An Australian surfer fought off a shark
with his hands on Sunday, the second attack in Australian waters in two days.

    Josh Berris, 26, was surfing with
friends off a remote beach on Kangaroo Island in South Australia when he was
attacked by what ambulance officials said was a great white shark measuring up
to 16 feet (5 metres).

    Berris pushed the shark away with his
hands before his friends quickly dragged him onto rocks and began first aid. He
was later taken to hospital with cuts to both legs.

    Emergency officials praised the quick
thinking of Berris's friends in preventing what could have been a fatal attack.

    On Friday, a 44-year-old man in Western
Australia survived after repeatedly punching a small shark that attacked him
while he was surfing off a popular Perth beach.

一位澳大利亚冲浪爱好者9月25日仅凭自己的双手便赶走了向其发动袭击的一条鲨鱼，这是最近两天内在该国发生的第2起同类事件。

    据路透社9月25日报道，现年26岁的乔什·贝里斯事发时正在澳大利亚南部袋鼠岛上一处偏僻的海滩旁与朋友一起冲浪，负责急救的医务人员说，向他发动袭击的是一只体长达5米的大白鲨。贝里斯先是赤手空拳将鲨鱼打退，然后朋友们才将他拖到岸边的岩石上并对其进行了紧急救治。当地负责处理突发事件的官员表示，贝里斯和他的朋友们的果敢行为，使一起可能造成致命后果的袭击事件转危为安了。

    而就在9月23日，一位现年44岁的男子在西澳大利亚珀斯市一处著名的海滩旁冲浪时也遭到了一条鲨鱼的袭击，此人用自己的拳头不断猛击鲨鱼从而保全了性命。

    （ 张咏）