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Surfer injured in suspected shark attack off Bali, Indonesia


Coconuts Bali
Mon, 09 Jan 2017 19:12 UTC
Shark attacks
An Australian man has reportedly been injured in a suspected shark attack while he was surfing at Balian Beach, Bali.

Local newspaper Tribun Bali is reporting that Daniel Qeran, 48, was out surfing when he was allegedly attacked by a shark at 7:30 am on Monday morning.

Qeran has reportedly suffered wounds on his right big toe from the suspected shark attack.

"It's alleged that the victim is suffering from a shark bite. The victim has been taken to BIMC Hospital in Badung," Tabanan Police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Putu Oka Suyasa told Tribun Bali.
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Bullshark attack on spearfisherman filmed on the Great Barrier Reef

Chris Pleasance
Daily Mail
Sun, 08 Jan 2017 19:03 UTC
This is the moment diver Kerry Daniel, 35, was almost eaten by a bull shark after the predator charged at him while in the water off the coast of North Queensland
This is the moment diver Kerry Daniel, 35, was almost eaten by a bull shark after the predator charged at him while in the water off the coast of North Queensland
They are known as one of the most dangerous sharks in the world - as footage of this terrifying bull shark attack seems to prove.

Diver Kerry Daniel, 35, was spearfishing off the coast of north Queensland near the Great Barrier Reef when he recorded the moment the predator charged at him.

Fortunately he was able to jam his spear gun into the shark's mouth, leaving the creature writhing around in pain while he escaped uninjured.

But as the video shows, a moment more of hesitation and the roles could have easily been reversed.


Daniel, who runs spearfishing channel Liquid Vision, told Daily Mail Australia that he was on a trip with friends when the incident took place.

He said: 'We've done this trip once a year for the past six years.
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Swimmer receives 10 stitches after being bitten by a shark at Merimbula Main Beach, Australia

Alasdair McDonald
Illawarra Mercury
Fri, 06 Jan 2017 14:13 UTC
Shark attacks
A 20-year-old Victorian man has received 10 stitches after being bitten on the foot by a shark while standing in waist deep water at Merimbula Main Beach.

Mitchell Collins was swimming just 10 to 15 metres from shore during low tide around 6pm on Tuesday when he felt a bite to his foot.

"I had my feet on the ground, I went to step and as I did it bit my foot," he said.

"I knew it was a bite straight away and it knocked me down.

"It felt really sharp but it wasn't that painful and I was in shock I think.

"I didn't see it but I got a good feel of it."
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Man attacked by shark in Satellite Beach, Florida


Tracking Sharks
Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:06 UTC
Shark attacks
On January 5, a man was bitten by a shark in Satellite Beach, Florida.

The 47-year-old was surfing in waters off Patrick Air Force Base Blockhouse Beach around 12:30 p.m. when he was bitten on the foot.

Johannes Friess who was visiting from Munich, Germany, heard his girlfriend yell to him that the unidentified man needed help. Friess paddled out to the man and assisted him back to shore.

Once they were back on the beach, Friess assessed the wound and noted several holes in the bottom of the man's foot. Friess also saw the man had one deep hole that looked to be around a half-inch (1.27cm) deep and around 3 inches (7.62cm) long.
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Major Jammu-Srinagar highway in India shut for fourth consecutive day due to heavy snowfall


news18.com
Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:05 UTC
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to heavy snowfall.
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to heavy snowfall.
In Kashmir Valley, snowfall continued for the fourth consecutive day and Met office predicted more wet weather over the next few days.

Most of the flights were cancelled at Srinagar International Airport due to poor visibility. The snowfall also hit operations on the runway, an airport official said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmir valley receives snowfall pic.twitter.com/XAcTJgyBPA

— ANI (@ANI_news) January 6, 2017
The depth of snow in Gulmarg, a star attraction for tourists during the winter, was two feet. The health resort of Pahalgam, which serves as a base camp for the Amarnath Yatra, received 3.5 cm of snow and was chilling at minus 1.6C.


A shepherd at a snow-clad field during light snowfall on the outskirts of Srinagar on 5th January, 2016.
© PTIA shepherd at a snow-clad field during light snowfall on the outskirts of Srinagar on 5th January, 2016.
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Rare waxwing birds from abroad that signal harsh winter seen across Gloucestershire, UK as temperatures plummet

Janet Hughes
Gloucestershire Live
Thu, 05 Jan 2017 19:39 UTC
Waxwing
Waxwing
Delighted twitchers came out in force after groups of rare birds said to be a sign of a harsh winter descended on the county in search of berries this week.

