If you ask a shark politely…

...they will step away from your boat. (Unlike whales, who will bodyslam the hell out of boats.) [via reddit] continue

Sick whale euthanised…by blowing it up

Ah, Western Australia, Australia's own wild west and a state I called home for nearly 10 years. Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation officers euthanized a chronically ill whale Tuesday that had beached itself near Jurien ... continue