Friday, January 26, 2007
Sharks 'should be shown compassion' - BBC News
Conservationists are calling for compassion to be shown towards great white sharks after an Australian diver was attacked in waters south of Sydney and survived.
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Eric Nerhus said being half-swallowed by a great white shark earlier this week was like being trapped in a "dark cave".
Veteran Australian wildlife film-maker Valerie Taylor knows what it's like to be at the mercy of a giant shark after surviving an attack off the coast of California.
"I just felt a gentle bump and I looked down and my leg was in quite a large shark's mouth - that was a startling sight," she told BBC News.
"It moved its head once and its teeth went into my leg. I knew that if it did it again I would lose my leg and I just punched it in the gills as hard as I could and it let go."
Despite this lucky escape, Ms Taylor has devoted her life to conservation. ...
Conservationists are calling for compassion to be shown towards great white sharks after an Australian diver was attacked in waters south of Sydney and survived.
...
Eric Nerhus said being half-swallowed by a great white shark earlier this week was like being trapped in a "dark cave".
Veteran Australian wildlife film-maker Valerie Taylor knows what it's like to be at the mercy of a giant shark after surviving an attack off the coast of California.
"I just felt a gentle bump and I looked down and my leg was in quite a large shark's mouth - that was a startling sight," she told BBC News.
"It moved its head once and its teeth went into my leg. I knew that if it did it again I would lose my leg and I just punched it in the gills as hard as I could and it let go."
Despite this lucky escape, Ms Taylor has devoted her life to conservation. ...
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