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Tourist Torn Apart by Shark

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Off crowded Australian beach.

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A young tourist riding on a bodyboard was bit in half by what's believed to be a great white shark off a beach near Cape Naturaliste in western Australia. The shark reportedly pulled the man, in his early 20s, below the surface, probably mistaking him for a seal, and ripped his legs off. A man on the beach said there were at least 20 other people in the water at the time but nobody saw the shark lurking about.

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