Shark Attack! 鲨鱼入侵
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[color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left][b]埃及红海海域鲨鱼出没攻击游客[/b][/p][p=21, 2, left]What do you expect when you go on holiday? Probably to relax, have a good time and above all, stay safe.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2010-12-09/09d52d9864fc286765782f51f0182207.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]You don't want to meet him when you are swimming[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]Sometimes [b]natural disasters[/b], such as a hurricane or an [b]erupting[/b]volcano, may put a stop to your holiday plans. But [b]holidaymakers[/b]at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt are facing a problem of a different kind.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The [b]resort[/b] is popular with British tourists who go there for the golden sands, warm sea, and for the excellent [b]scuba diving[/b]. But at the moment they are not [b]venturing[/b]into the water because of a series of attacks by sharks.[/p]
[p=21, 2, left]One person has been killed and several others have been injured in the attacks over the last few weeks. According to Ian Fergusson, a shark[b] biologist[/b], these sharks, "Oceanic White Tips, [b]frequent[/b] the region but it was unusual for swimmers to encounter them in shallow waters".[/p][p=21, 2, left]What has [b]lured[/b] them into these waters and attack people is still a mystery but experts agree that attacks are extremely [b]rare[/b] and that they are not the [b]man-eaters [/b][b]depicted[/b] in Hollywood films like Jaws.[/p][p=21, 2, left]One thought is that animal [b]carcasses[/b] were recently dumped into the sea from a ship close to the shore. Ian Fergusson says: "If you start dumping carcasses, you couldn't ask for a better way of [b]baiting[/b] for sharks".[/p][p=21, 2, left]He also says that "they are [b]opportunistic[/b] and it could just be a case of people being in the wrong place at the wrong time".[/p][p=21, 2, left]The thought of a shark attack might make you [b]think twice[/b] about [b]taking a dip[/b] in the sea but research by the University of Florida found there are estimated to be between 70 and 100 attacks on humans per year and only a small number are [b]fatal[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Mark Murphy, who runs a scuba diving company, is worried about how the authorities will control these sharks in the Red Sea. He points out that "over 70 million sharks a year are killed by humans and they are an essential part of the marine [b]ecosystem[/b]".[/p][p=21, 2, left]What is clear is that finding the [b]predators[/b] behind these attacks in Egypt is going to be very difficult.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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