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	<title>Swim At Your Own Risk &#187; R.I.P.</title>
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		<title>Giant Shark Washes Ashore In Long Island</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/07/14/giant-shark-washes-ashore-in-long-island/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/07/14/giant-shark-washes-ashore-in-long-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Long Island]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Embedded video from CNN Video A live shark washed ashore on Gilgo Beach in Suffolk County Tuesday morning. The 24-ft basking shark was spotted flailing about by some surfers at about 9 a.m. The surfers dialed 911, and wildlife officials rushed to the aid of shark but they were unable to save the animal. Unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 Sharks Die At Indy Zoo</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/21/15-sharks-die-at-indy-zoo/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/21/15-sharks-die-at-indy-zoo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aquariums]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen bonnethead sharks at the Indianapolis Zoo died early Tuesday after an overdose of chemicals was added to their tank. The sharks were found dead Tuesday. Vets at the zoo said that the sharks died as a result of too much ozone (an oxygen molecule in an electrically charged state that oxidizes, or dissolves, organic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Crashes Victim&#8217;s Funeral?</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/01/07/shark-crashes-victims-funeral/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shark Attacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Guest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A shark was spotted swimming close to Perth&#8217;s southern coast as a memorial service for shark victim, Brian Guest was underway. Fishermen spotted what they believed was a large shark just after 10am while more than 250 people gathered to say their goodbyes to Guest, who was killed by a shark at the beach ten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Takes Final Ride on Water Slide</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/12/18/shark-takes-final-ride-on-water-slide/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/12/18/shark-takes-final-ride-on-water-slide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[shark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to TMZ, one of the sharks at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas somehow jumped from its aquarium onto the water slide and into the public pool! Yesterday morning at around 9:30 AM, prior to the resort&#8217;s waterscape opening to guests, a 12+ year old female reef shark jumped over an 18 inch wide, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Nyac!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/09/24/rip-nyac/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/09/24/rip-nyac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Otters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[holding hands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nyac, the YouTube sea otter has died! Nyac gained worldwide fame when a video of her holding hands with another otter hit YouTube. More than 11 million people have watched the video since it was posted last March. The 20-year-old female otter was Vancouver Aquarium&#8217;s oldest resident, and a survivor of the Exxon Valdez oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Captain George</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/09/15/rip-captain-george/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[diving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Purifoy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina diving pioneer and legend, George Purifoy, 63, died Sunday doing what he loved most. Mr. Purifoy had a heart attack Sunday evening while out on his boat based at his longtime business, the Olympus Dive Shop on the city’s waterfront. He took his first dive in 1961. And nearly 7,000 dives later, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P Frank Mundus</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/09/13/rip-frank-mundus/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/09/13/rip-frank-mundus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frank Mundus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quint]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Mundus, the legendary Montauk shark fisherman who was the inspiration for the character of Captain Quint from the movie JAWS, died in Honolulu on Wednesday, Sept. 6. He was 82. His wife, Jeanette Mundus, 46, told reporters that her husband died in The Queen&#8217;s Medical Center in Honolulu from complications after a heart attack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bertha Goes Belly Up</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/04/02/bertha-goes-belly-up/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/04/02/bertha-goes-belly-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bertha, a sand tiger shark who had lived at the New York Aquarium since the 1960s and was believed to be one of the oldest sharks in any aquarium in the world, died on Saturday. As a last resort, the aquarium had euthanized Bertha. â€œShe had been in declining health over the past month or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Val Plumwood</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/03/03/rip-val-plumwood/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/03/03/rip-val-plumwood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Renowned Australian feminist and environmental activist Val Plumwood, who survived a horrific crocodile attack more than 20 years ago, was been killed by an apparent snake bite. Plumwood was 68 years old. Plumwood, originally known as Val Routley, took her adopted surname from a variety of tree near her wilderness home. Plumwood was attacked by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Ben Chapman</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/02/28/rip-ben-chapman/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/02/28/rip-ben-chapman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the last surviving actors