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What you don’t see can’t hurt you, unless it’s a big shark

by John Mikkelsen

09 Jan 06:00am

Filed under: Fishing, Hobbies, Nature, Sharks

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Well it’s the silly season and sharks are in the news again, big time.

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This summer in central Queensland, they are competing with box jellyfish and irukandji for the mantle of scariest critters in the sea, while on land, tourists at Seventeen Seventy have been attacked by a crazed kamikaze flying fox.

That small tourism hot spot marks the place where Captain James Cook put ashore to take on fresh water, but this week three tourists were bitten by a bat later found to have been infected by the potentially deadly lyssavirus.

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Mikko says:

05:55pm | 11/01/10

My favourite beach five minutes from home promises kilometers of uninterrupted golden sand, but requires wading or swimming across a tidal creek for access. The authorities have done the right thing by erecting signs warning of strong rips, marine stingers and crocodiles. I’ll have to suggest they add bull sharks… Read more »
~Rumpleteazer~ says:

12:24pm | 11/01/10

I love flake in a light batter with a sprinkle of rock salt and a squeeze of lemon. Oh! they are protected now, what will I eat.? I know, some lovely frozen barramundi from a little village in Vietnam or perhaps some healthy and delicious frozen Nile Perch. The days… Read more »

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