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shark attacks

26 published works

  1. The Right Coast

    Spider bites man on plane; his leg ‘bursts open’

    By Thomas A. Smith

    "I turned on the light and clearly saw a spider running across the floor before hearing two stewardesses screaming 'Spider!', but I wasn't sure if I had been bitten as…

  2. The Right Coast

    The Misunderstood Shark – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    We know that the chances of getting bitten by a shark are small. Between 1959 and 2010, 18.7 people a year, on average, were bitten by sharks in the U.S.,…

  3. The Right Coast

    Man killed by shark as horrified daughter watches – The Washington Post

    By Thomas A. Smith

    [The man] did not return to the surface [and] his daughter became worried and went down and checked on her father, Wiss said.  She saw a very large shark and…

  4. The Right Coast

    Why shark attacks are happening in North Carolina – CSMonitor.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

  5. The Right Coast

    Shark Attack in a Lake? Extremely Rare, But It Happens – NBC News.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The boy was swimming in Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, when something bumped into him in the water and chomped down on his foot, USA Today reported. The bite's appearance suggests…

  6. The Right Coast

    Swimmer attacked by shark at California beach – NY Daily News

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Witnesses thought the swimmer couldn't swim and some surfers paddled over to help. Aram Ozen, a nearby surfer, immediately heard people frantically scream, White, white! as they stampeded back to…