Sharks
A leg or a useless paperweight: When can a severed limb be reattached?
When a surfer’s leg washed up on a NSW beach after he was mauled by a three-metre shark, the speculation began. Would surgeons reattach it?
- by Kate Aubusson
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‘Not doing what they should’: Shark nets a threat to critically endangered species
The state government has installed nets to deter sharks at Sydney beaches since 1937 and will do so again next month. But there is growing doubt about their effectiveness.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Spot something missing’: shark victim’s lost leg joke
A young surfer whose leg was severed as he fought off a three-metre shark has joked about the loss of his limb less than a week after the devastating attack.
‘Toughest person we know’: Surfer’s leg washes up on beach after shark attack
Kai McKenzie is in a stable condition after marathon surgery following the encounter at Port Macquarie.
- by Angus Thomson
Sharks test positive to high levels of cocaine off the coast of Brazil
Marine biologists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks from coastal waters near Rio de Janeiro and found high levels of cocaine in their systems.
- by Nick Squires
Dog leash used to save the life of ‘courageous’ surfer bitten by a shark
An off-duty police officer has been credited with saving the life of a surfer who lost his right leg after being bitten by a shark at Port Macquarie.
- by Angus Thomson
Fifty years after Jaws we finally have a shark movie that’s almost as good
A shark in Paris’ Seine? A stubborn mayor who refuses to acknowledge the problem? Sign me up.
- by Nell Geraets
Tiger shark shocks scientists with echidna meal reveal
It was just another day for a group of scientists – until a tiger shark threw up an echidna off the Queensland coast.
- by Laine Clark
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Marine life
Sydney’s shark nets will be removed for winter. They should not be reinstalled
The nets are outdated, provide little protection, and have killed thousands of marine creatures.
- The Herald's View
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‘Pointless killing’: Tangled dolphin at Bondi dies days before shark net removal
A dolphin that died off Bondi Beach has become an unintended victim of this season’s shark net program.
- by Angus Dalton
Jurien Bay sea lion tours under investigation after shark attack
An investigation has been launched into WA’s sea lion tours after an international tourist was mauled by a tiger shark in waist-deep water off Jurien Bay in Western Australia on Monday.
- by Heather McNeill and Connor McGoverne
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