Great white shark blamed for second fatal attack in 12 days

[marmar]

A great white shark killed an American diver in the second fatal shark attack off Western Australia in 12 days. A witness on a dive boat saw "a large amount of bubbles" before the 32-year-old man surfaced with obviously fatal injuries, Western Australia police sergeant Gerry Cassidy said. People on the boat described the shark as a 10ft great white.

It struck off the resort of Rottnest Island, 11 miles from a Perth mainland beach where a 64-year-old swimmer is believed to have been taken by a great white on 10 October.

The diver who died was staying in Perth on a working visa. Police would not release his identity. It is unclear whether he was killed by the shark that is believed to have taken Bryn Martin as he made his regular morning swim from Perth's Cottesloe Beach towards a buoy about 400 yards offshore. But an analysis of Martin's torn swimming trunks recovered from the seabed near the buoy pointed to a great white shark being the culprit. No other trace of Martin has been found.

"It's a cloudy old day today, which is the same as we had the other day with Cottesloe, and they are the conditions that sharks love," Cassidy said yesterday. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/22/great-white-shark-attack-australia

[flvegan]

1. They don't call them apex predators for nothing.

I feel terrible for the families and loved ones of the people who were killed.

[MrSlayer]

2. It's sad for the families.

But that's where the shark lives. I hope they don't go off on some goofy revenge mission to kill the shark.

[malaise]

3. Now the Australians are going to hunt sharks

even though they are protected - tourist interests are winning

[TwilightGardener]

4. What can ya do, besides stay out of their domain?

[Kennah]

5. Rub OxyClean SharkAway on your nether regions?