Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Kathryn
PORT ST JOHNS, South Africa (25 Mar 2009) — The Natal Sharks Board believes that a tiger shark killed a young surfer in Port St Johns, a popular shark feeding destination.
Geremy Cliff , the executive officer for research at the Natal Sharks Board, told CDNN he strongly suspects that a tiger shark killed 16-year-old surfer [...]
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Posted on March 29th, 2009 by Ali Perkins
Queen’s University says new research it conducted shows crabs not only suffer pain but retain a memory of it.
The study, which looked at the reactions of hermit crabs to small electric shocks, was carried out by Professor Bob Elwood and Mirjam Appel.
The crabs reacted adversely to the shocks but also seemed to try to avoid [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2009 by Ali Perkins
by EVAN T. ALLARD @ CDNN – CYBER DIVER News Network
PHU CU, Vietnam (24 Mar 2009) — Police arrested four fishermen who accidentally killed a diver with explosives.
Police officials in the Phu Cu District in the central province of Binh Dinh told CDNN the Coast Guard heard an explosion and caught the fishermen who tried [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2009 by Ali Perkins
4:00AM Wednesday Mar 25, 2009
By Catherine Field
Bomber Xavier Maniguet who died yesterday.
A member of the French Secret Service team that carried out the Rainbow Warrior bombing in 1985 has been killed in a plane crash in the French Alps.
Xavier Maniguet, 62, was one of four men aboard the yacht Ouvea that smuggled explosives used in [...]
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Posted on March 24th, 2009 by Ali Perkins
4:00AM Saturday Mar 14, 2009
By Jacqueline Smith
Kelly Weeds was trying to beat his dad’s spearfishing record when he was called in to help search for a missing diver on Sunday.
He and his father, Kerikeri resident Garry Weeds, were enjoying a boys’ weekend at Doubtless Bay near Karikari Peninsula.
Garry Weeds, 65, was diving for crayfish while [...]
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