New Zealand girl, 14, uses body-board to fend off shark

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Source: bbc

A teenager from New Zealand has saved herself from the jaws of a shark by using her body-board to defend herself.

Fourteen-year-old Lydia Ward said she was at a beach near the southern city of Invercargill when the shark struck.

The shark, about 1.5m (4.9ft) in length, is reported to have lunged at her and tried to bite her hip.

Standing in water that only reached up to her waist at Oreti Beach, she said she hit the "big, grey, slippery thing" repeatedly with her body-board.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8492548.stm

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1. fighting off sharks at 14

will no doubt work for Wall Street

[RC]

2. I read that as ...uses body-guard to fend off shark

[Javaman]

4. "I picked him up by his feet and just started whaling on the shark!"

"of course, he kept screaming and screaming for me to stop, but, hell, it was a shark and I didn't want that thing to bite me!"

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[MineralMan]

3. The Moral of This Story:

If you're a shark, don't mess with ginger girls. (Gratuitous Ginger Reference #423)

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[guitar man]

5. No kidding

As soon as I read the headline I had a feeling the shark was messin' with a redhead. I could have told him it's not a good idea, I've been married to one for 18 years!!

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