Donna&Scott
Guest
c'mon, gang! we're missing a prime opportunity here....let's all put on our best "Crocodile Hunter" accents and say....
"OH CRIMEE! HE BIT ME!"
"OH CRIMEE! HE BIT ME!"
Uneducated fool.....
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tklingner
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It would be interesting to know of all the shark attacks, how many were a result of aggressive humans? I guess we know now even a 2 foot nurse shark has it's limits.
Reta & Brad
Guest
When your stupid, your whole body suffers!!!!
OP
ScubaBaby
Contributor
The orginal post I made was copied and pasted. It was a direct quote from a webpage.
He may have been snorkelling at the time but he was a qualified diver!
This kind of thing that you hear about makes you wonder just how many attacks are purely unprevoked!
He may have been snorkelling at the time but he was a qualified diver!
This kind of thing that you hear about makes you wonder just how many attacks are purely unprevoked!
Nathan
Guest
To bad the shark wasn't much bigger.. say 8-10 feet. The kid might have thought twice about grabbing something that big. And if he did he might have made it in to the Darwin awards.
Maybe the kid had watched too much of Extreme Contact. After all, Manny, Mark and Megan jump out of boats on sharks! I'll bet he's aware now that Nurse Sharks are territorial and can be very agressive if bothered....
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...but isn't this kind of weird? why wouldn't the shark let go? especially since it was pulled out of the water and would not be able to breathe.
excuse me for being the cynic here but how true/accurate are these stories? could it be that the reporter got the facts wrong? perhaps he could have been trying to stroke the shark's tail instead of pulling it. many divers do touch the marine animals that they see even though they have been given the Enterprise directive of being neutral observers. as result, it has become quite common for people to think that it is acceptable to go round stroking pufferfish, getting the occasional ride from a turtle, etc.
after all, if it is not even clear whether the boy was diving or snorkelling, who knows what else might have been misreported.
tomcat
excuse me for being the cynic here but how true/accurate are these stories? could it be that the reporter got the facts wrong? perhaps he could have been trying to stroke the shark's tail instead of pulling it. many divers do touch the marine animals that they see even though they have been given the Enterprise directive of being neutral observers. as result, it has become quite common for people to think that it is acceptable to go round stroking pufferfish, getting the occasional ride from a turtle, etc.
after all, if it is not even clear whether the boy was diving or snorkelling, who knows what else might have been misreported.
tomcat
DennisW
Contributor
I actually saw this video and I think it was on the show Real Live Videos or something like that. The shark was a small one and the video showed it hanging from the kids chest. I thought it was funny, except the shark was going to die. "If you're going to be stupid, you better be tough."
Mick
Guest
This brings another point to mind.
What are we doing when we berley (chum) for sharks?
When Rodney Fox does his whole cage diving thing and throws a couple of buckets of dead fish over the side of the boat, then goes under in a cage, what do the sharkies think?? Are we teaching them that diver=food ??
The next time they see a diver are they going to think, hmmmmmm, yummy, last time I saw a diver there was food ???
I mean, does anyone really know how smart these animals are ???
Mick
PS. Please, no more comments about the "Crocodile Hunter" that man is a complete TOOL !!!!!
What are we doing when we berley (chum) for sharks?
When Rodney Fox does his whole cage diving thing and throws a couple of buckets of dead fish over the side of the boat, then goes under in a cage, what do the sharkies think?? Are we teaching them that diver=food ??
The next time they see a diver are they going to think, hmmmmmm, yummy, last time I saw a diver there was food ???
I mean, does anyone really know how smart these animals are ???
Mick
PS. Please, no more comments about the "Crocodile Hunter" that man is a complete TOOL !!!!!
HERB KING
Registered
Tomcat, nurse sharks have been likened to a pit bull.
Once they clamp onto something they really hold on.
They have very powerfull jaws as they feed mostly on crusteceans. At Mote Marine we where told that their jaws will "lock" onto something and you actually have to cut them lose. Oh well. I bet he learned a very valuable lesson.
Dont fool with Mother Natures creatures.
Once they clamp onto something they really hold on.
They have very powerfull jaws as they feed mostly on crusteceans. At Mote Marine we where told that their jaws will "lock" onto something and you actually have to cut them lose. Oh well. I bet he learned a very valuable lesson.
Dont fool with Mother Natures creatures.
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