Beaches have been closed across Sydney following the attack A man who was killed in a fatal shark attack at Dee Why beach in Sydney has been named as Mercury Psillakis. Psillakis is reported to have lost both legs in the horrific attack, and was brought to shore by fellow surfers. New South Wales Police […]
3 months ago
Horrific. A woman who was out swimming with her friends is believed to have been swallowed whole by a 13ft shark without any of her friends noticing. The woman, Christine Armstrong, had been out with swimming with her friends when they noticed a fin cutting through the water on Australia’s New South Wales coast. As […]
1 year ago
It’s the first recorded attack of its kind in 175 years A swimmer has been bitten by a shark while snorkelling off the coast of Britain. The victim sustained a leg injury when they were attacked in a rare case off the Cornish coast near Penzance. The incident took place late last week and is […]
3 years ago
Devastating. A British swimmer in Australia has been killed by a 15ft great white shark, making it Sydney’s first fatal shark attack in 59 years. Simon Nellist was training for a charity swim when he was attacked only metres from Buchan Point, near Little Bay. The man’s remains were found in the water earlier this […]
4 years ago
Why do we love sharks so much? We’ve been told all the grisly horror stories, we’ve seen Jaws (and, admittedly, all the sequels) – we’ve been told over and over that they’re the killing machines of the deep. So why are we so fascinated by them? To be honest, growing up with Shark Week probably […]
6 years ago