PORT LINCOLN, Australia -- In 1963, Australian angler Rodney Fox narrowly survived the most horrific nonfatal shark attack on record after a great white shark bit him almost in half during a spearfishing competition. Hauled into a dinghy barely alive, Fox was rushed to a hospital in Adelaide, capital of the state of South Australia, where surgeons needed 462 stitches to put him back together again.
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Cage diving with great white sharks
Australian attack victim is now the species' most vociferous defender
A fully mature female great white shark approaches divers in a cage off the southern Australian coast. (Courtesy of Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions)
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