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'Monster Shark' :O
Huw Borland, Sky News Online
A giant shark that could be up to 20ft long has sent shockwaves across Australian beaches after a great white was nearly bitten in half.
A stunning picture shows a 10ft predator thrashing about with two massive chunks missing on either side of its body, off the Queensland coast.
Experts said its rival may be 20ft (about six metres) long, judging by the size of the huge bites.
The great white was savaged after it got snared on a drum line - a baited hook attached to a buoy - near North Stradbroke Island, east of Brisbane.
The wounded creature was still alive when a crew hauled it onto a boat, close to Deadman's Beach.
"It certainly opened up my eyes. I mean the shark that was caught is a substantial shark in itself," Queensland Fisheries' Jeff Krause told Australia's Daily Telegraph.
Swimmers have been warned to stay out of the water near the island.
The attack also worried many at a nearby tourist Mecca - Surfers Paradise, south of Brisbane.
Surfer Ashton Smith, 19, of the Gold Coast, told the Courier Mail: "I've heard about the big one lurking. Every surfer is always cautious over here."
Drum lines and shark nets are used to defend swimmers from sea predators, but they have been criticised for occasionally trapping migrating whales.
Fisheries minister Tim Mulherin told the Mail that the capture of the bitten shark - and the indication of a larger one feeding in the area - bolstered the decision to keep defences in place.
He added there were no special plans to hunt the attacking shark but contractors had reset the drum lines.
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Poor puppy
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BBC wildlife photo contest
The winner was a really beautiful shot
One of the runers up was pretty good too...made me laugh how the kitty thought it was so tough 
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I'd like to thank the academy
Employee of the month
*strut* *strut*
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Evil Breakfast
Today our online registration system was reopened to industry for the 2010 registration period.
*puts gun to head*
25 thousand companies to baby sit ...and there are only 2 of us to do it 
At least I can blame any potential bad mood today on my breakfast
If it's too early in the morning for you to get it, look at the total.
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Have you come to a realization
of something bad about yourself?
On the way home yesterday, I realized what an evil bastard I may actually be.
One of my pet peaves isthe motorist that insists that they are too important to have to be delayed by the normal flow of traffic. You know the asshole...he shoots down the merge lane or the lane next to the exit ramp traffic, passing many opportunities to change lanes, forcing his way in at the last second.
I feel that if a person decides to be an asshole, they will have to work for that ability to jump in line. When I am at the front of the lane going to the off ramp, and I see someone racing up the middle lane to get to the front, I will let my Hemi loose.
There is a strange satisfaction in watching a person go 20 mph or more than they had planned on to pass you and then have to slam on their brakes as they barely miss climbing the curb of the off ramp curve.
I know, it makes me an asshole too, but I'll be damned if I don't make them have to earn the right to be an asshole to the rest of traffic.
Yesterday though, I shocked even myself.
I made an Audi speed up about 30 extra mph to pass me and he went into that corner really hard. just a little faster and he probably have even lifted his wheels off on the passenger side.
The thing that shocked me was, while watching him slam on his brakes, I caught myself mutter "flip, flip, flip".
Must be a sign that I need a vacation away from the city.
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