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 Posted: 02/15/04 - 23:08 Post subject:
Darn it! Thanks, Jenn! I'll just give the story from my computer... this is word-for-word, bad grammar and all.
Dateline: Canberra, Australia - A snorkler attacked by a shark off Australia's east coast swam to shore with the predator still gripping his leg and then drove to a lifesavers' club to have it removed.
Australian Luke Tresoglavic, 22, was snorkeling on a reef off Caves Beach, about 75 miles north of Sydney, when a wobblegong shark about 2 feet long bit him just below the kneecap and held on.
"The shark wouldn't budge so he held onto it as it was thrashing around and swam to shore," Tresoglavic's mother, Caroline, told Reuters on Wednesday.
"It still wouldn't let go, so he got in his car and drove up to the lifesavers' clubhouse for help. Luckily he didn't panic or he could have ended up in trouble in the water."
Lifesavers removed the shark by hosing it with fresh water, but its minute, razor-like teeth left about 70 pucture marks. Tresoglavic then drove to the hospital, but turned out not to need stitches, just a course of antibiotics.
The Tresoglavics buried the dead shark in their garden. Wobblegong sharks are also known as carpet sharks because of their color, can grow up to 10 feet long and are unique to Australian waters, the national parks authority says.
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