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		<title>It&#8217;s Summer In New Zealand&#8230; and You Know What That Means</title>
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According to the New Zealand Herald, a close encounter with a big shark added a little excitement to this summer&#8217;s first beach weekend when bathers were sent scurrying from the surf three times at Papamoa Beach yesterday.
The 8 ft thresher shark swam so close to shore it was clearly visible as it sliced through the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/12/01/its-summer-in-new-zealand-and-you-know-what-that-means/</link>
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		<title>Sharks Shouldn&#8217;t Mess With Robots</title>
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All I can really make out from this story is that a (mako?) shark got into it with some sort of underwater vehicle in Portugal. 
Didn&#8217;t really work out for the shark, huh?

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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/29/sharks-shouldnt-mess-with-robots/</link>
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		<title>Sand Tigers Move Into Georgia Aquarium</title>
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Georgia Aquarium has some new residents&#8230; sand tiger sharks have just moved in.
The sharks were introduced into the 6.3 million gallon habitat alongside the whale sharks, manta ray and many other species. The new sharks range from five to more than eight feet in length and weigh between 56 and 237 pounds.
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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/28/sand-tigers-move-into-georgia-aquarium/</link>
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		<title>Big Shark Washes Up on S.C. Beach</title>
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A 13 ft great white shark washed up on on a South Carolina beach last week. A visitor spotted the dead shark about a mile from the lighthouse on Morris Island. Nobody knows what killed the female shark, but she seemed to be in perfect condition when they found her. 
Biologists took tissue samples (along [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/27/big-shark-washes-up-on-sc-beach/</link>
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		<title>Shark Alert in Cape Town!</title>
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One of Cape Town&#8217;s most popular beaches, Muizenberg Beach, was closed after a dead whale was found floating in waist-deep water.
But it wasn&#8217;t the whale that was the problem. It was all the sharks that were feeding on it. 
The 32 ft juvenile Humpback whale carcass was found at Surfer&#8217;s Corner in Muizenberg and appeared [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/26/shark-alert-in-cape-town/</link>
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		<title>Alien-like Squid Caught on Film!</title>
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This crazy looking creature was caught on film a mile and a half below the surface by a remote control submersible&#8217;s camera. Behold, the Magnapinna squid!
In the video recently obtained by National Geographic News, one of these rarely seen squid flaps its wings in the Gulf of Mexico back in November, 2007. 
  
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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/24/alien-like-squid-caught-on-film/</link>
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		<title>Mass Whale Stranding in Tasmania</title>
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A pod of 65 long-finned pilot whales beached themselves on Tasmania&#8217;s far north-west coast over the weekend. Rescuers were able to return 11 of the survivors back to the sea. 
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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/24/mass-whale-stranding-in-tasmania/</link>
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		<title>More Seals = More Sharks in Tasman Bay</title>
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Swimmers better think twice before taking a dip in Tasman Bay. The increased seal population is attracting more sharks, including great whites, to the popular New Zealand spot.
Apparently, seals are like &#8220;ice cream&#8221; to great whites&#8230; and who doesn&#8217;t like ice cream?
[source]
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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/22/more-seals-more-sharks-in-tasman-bay/</link>
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		<title>Flesh-Eating Fish Cure for Psoriasis?</title>
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According to BBC news, a woman with psoriasis has managed to get rid of the skin condition by sitting in a pool of flesh-eating fish.
Samantha Grayston, 38, spent six hours a day sitting in the pool at a spa in Turkey. The fish went to work, chewing away the excess cells which are caused by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/22/flesh-eating-fish-cure-for-psoriasis/</link>
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		<title>Huge Basking Shark Caught in Peru</title>
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Looks like a 5 ton, 26 ft basking shark was caught in the Sechura Bay in Peru, about 45 miles off the coast. Apparently, not the basking shark&#8217;s usual stomping grounds.
[source + video]
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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/21/huge-basking-shark-caught-in-peru/</link>
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		<title>No More Chumming at the Farallons</title>
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According to the LA Times, chumming will no longer be permitted around the Farallon Islands off San Francisco.
Under the new rules, it&#8217;s also now illegal to attract seabirds by tossing food in the water, and tour boats will have to remain 55 yards away while white sharks are feeding on seas.
And no more seal-shaped decoys [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/21/no-more-chumming-at-the-farallons/</link>
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		<title>Lego Jaws!</title>
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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/20/lego-shark-attack/</link>
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		<title>Road Warrior</title>
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Show off your shark pride with a shiny new shark tooth license plate frame. If I only had a car&#8230;
Go get one.
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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/20/road-warrior/</link>
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		<title>Girl Attacked By Eel In Aussie Swimming Hole!</title>
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A giant eel took a chomp out of a girl in Australia on Sunday. 
Apparently, the eel has attacked several swimmers at the Gold Coast swimming hole, but park rangers say there&#8217;s nothing they can do to prevent the attacks. Rangers have even placed a warning sign on the trail leading to the pool.
But Colombian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/18/eel-takes-a-bite-out-of-girl-in-aussie-swimming-hole/</link>
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		<title>Yep, That&#8217;s Shark Poo&#8230;</title>
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Shark poo has been caught on camera for what is thought to be the first time. A crew managed to record the whale shark (the world&#8217;s biggest fish) doing it&#8217;s business, and then scooped some up for research. 
Biologist Mark Meekan calls the stuff &#8220;scientific gold&#8221; saying, &#8220;one way to work out what is going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/18/yep-thats-shark-poo/</link>
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		<title>Shark Eats Goat!</title>
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A group of people diving off the Hawaii last week spotted a tiger shark chowing down on a goat.
Joyce Blutt snapped some pics of the shark on goat action which was going down  about half a mile off Kawaiahae last Monday. She says the shark had eaten half of the goat by the time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/17/shark-eats-goat/</link>
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		<title>And Speaking of Makos&#8230;</title>
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Landshark&#8217;s Pizza in Destin, FL is putting mako shark pizza on the menu. The pizza has mako shark bits that are fried up and put on a pie with alfredo sauce, onions and mushrooms. 
There&#8217;s something you can sink you teeth into.
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		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/15/and-speaking-of-makos/</link>
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		<title>Half-Ton Mako Gets Scientists Riled Up</title>
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A nearly half-ton mako shark that died in the Mapua estuary in New Zealand on Friday could help unravel the mystery of how the beasts breed.
The 12&#8242; mako shark was found in the Mapua estuary by Denis Crawford (sunglasses) and hauled out by locals. Richard de Hamel from Touch the Sea Aquarium (white hat) coordinated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/15/half-ton-mako-gets-scientists-riled-up/</link>
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		<title>Shark Chows Down on Turtle</title>
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The turtle didn&#8217;t stand a chance. Some pictures of a shark making a meal out of a turtle were snapped on Monday less than a mile off shore in Maunalua Bay just outside the surf spot called Turtles.
The shark was obviously concentrating on the turtle, but the people in the boat were warned to keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/14/shark-chows-down-on-turtle/</link>
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		<title>Ok, This is Getting Weird&#8230;</title>
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Another human foot has washed up on British Columbia&#8217;s south coast. This brings the total to seven, since August 2007.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed that human remains were inside a New Balance running shoe spotted Tuesday afternoon.
One right-foot New Balance running shoe — the only one belonging to a woman — has been found since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2008/11/14/ok-this-is-getting-weird/</link>
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