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Seychelles shark attack leaves Briton dead
bbc ^ | 17 August 2011

Posted on 08/17/2011 9:04:17 AM PDT by george76

A British man has died in a shark attack while on honeymoon in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

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A 36-year-old French tourist was killed by a shark off the same beach just over two weeks ago.

The Seychelles Tourism Board's director Alain St Ange told the BBC the latest attack was caused by a "foreign shark" and

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; seychelles; shark; sharkattack; sharks
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1 posted on 08/17/2011 9:04:20 AM PDT by george76
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“foreign shark” - they’re always way worse than those native sharks. Bunch of troublemakers.


2 posted on 08/17/2011 9:06:02 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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caused by a "foreign shark"

Eating the tourists the local sharks won't.

3 posted on 08/17/2011 9:06:15 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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The Seychelles Tourism Board's director Alain St Ange told the BBC the latest attack was caused by a "foreign shark" and was a "freak accident". He said: "We need to find the beast and get it out of our waters, we have requested help from South Africa and two experts are arriving in the country in the next day."

If only we could act that quickly with our illegals.

4 posted on 08/17/2011 9:08:14 AM PDT by bgill (just getting tagline ready for 6 months after you vote in Perry - Tried to warn you he's a RINO.)
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To: george76

We’re gonna need a bigger boat...


5 posted on 08/17/2011 9:08:53 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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Right, a “foreign shark,” not native to the ocean or anything.

Poor fellow. Der Prinz and I spend our honeymoon in Missouri to avoid incidents such as this.


6 posted on 08/17/2011 9:09:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
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Poor fellow. Der Prinz and I spend our honeymoon in Missouri to avoid incidents such as this.

LOL! That's why I won't go near the beach either.

7 posted on 08/17/2011 9:14:23 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: Tax-chick

Apparently no one warned you about The Bull Shark Beast of Branson...


8 posted on 08/17/2011 9:14:40 AM PDT by null and void (Day 936. The mob is decisive when the law is not.)
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To: george76
Bites in the hip/groin area suggest that the femoral vessels were cut..unless you're outside an ER when that happens, bleeding out is just about inevitable..

However if it turns out that just before leaving for the honeymoon, the bride took out a huge insurance policy on her new husband, will they arrest the shark as an accomplice?

9 posted on 08/17/2011 9:14:58 AM PDT by ken5050 (Should Christie RUN in 2012? NO! But he should WALK 3 miles every day..)
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Heh. We were in more danger from the Drunk Tractor Driver of Macon.


10 posted on 08/17/2011 9:16:20 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

My great-uncle caught an 85-pound catfish near our farm.


11 posted on 08/17/2011 9:17:21 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
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Sorry...

http://www.catfish1.com/forums/f109/bull-sharks-missouri-102922.html


12 posted on 08/17/2011 9:18:49 AM PDT by goldi (')
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Der Prinz and I spend our honeymoon in Missouri to avoid incidents such as this.

After reading Wikipedia, I think Colorado would have been safer.

Unlike most sharks, bull sharks tolerate fresh water and can travel far up rivers. They have even been known to travel as far up as Indiana in the Ohio River and Illinois in the Mississippi River,

13 posted on 08/17/2011 9:18:59 AM PDT by ALPAPilot
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Ironic Metaphor Alert :

Our economy was killed by a foreign politician.

14 posted on 08/17/2011 9:20:47 AM PDT by Funee Kat
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must have been an Amish shark........


15 posted on 08/17/2011 9:21:02 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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Fascinating. I guess we might as well go to the ocean in future.


16 posted on 08/17/2011 9:21:40 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
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“I guess we might as well go to the ocean in the future”

Or the desert. I don’t think too many of those buggers are in New Mexico or Arizona... but I could be wrong!


17 posted on 08/17/2011 9:23:56 AM PDT by momtothree
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http://www.sharkattacks.com/satvermyth.htm


18 posted on 08/17/2011 9:24:46 AM PDT by troy McClure
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To: Tax-chick

I went to Missouri once and got et by a skeeter.


19 posted on 08/17/2011 9:25:27 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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LOL!


20 posted on 08/17/2011 9:26:38 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
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