Doc1647545523 Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Maybe a coincidence, but perhaps a pattern? http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIIYioymk7QfMfM8Y5r5E31H5Zvg My favorite quotation from the article: "An ocean swimming race will also go ahead this weekend, organisers said, with competitors well protected by a fleet of accompanying water craft." http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/ALeqM5j9QR8O5KLUB0XisfSzp9FiMbhSqg.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Most important part of the article, and the most likely to be ignored. But John West, curator of the official Australian Shark Attack File held at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, dismisses claims that the number of attacks on humans is increasing. "The human population is increasing and more and more people are going into the water, but there has not been a corresponding spike in fatalities from shark attacks," he told AFP. "There is still an average of 1.2 fatalities a year over about the past 50 years -- if anything the fatality rate for shark attacks is dropping in comparison to the increase in the human population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc1647545523 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 You've certainly got a valid point, but I'm not sure it is any comfort to the two victims currently hospitalized from two separate incidents in a week that .... "There is still an average of 1.2 fatalities a year over about the past 50 years -- " According to the article, there had been no reported attacks in this harbor for 10 years, and now two serious attacks in a week. It could just be coincidence, but it sounds to me like a shark problem. I base my considerable expertise on having watched all of the Jaws movies, some even twice. And the idea of holding a swimming event in the harbor anyway reminds me of the scene in the original movie of the flotilla of fisherman going out to "hunt" the shark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 sounds to me the sharks are just mistaking them for food. Maybe food is getting scarce and they are mistaking people as seals or whatnot. The shark bit and let go meaning once he figured out what it was it said oh shit my bad dude and swam away. If the shark wanted to eat him he would be long gone. Been scuba diving before and wen under water most sharks were scared of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverMaker Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Clearly global warming is to blame. We all need to be driving electric cars within 10 years or the sharks will take over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 who's listened to the dane cook skit talking about the shark attacking the guy "so the shark came up and bit you, and you punched it in the face and the shark was just like "ALRIGHT!!!! I GET IT ALREADY!!!!" lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 As a swimming competitor, I'd be afraid to swim in any of those waters.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 It's El Nino's fault, oh wait no blame PETA, or just blame the fact that these people are stupid and don't realize they have legs hence making them land mammals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 just sucks to know that we are once and a while the prey as we are in their domain in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Thats why "Im on a boat(on a boat)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Pfft. Who cares about simple sharks when there's Sharktopus. http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k58/ImUrOBGYN/Sharktopus.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 And these: http://climateprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sharks_with_laser_beams-w72pgv-d.jpg http://www.bloggerheads.com/images/helicopter_shark_russian.jpg http://swimatyourownrisk.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/helicopter.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brrcats Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 some of those swimmers are goin down. that is, unless this guy will be there. http://www.addiction-guild.com/sites/addiction-guild.com/files/images/news_10_03_07/shark_piledriver.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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