Sydney Grandma Describes Shark Attack

Another Shark Attack in Australia!

An Australian woman suffered massive blood loss and was airlifted to hospital Saturday after being savaged by a shark off an island on the Great Barrier Reef.

The 60-year-old was dragged underwater by the shark near Dent Island on the popular Whitsundays around lunchtime.

The woman lost several litres of blood from deep leg wounds and severe lacerations to her buttocks.

She was taken by dive boat to nearby Hamilton Island for an emergency blood transfusion before being airlifted to the Australian mainland for treatment.

This is the second shark attack in Australia in a week… a man was bitten while surfing with his young son by a wobbegong shark on Thursday. He was left with a tooth fragment in a leg.

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Turns Out Aussie Attacker Was Not A Great White…

A scientist has ruled out claims a Sydney surfer was attacked by a great white shark this morning, pinpointing the attacker as the usually docile, bottom-dwelling wobbegong.

Paul Welsh, 46, was attacked while teaching his 10-year-old son to surf yesterday at the Mona Vale Basin on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Mr Welsh said he had to cling to a rock to fight off the animal, which had latched onto his leg.

“I didn’t see it [but] my son said he saw it before, which he obviously didn’t tell me and he waited for dad to get bitten.

“Rather me than him, because it probably would have taken his leg off.”

The victim was released from hospital around midday after doctors found a tooth fragment in his leg.

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Uh-Oh, Shark Attack in Australia Today

A man was rushed to the hospital after being attacked by a great white shark in Australia today.

The man, Paul Welsh, was surfing with his 10-year-old son this morning, close to shore, when the 6 ft shark attacked him in shallow water.

Welsh was left with some deep lacerations to his legs and he has at least one shark’s tooth still in his leg.

Witnesses said Welsh grabbed on to the rocks to try and pull himself to shore and the great white tried to drag him back into the water.

Welsh managed to break free and scramble to shore. His wife drove him to Mona Vale Hospital for treatment.

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Surfer Fights Off Shark With Bare Hands!

A Queensland surfer fought off a shark with his fists at Archie’s Beach in Australia.

A woman who witnessed the attack, which happened late Wednesday, says the water around the surfer began to bubble before he started punching the sea.

The man, who had been surfing with his son, returned to the beach unharmed and told lifeguards his board had been hit by a “large grey shape”.

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Croc Tries To Steal Fisherman’s Shark!

A hungry croc tried to nab a fisherman’s catch on a beach n Australia. The fisherman was not havin’ it.

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Uh, That’s Not Seaweed… Shark Chomps Man’s Hand At Australia Beach

A man escaped with hand injuries after reportedly being attacked by a shark while surfing off 13th beach in Australia.

The man was surfing about 150 to 300ft offshore at 7.30am on Friday when he was approached by a 5 ft blue shark.

Apparently, he felt something next to his leg, thought it was seaweed and tried to brush it off…then he realised it wasn’t seaweed. He tried to punch it to get it away from where he was but as he went to punch it, his right hand went into its mouth.

After a brief struggle, the shark let gp and the man swam to shore where he was taken to the hospital with bite marks on his right hand.

He spent much of Friday morning with plastic surgeons tending to his wounds.

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Mating Hammerheads Caught On Film

A large school of hammerhead sharks has been spotted carrying out a rarely seen mating ritual about half a mile off Perth’s northern beaches.

The 17 sharks, some up to 12 ft long, were filmed from a Channel Nine helicopter Monday morning.

Shark expert Hugh Edwards said the ritual had only been filmed twice before, once off Mexico and once near the Rowley Shoals off WA’s North-West coast.

Watch the video!

Reef Shark Bites 9 Year Old Girl!

A 9-year-old girl was bitten by a white tip reef shark while snorkelling on a reef off Thursday Island in far north Queensland, Australia yesterday.

Reenie Morrissey was snorkelling with friends in about 9 ft of water when the 3 ft shark bit her twice on the knee. Yeouch. The shark had two chomps at her. Luckily it bit her knee otherwise it would have hung on a bit longer.

Reenie went pale and into a bit of shock, but later she was laughing about it. Now she’s got a good holiday story to tell her school buddies.

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Shark Sighting Roundup

• In Mt Maunganui, New Zealand a young boy was pulled out of the water by his parents after a shark was spotted cruising just a few feet away from him at Bay of Plenty beach. [read more]

• Six sharks were spotted swimming off the West Australian coast, prompting beach closings. A 9 ft shark was spotted near some children during their swimming lessons on Wednesday. Meanwhile, beaches were closed after five more sharks were sighted off the Perth coast. [read more]

• And back in New Zealand lifeguards at East London’s Nahoon Beach had to hoist the shark warning flag yesterday after a surfer claimed he was knocked off his surfboard by a shark. [read more]