female dolphin, died Monday night. Rio was 35. R.I.P. Rio!

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More Butter, Please!


A giant freshwater lobster measuring almost 3 ft in length was found in north-west Tasmania. I'd hate to step on that!

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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Nessie's An Elephant?


Check it out... palaeontologist, Neil Clark thinks the Loch Ness monster was really just an elephant taking a swim.

Thanks Jay!

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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Eddie Izzard Does Sharks!


Go here then click on SHARKY.

thanks Brian!

Some People Just Won't Listen . . .


So this guy nearly became fish food when he didn't listen to the shark alarms yesterday. I guess he thought it was a train or something (even though it went off four times and everyone else left the water). Lucky for him, a group of fishermen saved the day when they came by in their boat and plucked him from the water in the nick of time!

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Monday, March 06, 2006

Sharks For Sale!


You really can get anything on the internet... sharksondemand.com will sell you your very own shark!

Their disclaimer: Please keep in mind that all sharks are predators and the safety and well being of the customer and other tankmates cannot be guaranteed.

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Traffic Sucks . . .


A Japanese ferry crashed into a whale leaving 11 passengers with injuries! The injured passengers, suffering from light traumas and grazes, have been transported to a local hospital by another ship. The condition of the whale, however, is still unknown.

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You're Beautiful

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Great, Just What We Need . . . More Sharks


A Mexican marine biologist has discovered a new shark species in the murky depths of Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Terrific.

Thanks Jay!

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Fish Food . . .

Friday, March 03, 2006

Victim Of The Day

Only At An Office Party . . .


A Russian man was attacked by his pet alligator after he tried to show off in front of his friends at a boozy office party. The guy usually kept his pet gator Musya in a cage in his office (huh?) and only fed it by placing food through the bars. But after drinking with co-workers, he decided to show them how much his pet loved him and opened the cage to feed it by hand... Well... Musya showed his love by clamping its jaws right down on his hand. Coworkers had to hit the gator with chairs to get it to let go of the moron owner.

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Keep Away From My Filet-O-Fish!


Click to play. I sucked.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Another Croc Movie . . .


Dominic Purcell (Blade, Prison Break) is set to star in "Primeval," yet another killer-croc thriller. Orlando Jones (yes, of 7-Up fame) has also signed on. The high-stakes adventure follows a news producer, reporter and cameraman who are dispatched to South Africa to track down and bring home alive a legendary 25-foot crocodile known as Gustave. Can't wait...

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Happy Birthday Sam!


I don't know who you are, but can I come to your party?

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Not For A Million Dollars . . .


17-year-old Craig Hutto, who lost most of his right leg to a shark while fishing in Florida last summer, is training for an upcoming triathlon in San Diego (which includes a 1.2-mile swim in the Pacific Ocean!) This will be the first time Craig will be back in the ocean since the attack. Um, are you sure you wanna do this, Craig?

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Shark Spies!


The Pentagon is hoping to turn sharks into "stealth spies" by implanting tiny electrodes in their brain! Apparently, they'll be able to use remote controls to make them do stuff like follow enemy ships without being spotted. I predict some pretty good pranks at the testing site.

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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Fisherman Missing!


An extensive air and sea search yesterday failed to find any trace of a 53-year-old man after who fell from a boat while fishing for squid... I wonder if the squid ate him...

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