A diver diving off Brisbane, Australia yesterday (Saturday) seems to have had an embarrassing and painful run in with a normally passive wobbegong shark. It seems he received 3 quick bites to the groin which luckily resulted in only six stitches and a tooth removal.
Wobbegong to the Groin
- Thread starter scubababe
- Start date
Please register or login
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
- Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
- A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
- You can make this box go away
KyMermaidDivr
Contributor
Poor Guy! 
I would love to know more details on that ... wonder what provoked the ugly critter?
I would love to know more details on that ... wonder what provoked the ugly critter?
jamespitt
Guest
and a collective oooooohhh was heard eminating from legions of male readers....
http://www.diveoz.com.au/discussion_forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2523
http://www.diveoz.com.au/discussion_forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2523
Sorry 'bout that dude's luck....I don't have anythin to say other than to get better soon...
barb
Contributor
Maybe the sharks last name is Bobbit.
Poor guy I hope he gets better soon.
I bet he's learned not to wave willy at creatures with teeth
Poor guy I hope he gets better soon.
I bet he's learned not to wave willy at creatures with teeth
This futher supports my arguement against feeding hotdogs to sharks. It's all fun and games until someone loses a willie. :bonk:
Dectek
Guest
I see that we are not the only forum that has a knee jerk reaction to include DIR into any subject.
on the Dive-Oz site a reply to this same story was:
Guy.Witting wrote:
Well ... if he was a DIR diver he would have had his buddy to hold the wobbie down, and the crotch strap and scooter tow ring would have protected his vitals.
on the Dive-Oz site a reply to this same story was:
Guy.Witting wrote:
Well ... if he was a DIR diver he would have had his buddy to hold the wobbie down, and the crotch strap and scooter tow ring would have protected his vitals.
Similar threads
