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  • This scientific paper details the first documented attack on a live human by a cookiecutter shark, named so because it uses its large bottom jaw teeth to bite out a cookie-cutter shaped piece of flesh from its victim. In this particular case from 2009, the shark first tried to carve out a piece of the 61-year-old man’s chest, and then was more successful in getting a piece of his leg, while he attempted to board a support kayak. There are pictures of the wound in the paper, looking quite gruesome when fresh, but then later turned out to heal quite fine. Via treehugger.com.

    Cookie Cutter Shark

  • They will only meet in the 400 freestyle, with China’s Sun Yang racing the 400, 800 and 1500 at the upcoming Shanghai 2011 World Championships, and South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan the 100, 200 and 400. But ouch, Mellouli and the rest, Yang wants the 400 gold medal the most, because he feels that Park will be the toughest to beat. Read koreatimes.co.kr.

    “I desire the 400m freestyle more than the 800- and 1,500-meters because my toughest opponent, Park Tae-hwan, will be in that event,” the 19-year-old said in an interview with China Daily.

  • Drowning_child_warning

    Swallowing even a small amount of water into your lungs is serious, children have been known to have died up to 24 hours after getting water into their system. There might be some differentiation between ‘dry’ and ‘delayed’ drowning, but the symptoms are in both cases tiredness, coughing, paleness, and trouble with breathing, and the prevention measures to keep a close eye on people if these symptoms occur. Read more here and here, via SCAQ

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  • Yesterday, we heard that César Cielo’s supplement contamination had been found and confirmed to be from the pharmacy where his usual supplement was prepared. Today, however, the pharmacy denies accordingly to swim.com.br, saying that they always take very careful sanitation measures, including never using the same tray on the same day, and that the cross-contamination was not their fault. Read more here on The Swimmers Circle.

    In other news also on The Swimmers Circle, FINA knew of Cielo’s positive test prior to the Paris Open, but FINA President Julio Maglione and CBDA President Coaracy Nunes decided that it was best to wait until after the meet to let the athletes know of the positive test. The Swimmers Circle speculates that this seems to make it even less likely that FINA will overturn the CBDA ruling that it was accidental cross-contamination of a non-performance enhancing substance

  • Exciting list here on The Swimmers Circle, where Braden Keith has French swimmer Camille Lacourt most likely to set a world record in the short backstroke distances, then USA’s Rebecca Soni in the 200 breaststroke, Sun Yang in the 1500 freestyle, Ryan Lochte in the 200 IM, Soni again in the 100 breaststroke, and then several in the 400 freestyle. Sun Yang is on top on my list, in the 1500 and maybe 400 freestyle.

  • China’s Zhang Lin will not defend his 800 metres freestyle title at this month’s world championships in Shanghai because he is “out of shape”.

    “He is still far from his top form and is in an adjustment period now,” said national coach Yao Zhengjie, who has limited China’s most recognisable swimmer to just one individual event.

    “We decided to let him only swim in the 200m freestyle in Shanghai. We believe it’s the best choice for him. He’s out of his best shape.”

    Read more here on Eurosport.com.

  • Now we’re talking, a marvelous and generous coach who sets time aside to help out coaches even here in tiny Faroe Islands.

  • Wow, if it doesn’t work out between Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco, I think that she should go for this Ateliers deMonaco watch-maker, for being the obviously in-love, over-romantic Cyrano de Bergerac poet of watch-making. I mean, what woman wouldn’t fall for thoughts, commitments and words like these? Via blogs.forbes.com

    In fact, according to Pim Koeslag, co-founder of the company and its watchmaker, it was the princess herself who jokingly suggested that the company should have a ladies’ watch. “We promised her to start the development the next day,” Koeslag said. “And we actually did.”

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  • Yes please, very much. Via The Life Files.

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