Geoffrey Brazier, the skipper of a pleasure cruiser, was snorkeling with two tourists when he was attacked Saturday. He died instantly off the Abrolhos Islands, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of the Western Australia state capital, Perth, police said. No one else was injured.
"The 26-year-old man was bitten in half by the six-meter animal and death seemed to be instantaneous," police Inspector George Putland said.
An air and sea search of the area 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of the coastal town of Geraldton on Sunday failed to find the shark or human remains.
Government fisheries officer Rory McAuley said authorities wanted to kill the shark, suspected to be either a great white or tiger, to safeguard the public.
Residents of the area said the killer was far larger than sharks usually found there. The attack was the first to occur off the west coast since two sharks killed a 29-year-old surfer south of Perth in July.
The 13 crew and passengers disembarked Sunday at Geraldton where they were questioned by authorities.
The fatality is the first in Australian waters since December, when an 18-year-old surfer was bitten in half by a five-meter (16-foot) great white shark off a beach in the southern city of Adelaide. A week earlier, a shark killed a 38-year-old diver spear fishing on the Great Barrier Reef off northeast Australia.
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poor shark ; i would expect them to kill it if it roamed the streets and attacked people as they wauited for the bus, But the shark was in its territory looking for something to eat .
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yeah, i think people who swim in areas they know to be dangerous are idiots just asking for trouble.
did you know, totally off topic, that lions eat people because humans have heaps of salt in their systems, that way the lions dont have to eat other things to get their salt...
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well if it was a great white, then the reason it bit him could be because it was curious. Obviously they dont have hands to touch things, so if they want to check it out, then they bite it.
I think its dispicible that they kill the sharks, there territory, they were there first.
people need to be educated better about sharks, not just kill them all. Jaws has given sharks a bad name.
Dont those sharks know that we are the top of the food chain? What the hell is the matter with those silly sharks, just because they are sharks does give them the right to constantly bit people in half.
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Its a sad thing, but also its strange how much the media blows it out of proportion. The waters around Australia aren't nearly as shark infested as it sounds, this was a freak accident, I just hope it doesn't lead to some manner of shark witch hunt.
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No, the reason the shark bit him is because the shark thought he was a nice, tasty seal... or something equalivant. Sharks don't like the taste of human's very much. However, as we are ever depleting their food supply, they must come close in shore to feed.
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Enemies of sharks are Salt Water Crocs, other sharks, Orcas and dolphins. Oh and humans, I guess that's the point you were going for.
Actually this is an odd attack for two reasons, one being that the shark was so damn big, the second being that the majority of shark attacks occur at the surface and not near the bottom.
I have to wonder what these folks were doing to be surprised by such a large fish. Was the water murky? If so they shouldn't have been spear-fishing (which I believe is the case) in murky water. If the water was clear, why wasn't anyone paying attention to what was going on around them while they were in waters known to be frequented by sharks?
I feel bad for the family, but this is just nature's way of culling the herd.
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I agree with you how odd it sounds, I have actually been in that area, and know that it is quiet unusual. But then its possible this shark was sick or something (a number of shark attacks in Australia have ended up showing a shark in distress).
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what's the big deal about this?
Congrats for this guy, sure he's dead, but he's a man...he went out and took a risk to have a good time. The adrenaline he must have felt moments before being biten in half has got to kick the crap out of the adrenaline I feel when I catch a bass on my pocket fisherman.
No different than a guy sky diving and not having the parachute open.
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