Word: seal
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...here, in the early 1980s, that Klimley first saw an attack by a great white, on a 400-lb. elephant seal. The shark rose almost entirely out of the water, with the massive seal in its jaws. "It was stunning," he recalls. "The shark ambushed the seal, then came back several times to take three or four bites out of it. I had never seen anything like it." Since then Klimley has analyzed more than 130 videotaped white-shark attacks. All seem to follow a pattern. The powerful first bite usually takes place underwater, and the first sign...
...another misconception spread by Jaws. Great whites, most experts believe, prefer high-fat prey because fat is packed with calories. People are too scrawny, which is why, after taking a first bite--perhaps because a human, especially one wearing a black wet suit and flippers, looks something like a seal--a great white will usually turn up its nose at whatever remains. Most other shark attacks are probably also cases of mistaken identity: a swimmer's flapping feet and hands may look like the movements of a fish darting through the water...
...unit, which according to O'Baoill was built to subdivide the space prior to his tenancy, is still cracked and bowed out. A gap which exists where the wall does not meet the ceiling is patched with plywood and insulation. According to O'Baoill, the wall did not seal with the underside of the ceiling even before a March 1996 fire left it structurally unsound...
...called for reopening the King investigation. He told defense lawyers and state prosecutors that he wants to see the results of FBI test firings made in 1968, then gave them a week to decide how they intend to lay their hands on those results, which reportedly are under congressional seal...
...Allies tried at Yalta and Potsdam to shape a reordered Europe but ended up splitting it between East and West. Now another world struggle, the long, bitter cold war, has ended, and the architects of security are back at their drawing boards. They are trying to seal peace and stability into Europe's future and, although they don't say so very loudly, hedge against the rise of a vengeful Russia. In Madrid this week, a summit meeting of the 16 nations of NATO is starting to enlarge and reshape what is now usually described as the most successful alliance...