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“It’s pretty rare and I guess we’re all lucky that the shark just nipped at him, didn’t like it and swam away,” he said.

Many humans are infected when they’re nipped by nymph ticks, a period in their life cycle when they’re roughly the size of a poppy seed and barely visible to the naked eye.

The 37-year-old had nipped away from her practice to get an issue checked out and her doctor found a potentially cancerous lump in her abdomen.

One day, while a witness was giving evidence, Marten sent a note to the judge asking: "Could I nip out for a coffee as we're falling asleep?"

"He came down the track and that annoyed me a little bit so when the ball nipped down the slope, I was so grateful for that."