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Kevster
Nov 3rd, 2005, 04:50 PM
Oh where was that little bit i posted about Aussie shark attacks? And fisheries off the coast of Oz? No matter here's an interesting piece:

'Sharks 'forced' to eat humans
From: By Verity Edwards
October 31, 2005

A MAJOR decline in fish stocks in Australian waters is leading hungry great white sharks to switch prey and turn to humans as a food source.

Fish stocks, including tuna, snapper, kingfish and mulloway, had declined by up to 95per cent in the past 60 years, leaving sharks hungry, said Scoresby Shepherd, a marine biologist at the South Australian Research and Development Institute Aquatic Sciences.'

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17085799-2,00.html

Pilaf
Nov 3rd, 2005, 05:11 PM
I can't help but be amused by this, because when more people are consumed by these animals, it'll give the animal haters more reason to label sharks as "dangerous man eaters". You have to laugh to keep from crying sometimes.