Sharks and people: Too close for comfort

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Walter Szulc Jr., in the kayak at left, looks back at the dorsal fin of an approaching shark at Nauset Beach in Massachusetts' Cape Cod. No injuries were reported in the incident July 7, but beach-goers -- not to mention the kayaker -- admitted to being unnerved.
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Shark tails a kayaker

( Shelly Negrotti / Associated Press / July 7, 2012 )

Walter Szulc Jr., in the kayak at left, looks back at the dorsal fin of an approaching shark at Nauset Beach in Massachusetts' Cape Cod. No injuries were reported in the incident July 7, but beach-goers -- not to mention the kayaker -- admitted to being unnerved.

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