>During the 'sixties and early 'seventies, at a time when the grey nurse
was
>thought to be a 'man-killer', whole colonies of the grey nurse - in Sydney
>waters alone - were killed by divers armed with power-heads.
>I can't help thinking about the absurdity of wiping out a creature that,
>according to some researchers, may hold a possible key to an eventual cure
>for cancer!
>Strike
Such is human folly, the human race is generally just extremely selfish.
Anyhow, the point of my post, why is a 'nurse shark' so named, the
hospitals I've  been in did not contain anyone who resembled a shark ?
Cheers.........

Andy Johnson
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