Surfer attacked by shark ...............

[Crankarm]

................ gruesome.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/St...lifornia_Dies_After_A_Shark_Bites_Off_His_Leg

 

[hypnose]

well at least he didnt get attacked by a megladon

 

[buggi]

This is gruesome. don't open it up if you think it will freak you out... you have been warned...


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfGvwCiaXTI

 

[Bird Brain]

If it was the other way round I would have read that article.

 

[Wolf04]

With all due respect to the victim and his family what amazes me is that scientists say that the shark population is being decimated year after year. Yet they also say that attacks on humans are more frequent. They will only get me if they learn to walk on land!

 

[Wolf04]

Oh no they are coming........

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ImuHFci_s

 

[potsy]

This is gruesome. don't open it up if you think it will freak you out... you have been warned...

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=qfGvwCiaXTI

Blimey buggi,I was just tucking into a bacon buttie then

 

[ColinJ]

Blimey buggi,I was just tucking into a bacon buttie then

I took the warning as a warning and decided that I wouldn't bother... 

 

[potsy]

I took the warning as a warning and decided that I wouldn't bother...

Ha Ha I just had to have a look,despite being petrified by sharks after seeing Jaws as a kid

 

[buggi]

Blimey buggi,I was just tucking into a bacon buttie then

Well really, you stand in between a bunch of sharks... what the hell did he expect to happen LOL.

 

[fossyant]

Well really, you stand in between a bunch of sharks... what the hell did he expect to happen LOL.

Exactly.....

Bet that stung..........salty sea water............

Shark......."Feeling a bit peckish, oh lots of juicy legs, nibble......" One calf muscle gone !

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

It was a bull shark which has a bit of a reputation as an aggressive shark... but the chap in question has done it many times before, just this time one of the sharks decided to have a bump and gave him a little love bite.

 

[benb]

With all due respect to the victim and his family what amazes me is that scientists say that the shark population is being decimated year after year. Yet they also say that attacks on humans are more frequent. They will only get me if they learn to walk on land!

It could be that overfishing is depleting the shark's natural foodsource, causing them to find food that they normally wouldn't eat.

But I really wouldn't worry about being the victim of a shark attack, the odds are less than being struck by lightning.

In fact, I found this, which suggests that shark attacks are pretty stable.

 

[Wolf04]

It could be that overfishing is depleting the shark's natural foodsource, causing them to find food that they normally wouldn't eat.

But I really wouldn't worry about being the victim of a shark attack, the odds are less than being struck by lightning.

In fact, I found this, which suggests that shark attacks are pretty stable.

I bow to your greater research though my point is still valid. If the number of attacks is stable and the number of sharks is diminishing then the number of attacks per shark population is increasing. I'm still not going anywhere near open water!!
I think the general concensus was that as more people use the sea for recreation then the number of human/shark interactions increases.

 

[benb]

I bow to your greater research though my point is still valid. If the number of attacks is stable and the number of sharks is diminishing then the number of attacks per shark population is increasing. I'm still not going anywhere near open water!!

Fair enough, but I really don't think you've got anything to worry about.