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: Great white shark almost managed to swallow a
: sea lion. Emphasis on the
: "almost". One would think Sharky
: would know the limits of his gape by now.
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: A great white shark that washed up on an
: Australian beach this week had a sea lion
: stuck in its throat which likely caused its
: death, fisheries officials said Thursday.
:
: The four-metre (13-foot) white pointer was
: filmed thrashing around just off Coronation
: Beach, 430 kilometres (270 miles) north of
: Perth, and was later found on the sand.
:
: The Western Australia Department of
: Fisheries said it had no visible signs of
: injury or disease, but had a large sea lion
: lodged in its throat.
:
: "This could explain why the shark was
: exhibiting such unusual behaviour in shallow
: waters off Coronation Beach," said
: research scientist Rory McAuley in a
: statement.
:
: "It is possible that the shark was
: trying to dislodge the blockage.
:
: "Such a large object may have damaged
: the shark's internal organs or impeded water
: flow into his gills, contributing to his
: death," he added.
:
: "Alternatively, the shark may have
: accidentally become stranded in his attempts
: to get rid of the obstruction."
:
: Brad Tapper filmed the shark as it struggled
: in shallow waters and posted the clip on
: YouTube.
:
: Tapper, who had been at the beach with his
: children, said a dog walker first noticed
: the shark when his pet refused to go in the
: water.
:
: "When we spotted it, it was about 50
: metres off the shore. We thought it was a
: diver or something," he told the West
: Australian newspaper.
:
: "It was kind of surreal, you're
: watching it and you don't realise how rare
: it is at the time until you get home and
: have a look at the footage."
:
: After it beached itself, some onlookers
: attempted to drag the shark out to sea using
: a tow rope, but the animal returned to shore
: soon after.
:
: "We went to look at it and got within
: three or four metres of it but it started
: kicking and thrashing around again so we
: thought it was time to leave," Tapper
: said.
:
: Yahoo - ABC News Network
:
: Great white shark choked by sea lion
:
: AFP 10 hours ago
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