shark attack

[Deano]

aparrently thier game wardens or whatever have been given the go ahead to dispose of the shark when they find it

And how will they know which shark is the culprit ? Will they just string up any old shark to appease a few bathers/boaties ? (I know the family are against the culling)

[Quasievil]

Sorry what? keep the noise down Im watching JAWS on tv3

how appropiate is that, thought TV3 would have postponed it actually

[stevedee]

He think about it.... we thrill at Great Whites from cages with blood and gore all around to attract them (it's called tourism), we then go out and have a nice swim or a surf. Ain't no one heard of the 99 monkey theory? even though it has been debunked? Reckon crocodiles jump out of the water instinctivley? maybe some did originally but a whole lot more do now, and it isn't genetic, perhaps trained? Great whites own the ocean, and thats the way it should be.

[aff-man]

And how will they know which shark is the culprit ? Will they just string up any old shark to appease a few bathers/boaties ? (I know the family are against the culling)

Well they are pretty scarce and they have the size etc of the animal. Still it's bloody stupid. According to the news they were monitoring it yesterday and then when the permission was given to terminate today they couldn't find it. So not only are they idiots but they are idiots who think that they have a right to kill something for doing what it does naturally. Sure lions have to be killed when they attack humans because they develope a taste for human flesh (due to the high salt content and how soft it is) and so they attack more humans because they start viewing us as a delicacy and stop hunting other game to hunt humans . But i don't think sharks are the same. Gets me really angry. Boy ignores warning, boy dies, feel sorry for boy, blame shark, shark was there in the begining and boy knew about it. If they do find and terminate the animal i'm gonna be really really pissed.

[pete376403]

I think the main reason big cats continue to attack and eat people once they get the taste for us is that we're so damn easy to run down and catch - you've seen how an antelope can run and jump to escape - you think we can do that? We must be the Big Mac of the big cat world - convenience food.

[6Chris6]

We must be the Big Mac of the big cat world - convenience food.

Yeah, but hopefully with slightly more nutritional value.

[soundbeltfarm]

I think the main reason big cats continue to attack and eat people once they get the taste for us is that we're so damn easy to run down and catch - you've seen how an antelope can run and jump to escape - you think we can do that? We must be the Big Mac of the big cat world - convenience food.

just sitting here reading this and nearly piss my pants laughing.
but it is so true.
we are really a crap athletic species compared to so of the other mammals on this earth

[SPman]

Poor shark! All that effort expended for a low nutrition, scrawny, skin and bone food source. Humans are low on the food chain for sharks. For the effort expended, they prefer something tasty and nutritious, like a seal or dolphin or tuna. - lots of fat and flesh. Thats why most sharks tend to bite, then spit you out and fuck off! Whoops, that mouthful of shit aint a seal!. Shark musta bin real hungry!

[Fryin Finn]

just sitting here reading this and nearly piss my pants laughing.
but it is so true.
we are really a crap athletic species compared to so of the other mammals on this earth

Thats why we got motorbikes - The slower you run the faster your bike.

[750Y]

When man enters the water he enters directly into the foodchain, and not necessarily at the top. I have encountered a lot of wildlife in the water over many years of surfing from Orca to SeaWalrus and everything in between. It's their world not ours.
statistically You have more chance of being run over by a bus than taken by a shark..(no consolation to the victim unfortunately)