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    Posted: 27 Feb 2013 at 2:13pm
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News just breaking....but a surfer dude here at work saying his contact thinks its pretty serious, possible fatality...

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http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/16252397/shark-attack-at-muriwai-beach-possibly-fatal/
Confused hope all my friends are at work....
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Jeez no good. 
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Yeah, Ive heard its a fatal. Not a nice way to go.
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Confirmed fatal
 
 
 
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Holy crap!
Hope they get an ID on the culprit!
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Shot the bloody shark too.
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Originally posted by Muppet Muppet wrote:


Shot the bloody shark too.


not called for really
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Condolences the family & friends. Have been through something similar and it's just plain ****ing **** of a way to go.
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Not a white then..would it be a mako?
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Originally posted by Muppet Muppet wrote:

Shot the bloody shark too.

Herald says they shot AT the shark.....other places say they actually shot it.........who knows at this stage ?
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Could be anything a GW is most likely though eh.
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Agree on the Great White. We know they are regular visitors to the kaipara and manukau harbours
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see no problem in shooting it if its attacked and killed.
They do that to dogs as well

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Did he drown first though?
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Yeah fair enough shooting at it to try and save the person.
Very sad for the family....
 
 
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Dunno yet Zambezi but whats the odds of a shark actually bypassing a person just drowned....
 
They are saying the shark is on the beach to think it would be identified already too.
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