to play the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Ben Chapman, died at age 79 on Thursday, February 21 in Honolulu. His health began to deteriorate February 12. He collapsed and was admitted to the hospital on February 20. His life support was turned off Wednesday around noon and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Mola Mola</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/02/18/rip-mola-mola/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/02/18/rip-mola-mola/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Monterey Bay Aquarium announced Thursday that its largest ocean sunfish was euthanized Thursday morning after a period of failing health. The aquarium made the decision after the fish stopped eating and was increasingly unable to swim in the million-gallon Outer Bay exhibit where it was housed. Mola mola was caught in Monterey Bay in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Roy Scheider</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/02/11/rip-roy-scheider/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/02/11/rip-roy-scheider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[R.I.P.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[JAWS star Roy Scheider died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark. He was 75 and lived in Sag Harbor, N.Y. Scheider had suffered from multiple myeloma for several years, and died of complications from a staph infection. R.I.P. Roy! [source]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Marina</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/12/03/rip-marina/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/12/03/rip-marina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marina, a female beluga whale that had fallen ill at the Georgia Aquarium, died early Saturday morning, aquarium officials said. The whale had stopped eating on Nov. 22 and had become disoriented, injuring her chin. She had been kept under 24-hour watch by aquarium staff and veterinarians. About 16 staff members and volunteers were in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare 53-pound Albino Catfish Dies</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/07/28/rare-53-pound-albino-catfish-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/07/28/rare-53-pound-albino-catfish-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just four days after it was caught, John Youngâ€™s famed albino catfish died. Young caught the catfish on July 7 while fishing off a sandbar on the Missouri River above Boonville. He planned to transfer the rare fish from a tank at Tombstone Tackle to the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, where it would have spent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Norton</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/06/14/rip-norton/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/06/14/rip-norton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norton, one of the original whale sharks on exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium, died yesterday. He was the second whale shark to die at the facility in the past five months. R.I.P Norton! [source]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. 30&#8242; Whale Shark</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/06/11/rip-30-whale-shark/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/06/11/rip-30-whale-shark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R.I.P.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of divers discovered a dead, 30-foot whale shark about a half-mile from the Boca Raton Inlet on Sunday. The 31 divers made the discovery at about 10 a.m., just after diving at the Sea Emperor wreckage. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Tidbit</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/26/rip-tidbit/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/26/rip-tidbit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 15:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[R.I.P.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The shark that bit an aquarium employee during a routine checkup has died. The 10-year-old, 94-pound blacktip reef shark named Tidbit never recovered from sedatives it was given during its checkup and died Thursday night. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Roxie</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/16/rip-roxie/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/16/rip-roxie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 10:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crocs & Gators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R.I.P.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Roxie, a 5-year-old Yorkshire terrier, was taking a sip of water at a Daytona Beach lake when an alligator jumped up and nabbed her. R.I.P. Roxie! [source]]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Yu-chan</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/14/rip-yu-chan/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/14/rip-yu-chan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 11:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[R.I.P.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yu-chan, a popular whale shark at the Osaka Aquarium died late Sunday. The cause of the death of the 18 ft female whale shark is unknown. She was believed to have been 12 to 13 years old and had lived at the aquarium since June 2000. Yu-chan had been transferred to the Marine Biological Research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Week Star Dies Base Jumping</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/12/shark-week-star-dies-base-jumping/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2007/05/12/shark-week-star-dies-base-jumping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 12:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freak Accidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notorious shark feeder and soon to be host of the Discovery Channel&#8217;s Shark Week, Jimmy Hall, is dead after a daredevil stunt took a tragic turn. Hall, 41, was performing the stunt for a camera crew when he slammed into the side of a mountain. Hall, the owner of Hawaii Shark Encounters, was infamous for [...]]]></description>
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