Jan. 24 (UPI) --An Australian surfer got into "a bit of a tussle" with a bronze whaler shark and was able to walk away uninjured -- but his board wasn't quite so lucky. Dale Kittow, 37, was ...

The bronze whaler shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) also goes by a few other names, including copper shark, cocktail shark, and narrowtooth shark.

THIS is the heroic moment a dad-of-two rescued a 10ft shark by wrestling it back into the water after his son captured it while fishing.The beast was. ... Inside the life of bronze whaler sharks.

International Shark Attack File data shows that the bronze whaler has been involved in 15 attacks since 1962, one of which resulted in a fatality. Stock image of a great white shark leaping from ...

About 90 percent of animals found trapped in the shark nets weren't from the three species they are ... whaler sharks and Australian angel sharks. The nets also snared 58 rays, 14 turtles ...

Without their main predators, other sharks called bronze whaler shark were then able to move in. "Two individuals of a top predator are sufficient to basically completely restructure an ocean ...

Among the shark species eligible for points are Blue, Smooth Hammerhead, Mako, Porbeagle, Thresher, Tiger, Great White and Whaler sharks, according to the NSWGFA rulebook.

A 1.5 metre bronze whaler shark was spotted inside the Cottesloe shark net, leading to the beach's closure for safety. The shark is now injured after reportedly being illegally shot with a speargun.

"We think it's a bronze whaler, which someone has obviously dumped on Saturday night." Vicki Matchett had to tie the shark to her car's bull bar to move it. ( Supplied: Vicki Matchett ) ...

Jan. 24 (UPI) --An Australian surfer got into "a bit of a tussle" with a bronze whaler shark and was able to walk away ...