#shark encounter

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First shark sighting of the season off the coast of Harpswell

The Maine Department of Maine Resources reported 29 individual sharks detected off the mid and southern coast of Maine last year.

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3,000-year-old shark attack victim is oldest ever discovered

Researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest direct evidence of a shark attack on a human, with the sea creature inflicting som

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Chantelle Doyle, 35, was surfing off Shelly Beach at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, when the attack took place.

Her husband punched the shark until it released its grip and then helped Ms Doyle to the shore.

She was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries to her right leg.

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Beyond magic! Please #helpsavesharks !!!! Incredible swimming with “Deep Blue” one of the largest great white s for hour! Just using our @oneoceandiving boat as a scratching post, so mellow and beautiful.

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The man bitten by a shark off Cape Cod this month said on Tuesday he escaped by punching the powerful predator in the gills after it clamped down on his leg.

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Gene Mace captured the moment a kayaker was attacked by a great white shark in Monterey Bay, California, on March 18.

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Video shows great white shark attacking kayak in Monterey Bay

Brian Correiar, a certified diver for more than 18 years, was attacked in March by a great white shark in his 14-foot, single-person ocean kayak in Monterey Bay.

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Watch This Heroic Man Dive Into the Ocean to Rescue a Shark Tangled in Fishing Line

A man on the beach who was fishing (ironically) with his friends noticed something unusual. Close to the shore was a blacktip shark struggling vehemently to get out of something tangled around its body – turns out, the animals was trapped in fishing line.