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A shark attack on a fishing boat in the Parramatta River in AustraUa is illustrated in 

 an old Sydney newspaper. Shark attacks on boats are often provable by irrefutable 

 evidence: teeth marks and sometimes teeth themselves, left in the damaged hull. 



From an old print 



the soles of their feet with black sandals before they dive beneath 

 the surface. Greek sponge divers hide the palms of their hands in the 

 armpits of their black suits when a shark appears near them. 



One of the most dramatic examples of a shark's apparent preference 

 for white objects occurred in Nova Scotia in the summer of 1953. The 

 episode took place off Fourchu on the southeastern coast of Cape Breton 

 Island. Numerous fishing dories dotted the sea. One dory, about 12 

 feet long, was painted white, and this one was haunted for several days 

 by a huge shark. Many fishermen in the area saw the eerie drama— the 

 white dory would put to sea, and, soon, trailing behind it, appeared a 

 dorsal fin. Finally, on July 9th, as the dory was sailing alone, the shark 

 suddenly charged it, smashing an 8-inch hole in the bottom of the boat. 



Both occupants of the boat were thrown into the sea. One man 

 drowned. The other held onto the boat and remained in the water 

 for hours until he was rescued. Neither he nor his companion was 

 molested by the shark. (The companion's drowning was incidental to 

 the attack. As far as is known, the shark did not go after his body.) A 

 tooth found imbedded in the smashed boat was later identified as that 

 of a Great White. William C. Shroeder, of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, made the iden- 



