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WHITE POINTER SHARK also called GREAT WHITE SHARK. First pictures 1965

By JH ( August 28, 2009 at 3:02 pm) · Filed under 2. Sharks Guide, henri bource, savage shadows, shark fight on tv, shark victim henri bource, wally gibbins

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WHALER SHARK, BULL SHARKS – PICTURES 1965

By JH ( August 28, 2009 at 2:43 pm) · Filed under 2. Sharks Guide, blue water white death, John Harding, ron isbell, ron taylor, slaughter at saumarez, white tip shark

One of the family known commonly as whaler sharks, "the sharks that fed upon harpooned whales".

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TIGER SHARK (1963) Wally Gibbins shark hunter

By JH ( August 28, 2009 at 2:39 pm) · Filed under 2. Sharks Guide, batt reef, ben cropp, lemon shark, port douglas, queensland, tiger shark, tiger shark feeding on black marlin, tiger shark teeth

Tigers are very common in Hawaiian waters. This was was caught by a tourist shark hunt boat, 10 November 1970. Photo by Richard Ibara

Tigers are very common in Hawaiian waters. This 9 footer was caught by a tourist shark hunt boat, 10 November 1970. Photo by Richard Ibara

Tiger shark feeding upon a stingray bait at Batt Reef, Queensland. Photo by John Harding & Ben Cropp

Initially thought to be a tiger shark. When annoyed the 3 meter shark attacked the boat. Photo by John Harding at Batt Reef, Queensland.

Initially thought to be a tiger shark, but may have been a savage Lemon shark. When annoyed this 3 meter shark attacked the inflatable boat, destroying the pontoon. Photo by John Harding and Ben Cropp at Batt Reef, Queensland.

Tiger shark teeth can saw through tough shell of turtles

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WHALE SHARK

By JH ( August 28, 2009 at 2:32 pm) · Filed under 2. Sharks Guide, exmouth western australia whale shark divers, largest whale shark, whale shark

Whale shark should not be confused with a whale. John Harding sold pictures around the world in 1966, 1967 when whales came to Sydney Harbour (1966) and with friends swam with a whale shark (1967). Underwater photography was still primitive with no very wide angle lens available.
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GREY NURSE SHARK – DRAMATIC PICTURES

By JH ( August 28, 2009 at 2:23 pm) · Filed under 2. Sharks Guide, gray nurse shark, grey nurse, john harding pictures, ragged tooth shark, return of the grey nurse shark, sand sand (USA), seal rocks

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The shark vanished a split second after this picture was exposed.

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This Sea Frontiers (a former USA magazine) story was published 1990 - and was largely re-written by the editors.

Despite the species making a dramatic come-back, well-meaning environmentalists in Australia persisted with a “there is less than 500 sharks left in the wild” theme to the gullible media.

In truth – there was no accurate way of counting sharks outside of regularly visited dive sites.

To suggest that these sharks could only be seen at a scuba shop dive site was a bit of a stretch of the imagination. Yet the media bought it, over and over again.

Mass reporting without proper knowledge of the subject.

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SHARKS (1970) Port Jackson shark, Wobbegong shark, Leopard shark pictures

By JH ( August 28, 2009 at 2:09 pm) · Filed under 2. Sharks Guide, bamboo shark, ben cropp, cat sharks, epaulete cat shark, fido reef, leopard shark, port jackson shark, port jackson shark egg, reef dwelling sharks, ron taylor films leopard shark, testing explosive powerheads, Wobbegong shark

Friends. Pair of cat sharks rest on a wobbegong.

Large wobbegong sharks have almost vanished on Australia’s east coast, caught by fishermen for their high quality white flesh. The species is now protected.

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