Flashermac Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Most shark attacks off California are attributed to a shark mistaking a swimmer for a seal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Seal the singer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 The sharks spoken of in my post were not 200 yards off the coast, but right on the shorline where people swim. The bull sharks follow the bait fish, which can come close to shore. This is the situation for most shark attacks in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Number of people killed by sharks since Australia was "colonized" is less than the number killed each year by car's. I was bitten by a shark when a boy - my own very stoopid fault - involving showing off to girls older than I should have been trying to impress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 The odds of being taken by a shark are probably on a par with the odds of walking into a newsagent on Brisbane's northside, buying a single Lotto entry and winning $40 million. When asked what he will buy with the money, all he could think of was a house. In other news, for every winner nature has to single out a few losers: http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/world/6571410/tiger-mauls-in-audience http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/mp/6572169/woman-loses-legs-after-getting-legless/ That last one should serve as a warning to us all - dont raise your kids under power lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 This one caught my eye as well, gobble. Exploding chewing gum blows off student's jaw A chemistry student has been found dead with his jaw blown off by what is believed to be exploding chewing gum, reports have said. The remains of Vladimir, 25, were discovered at his parent's home in the northern Ukrainian city of Konotop, reports in the Eastern European country said. The young man, who studied at Kiev Polytechnic Institute, was working at a computer late on Saturday when the alleged explosion happened. "A loud pop was heard from the student's room," the ukranews.com website said, citing an aide to the city's police chief. "When his relatives entered the room, they saw that the lower part of the young man's face had been blown off." A forensic examination established that the chewing gum was covered with an unidentified chemical substance, thought to be some type of explosive material. The student apparently had a bizarre habit of chewing gum after dipping it into citric acid, Russian news agency Ria Novosti said. Officers found both citric acid packets and a similar-looking unidentified substance, believed to be some kind of explosive material, on a table near the body, the agency continued. Investigators suspect that the student simply confused the packets and put gum covered with explosive material into his mouth. Forensic experts were to travel from Kiev to investigate the substance, as local authorities feared it may explode if transported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 The odds of being taken by a shark are probably on a par with the odds of walking into a newsagent on Brisbane's northside, buying a single Lotto entry and winning $40 million. When asked what he will buy with the money, all he could think of was a house. In other news, for every winner nature has to single out a few losers: By the same token I should imagine the odds of you getting eaten by a shark are much lower if you stay out of the water. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 The odds of a shark being eaten me are far greater, I love shark meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Flake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Yep - fish'n'chips has been shark'n'chips for a long time : just doesnt have the same ring to it. We've definitely done a lot more damage to their numbers than they have to ours. Bring on the meteorite, I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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