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A ranger photographed the juvenile dingo eating the fish on the beach.

Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days

The attack was the second such incident of the Australia Day long weekend, and follows the biting of a young child last week.

  • Suzanne Simonot

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The fangs of a funnel web.

A new species of Sydney funnel-web has been discovered – and it’s a monster

The world’s most dangerous spider just got deadlier. And they’re on the move, with a baby already bitten this season.

  • Angus Dalton
Local government rangers called the RSPCA after they found the cat dead in an esky.

Floreat man charged after neighbour’s cat dies in esky

The man had trapped the cat and then called City of Nedlands rangers to notify them, but when they arrived, the animal was dead.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Nine Queensland identified the victim of a shark attack off the central coast as 40-year-old Luke Walford.

Man dies after shark attack off Queensland coast

The 40-year-old youth pastor and school chaplain was fishing with family on an island off Rockhampton when he was bitten on Saturday afternoon. 

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Medical crews left the bandage applied by on-scene bystanders to the 57-year-old woman’s shark attack wounds, although she was expected to have received stitches in hospital.

‘Hats off to the first-aiders’: Woman endures marathon rescue after shark attack off Qld coast

The 57-year-old was snorkelling 200km out from Mackay when she was bitten on the calf. Thankfully, those around her knew what to do.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Dreamworld’s tigers at the theme park’s Tiger Island.

‘Experienced’ Dreamworld handler attacked while walking tiger

A Dreamworld employee mauled on Monday morning while walking a tiger has been described as one of the theme park’s more experienced handlers.

  • Cameron Atfield
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A four-year-old girl has been airlifted to Hervey Bay hospital after being bitten by a dingo on K’Gari this morning.

Four-year-old girl flown to hospital following dingo attack on K’gari

The girl was with a fishing group when she was grabbed around the chest area, causing lacerations, bruising and a puncture wound.

  • Courtney Kruk
Pacific white-sided dolphins jump around a sightseeing boat in Japan’s Mutsu Bay.

Dolphin attacks spoil summer along stretch of Japanese beaches

One man told local media that he was swimming close to the shore when a dolphin bit his arm and tried to force itself on top of him, almost pushing him underwater.

  • Hisako Ueno and Yan Zhuang

There are too many crocs in Australia. Time to unleash the hunters

Other countries successfully manage safari-style hunting of dangerous animals such as crocodiles. Why not Australia?

  • Brad Emery
A crocodile on the banks of the Daintree River.

When crocodiles attack: Why people become prey

Crocodiles were almost wiped out but have rebounded since protections were introduced in the 1970s. How common are crocodile attacks and how many people are killed?

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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