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A fisheries boat patrols near the fatal shark attack site on Little Bay in Sydney on 17 February 2022, as Sydney authorities deployed baited lines to try to catch a giant great white shark that devoured an ocean swimmer, the city's first such attack in decades. Picture: Muhammad FAROOQ/AFP

Great white shark

Hunt on for great white shark that killed Sydney swimmer

By AFP

Drones scoured the ocean from the air, spotters launched on boats and six drum lines were set to try to catch the creature, which is believed to be at least...

  • FILE: A great white shark jumps out of the water as it hunts Cape fur seals near False Bay, in 2010. Picture: AFP

    Orcas blamed for disappearance of SA's great white sharks

    The vanishing of great whites from the coastal sites False Bay and Gansbaai had previously been blamed on illegal hunting and overfishing, among other causes.

    547 days ago
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    Great White named Helen filmed, for 1st time ever, strategically killing a whale

    Shark expert Ryan Johnson recounts, in detail, the strategic way a Great White went about killing a whale 10 times its size.

    679 days ago
  • Drone footage captures a great white shark encounter in Plettenberg Bay. Screengrab: Zachary Berman/YouTube

    [WATCH] Drone captures great white shark circling unsuspecting surfers in Plett

    The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has issued a safety warning for surfers and swimmers after a very close shark encounter was caught on camera.

    695 days ago
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