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| UpdatedA Queensland man who was bitten on the leg by a shark on Saturday remains in a critical but stable condition following emergency surgery.
Topics: shark, animal-attacks, human-interest, cardwell-4849, cairns-4870
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The friends of a man who was bitten multiple times on the leg by a shark in waters off far north Queensland saved his life with their rapid first aid response, paramedics say.
Topics: shark, animal-attacks, human-interest, cardwell-4849
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| UpdatedThe friends of a man who was bitten multiple times on the leg by a shark while spearfishing off Hinchinbrook Island in far north Queensland saved his life with their rapid first aid response, paramedics say.
Topics: shark, animal-attacks, human-interest, cardwell-4849
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Arthur White and the Frog and Tadpole Study Group of NSW have been saving frogs lost in farming produce far from home.
Topics: amphibians, animal-science, science-and-technology, animal-attacks, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA local bee-keeping enthusiast saves the day as a swarm of bees delays an ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka for an hour mid-match at the Wanderers.
Topics: cricket, sport, human-interest, offbeat, animal-attacks, animals, south-africa, sri-lanka
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A tiger is shot dead after a man who climbed a fence into the tiger enclosure to avoid paying for a ticket was mauled to death at a zoo in eastern China.
Topics: animal-attacks, human-interest, animals, china
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| UpdatedSnake catchers urge the public to educate themselves on how to avoid a bite after a number of young Queensland children were bitten within days of each other.
Topics: animal-attacks, rockhampton-4700, yeppoon-4703, calliope-4680
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| UpdatedA man is in a critical condition in hospital after he was set alight by a neighbour during a dispute at Mangerton, near Wollongong, NSW police say.
Topics: fires, animal-attacks, crime, mangerton-2500, wollongong-2500, nsw
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Many Australians have no idea how to deal with attacks from venomous creatures and young people are most at risk, new research suggests.
Topics: animal-attacks, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, perth-6000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000, australia
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| UpdatedA man who was bitten by a shark while diving on the Great Barrier Reef is now in a stable condition in hospital, after waiting more than eight hours for a medical team and helicopter to reach him.
Topics: animal-attacks, shark, torres-strait-islands
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The number of stingray incidents at beaches is the second highest form of injury caused by marine life in NSW, closely behind bluebottle stings.
Topics: animal-attacks, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, marine-parks, marine-biology, animals, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedMore Australians are killed by horses than all the country's venomous creatures put together, a new study by Melbourne researchers finds.
Topics: animal-attacks, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, human-interest, animal-behaviour, health, death, community-and-society, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA Melbourne fitness trainer left bloodied after being attacked by a kangaroo while on a run at Templestowe in the city's north-east says she feared for her life during the encounter.
Topics: animals, animal-attacks, templestowe-3106
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| UpdatedOnly two months after shark nets were installed at Ballina, the Greens call for the NSW Government to phase out its entire Shark Meshing Program in response to new data.
Topics: shark, animal-attacks, state-parliament, nsw
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The recent string of shark sightings in Australia has closed beaches and seen experts scramble for answers, writes Brendan McAloon. And yet there are no simple solutions to this complex clash of man versus wild.
Topics: animal-attacks, shark, animals, oceans-and-reefs, australia
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The intense publicity generated by a series of shark attacks on the New South Wales North Coast this season is testing the resilience of communities that rely on tourism to the region.
Topics: shark, human-interest, animal-attacks, ballina-2478, byron-bay-2481, forster-2428, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA spearfisherman diving off the far north Queensland coast shares vision of the moment a bull shark races at him and becomes impaled on his gun.
Topics: shark, animals, animal-attacks, human-interest, qld
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A Tasmanian team takes the sting out of jellyfish around the world, with a GPS-based app that identifies them and tells you how to treat their stings.
Topics: animal-attacks, computers-and-technology, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedAn elderly Brisbane man gets a rude awakening with a bite from a "cold, slithering" carpet python he found across his neck as he slept early this morning.
Topics: animal-attacks, human-interest, animals, ascot-4007
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Residents of Raiganj in India were mauled when a terrified leopard strayed into town before being trapped by wildlife officers, according to The Telegraph of Calcutta.
Topics: animal-attacks, animal-welfare, animals-and-nature, india
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| UpdatedA leopard darting through the Indian city of Raiganj causes mayhem, running through homes and attacking at least 35 people before being confined by wildlife authorities.
Topics: animal-attacks, animals, human-interest, india
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| UpdatedA man bitten by a snake is winched to safety after spending the night stranded in the Blue Mountains National Park with paramedics.
Topics: animal-attacks, human-interest, emergency-incidents, mount-wilson-2786, nsw
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| UpdatedA 3-metre scrub python has made a meal out of a wallaby in far north Queensland on New Year's Day — the second such event recorded in the area in recent weeks.
Topics: animal-attacks, animals, cairns-4870, kuranda-4881
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| UpdatedA 3-metre scrub python makes a meal out of a wallaby in far north Queensland on New Year's Day, just weeks after another python did likewise on a golf course a short distance away.
Topics: animal-attacks, kuranda-4881, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedA man bitten by a snake has spent the night stranded in a National Park with paramedics after rescue efforts were delayed.
Topics: animal-attacks, emergency-incidents, mount-victoria-2786