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French man killed by shark on his honeymoon

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A French honeymooner was attacked and killed by a shark on Wednesday while he was surfing not far from the beach on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, authorities said. The 36-year-old was in the sea off the popular beach of Brisants de Saint-Gilles when a shark charged at…

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Study: Most shark ‘attack’ descriptions are inaccurate and pose no danger

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Most ‘attacks’ are actually just sightings or involve species of shark that pose no danger, study shows Would a shark attack by another name would be any less terrifying? Researchers say it would, arguing that the current all-purpose “attack” label is unnecessarily scary, inaccurate, and is helping to drive sharks…

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Climate change cited as shark attacks ‘double’

People watch as a whale shark swims in an aquarium tank in the Chinese city of Yantai. Sharks killed twice as many swimmers and surfers last year than in 2010, with the increase due largely to a growth in tourism and changing shark patterns due to global warming, a study says. (AFP Photo/)

Sharks killed twice as many swimmers and surfers last year than in 2010, with the increase due largely to a growth in tourism and changing shark patterns due to global warming. There were 12 deaths in 46 shark attacks in 2011, a mortality rate of more than 25 percent compared to an average…

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