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Great White Shark Takes a Bite Out of Surfer’s Board
An Oregon surfer narrowly avoided a deadly encounter with a great white shark this week. Unfortunately, his surfboard wasn't so lucky.
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Freaky One-Eyed Albino Shark Pup May Be the Real Deal [PHOTO]
When a photo of a dead one-eyed Albino shark pup, allegedly found in the stomach of a pregnant bull shark in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, circled the Internet earlier this year, most in the marine biology community dismissed it as a doctored hoax.
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Sharks Invade Water Hazard in Australian Golf Course [VIDEO]
Last time we checked, golf was supposed to be relaxing. But at a golf course in Australia, the links are now home to the stuff of nightmares: a school of bull sharks.
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Baby Great White Shark Rescued By Brave Surfers [VIDEO]
Typically, surfers will do just about anything to avoid a great white shark. But compassion entered into the picture when a baby great white shark washed up on shore in Venice Beach, Ca. over the weekend.
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Shark Swims Down Puerto Rico Street [PICTURE]
As Hurricane Irene nears the East coast, there's been talk of evacuating below-sea-level areas from Florida all the way to New England. If you've got a fear of flooding, it'll only be bolstered by this horrifying photo out of water-logged Puerto Rico. In the shot taken from a car, a shark can be clearly seen swimming down the highway, like something out of a terrible Samuel L. Jackson movie.
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Shark Week Got You Scared? Learn the Truth About Shark Attacks
Sharks get a bad rap and if you've ever been attacked by one, you'd probably say they deserve it. But here's the rub: If you haven't been attacked by a shark, chances are you never will.
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Shark Week Kicks Off With Andy Samberg as ‘Chief Shark Officer’ [VIDEO]
Today commences Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, and this year, comedian Andy Samberg has been appointed "Chief Shark Officer," putting the SNL funnyman in deep sea peril.
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Watch This Man’s Extreme Joyride on a Moving Shark [VIDEO]
In a stunt that brings new meaning to the phrase "jump the shark," a Cape Cod man actually jumped on top of a shark, riding atop it for 15 feet through the ocean. Naturally, he got footage of the whole thing.
"I've been waiting for an opportunity like this my whole life," said fisherman Erik Jacobs, who spotted a basking shark swimming around his boat, and then pounced.
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Fearless Dog Bites Shark [VIDEO]
One pooch recently proved he's alpha dog material by driving away a shark in the waters near One Arm Point, a remote community in western Australia. Good boy!
In a YouTube video featured on 'Today,' the dog can be seen paddling contentedly through the ocean while two sharks lurk beneath the surf. It's difficult to gauge the size of the fish, but they certainly appear to be large. The dog showed no fear, however, and dove beneath the waves to deliver a bite to one of them.
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Awkward! Shark Expert Accidentally Catches Duck (Not Shark) During Disastrous Live News Segment [VIDEO]
During a segment on Australia's 'Today' show, shark expert Paul Bart was brought in to discuss alleged shark sightings in a popular swimming lake down under. After he refutes the fish tales, the show's hosts gave Bart a chance to catch the rumored sea beast with a fishing rod, expecting him to come back empty-handed.
Bart casts off and promptly hooks a duck, who had come down to the lake for a quick snack. "I'd go to another shot," Bart recommends, as he continues to reel in the water fowl. Co-host Lisa Wilkinson calls it "awkward," and, boy, is she right. See the clip below: