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19/06/2007: "SHARK BITES DIVE BOAT"

1. Sharks love the color red. 2. Sharks are said to be attracted to dogs 3. It's a mistake to bump into a shark with a boat - especially when following one like the above, at any speed.

At first Ben and I thought it was a tiger shark, like the one shown here chewing on the tail of a black stingray in the shallows. Now I am not so sure. Maybe it was a lemon shark?

The pictures have been examined by a shark scientist who wrote words to the effect: "It's not a tiger shark, species unidentifiable".

The confusion was sparked after we saw numerous tiger sharks on the reef shallows that same morning, attracted by possibly a harpooned dugong or turtle,something large that provided a good meal for many.

These were big sharks, 2.5 meters and upwards, with a single four meter long monster seen the next day.

Unusual for so many in a tight area without something having brought them in.

Batt Reef is a big sandy and shallow reef running some ten nautical miles in length, located off Port Douglas, Queensland.

(Yes. It's where the popular TV celebrity was spiked in the chest by a similar-sized stingray).