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Julian Pool <[log in to unmask]>
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SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:53:51 +1000
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I noticed this article in the UK's Daily Telegraph.
Dose anyone know this 'expert' ?

"AN unorthodox shark researcher who claimed that yoga breathing techniques
protected him from attack has lost a chunk of his leg to a shark in the
Bahamas.

Dr Erich Ritter, 43, is expected to be in hospital for up to six weeks after
the adult bullshark bit deep into his left calf while he was standing
bare-legged in water heavily baited with fish parts.

Dr Ritter, a behavioural ecologist originally from Switzerland and now based
in Miami, was bitten while carrying out research on the Bahamian island of
Walker's Cay, a tropical retreat noted for its large population of
sharks.........................."

Julian

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