A swimmer has died from “catastrophic injuries” after being attacked by a shark at a Sydney beach.
Emergency services were called to reports of a swimmer injured at Buchan Point, off Little Bay beach, at 4.30pm on Wednesday.
New South Wales (NSW) police confirmed they had “located human remains in the water” after a search of the area.
Experts have said a British veteran who was killed by a great white shark could have been mistaken for a seal after it was revealed that he liked to wear wetsuits while swimming
Paleontologists in Australia have discovered a new species of crocodile that could have eaten a dinosaur for its last meal around 95 million years ago. Daily Star reported that the fossilized crocodile, dubbed the Broken Dinosaur Killer, was uncovered on a sheep station in outback Queensland.
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Mr Johnson, who grew up fishing in the area, said despite having frequent croc encounters he had never seen anything quite like it.
“I’d never seen one that close eat something,” he said.
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Fossil discovery shows some Australian ‘thunder birds’ had painful bone infection before species went extinct
Key points:
What caused the demise of the thunder bird isn’t entirely settled
Analysis of fossils found in South Australia has revealed some of the birds had a bone disease
Scientists found the dating of the fossil site coincided with severe drought
This mihirung paringmal (giant bird), sometimes called a “thunder bird” (Genyoris newtoni), weighed five to six times that of an emu, was 2 metres tall, and had a huge beak.