Groups of waxwings have been spotted across the county in recent days.

Crowds or birdspotters have been gathering around sites where the feathered winter visitors have arrived from colder climes looking for food.

At the minute many are gathered at Lidl in Cinderford where around 16 Waxwings have been spotted feeding from the winter berries.

Two waxwings have been spotted feeding on berries outside the police station in Cirencester and a pair have been seen at the The Boars Head car park in Berkeley.

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Dolphin found dead on Isle of Palms, South Carolina

Sandra Ecklund
abcnews4.com
Tue, 03 Jan 2017 13:00 UTC
Dead dolphin
© Mary PringleDead dolphin on Isle of Palms
A young dolphin was found dead on the sands of IOP Tuesday near 21st Avenue.

According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials, a male bottle nose dolphin was found with mono-filament line wrapped around his lower jaw and had embedded into the bone.

Local author Mary Alice Monroe posted a photo of the find on her Facebook page, dedicated to conservation of marine wildlife.

After a necropsy, officials said the near six foot long dolphin died of septicemia from the wound.
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Fishing guide photographs dead sperm whale in Louisiana lake

Todd Masson
The Times-Picayune
Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:17 UTC
Capt. Travis Lovell took pictures of a rotting whale carcass he ran across last week in southern Terrebonne Parish
© Capt. Travis LovellCapt. Travis Lovell took pictures of a rotting whale carcass he ran across last week in southern Terrebonne Parish
If Capt. Ahab really wanted to find the great white whale, maybe he should have spent some time along the Louisiana coast. For the second time in two months, a deceased sperm whale has washed up onto shore in the Bayou State.

In the latest encounter, Capt. Travis Lovell took pictures of a rotting whale carcass Dec. 28 in Terrebonne Parish's Sister Lake. Lovell said the whale had already been discovered by others, but when he got home, he posted the pictures to social media and they went viral.

"I had one client with me that day -- a guy from Minnesota -- and we were pretty much done," Lovell recounted. "Another guide that I network with passed by, and said, 'Man, the craziest thing happened earlier: I could swear I saw a whale this morning.' I said, 'No way. On a scale from 1-10, how sure are you it was a whale?' He said, '9.5.'"

The client and Lovell both wanted to verify the sighting, so they went where the other captain told them, and sure enough, there was a 23 1/2-foot sperm whale tied up to a bulkhead. The stench was borderline unbearable, so Lovell got upwind to snap a few photos with his phone.
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Eastern brown snake found consuming python in Ipswich, Australia

Daniel Uria
UPI
Tue, 03 Jan 2017 16:09 UTC
Snakes
© N&S Snake Catcher
Snake catchers in Australia responded to an unusual call, arriving on the scene to find one deadly snake eating another.

N&S Snake Catcher shared video of a deadly eastern brown snake devouring a carpet python inside a home in Queensland on Monday.

"We will be here for a little while," the snake catchers wrote alongside a photo of the strange scene.

Eastern brown snakes are known to eat other snakes, including other eastern browns, alongside their typical diet of mice, frogs and lizards, but Sally Hill. co-owner with her husband of N&S Snake Catcher, told ABC News this scene was unlike anything they'd ever seen.

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Rare whale found dead at Island Beach State Park, New Jersey

Carly Baldwin
Middletown Patch
Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:45 UTC
A Blainville beaked whale
© NOAAA Blainville beaked whale
There have been two incidents of dead marine mammals washing ashore along the New Jersey Coast over the past week, Bob Schoelkopf of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine told Patch Tuesday. The first was a whale that washed ashore at Island Beach State Park before the New Year's weekend, and the second was a dead dolphin that washed ashore at Sandy Hook on Friday. The dolphin had a large shark bite in her, but it was healed and appeared to be from one to two years ago, he said.

On Friday, Dec. 30 a dead female dolphin washed up on the bay side of Sandy Hook. It was first spotted by some birders in the area. Marine Mammal Stranding Center volunteers picked the dolphin up Saturday, and she was taken to a state lab for testing. At first the dolphin appeared to be pregnant, but an exam revealed she was not, Schoelkopf said.
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