Shark chews off Russian swimmer's arms

AFP ^ | August 18, 2011

[george76]

The 25-year-old was admitted in critical condition, unconscious. His arms were chewed off by his elbow," ... as were "other body parts," ...

The shark struck about 50 metres off the coast. It was the first registered shark attack in the Primorye region located on the northwest coast of the Sea of Japan.

[nuconvert]

“The medical source said the man was operated on for an hour”

A whole hour? His surgeon must have been on speed

[humblegunner]

His arms were chewed off by his elbow

When elbows go bad there's really not a lot of hope for the rest of the arms.

Just sayin'...

[Big_Harry]

... as were “other body parts,” ...

Arms you can replace with hooks, “other body parts”, not so much. Just sayin...

[hummingbird]

Prayers for this young man.

He’s needing all the help Heaven and Earth can give him.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I saw one of those "Shark Week" specials the other day about Australia's "summer or sharks" a year or so ago. The government's main concern seemed to be telling everyone that it was wrong to think of sharks as bloodthirsty killers and that everyone had to understand they were just animals and that the killings were flukes. People kept going to the beaches and kept getting bitten or killed.

I don't want to understant sharks. If I see one close to a populated beach, it needs to be shot, period.

[Responsibility2nd]

Yes, but did he call his Mum?

[george76]

Remember the Shark that rips legs and arms off four Russian tourists an Egyptian Red Sea resort Sharm el-Sheikh ?

Dec 2010

[txroadkill]

His arms were chewed off by his elbow," ... as were "other body parts,"

Wait...What??? Will my elbow do that to me????

[steveo]

Business opportunity... Kevlar Speedos.

"You may loose an arm, you may loose a leg,
But wear our trunks and your wife won't haveta beg."

[Flycatcher]

No species given.

Great white or tiger shark is my guess.

[george76]

Olga Moskalyova, 19, gave an horrific hour-long running commentary on her own death in three separate calls as the wild animals killed her.

Mum, the bears are back. She came back and brought her three babies. They’re... eating me”.

As the creature toyed with her, she managed to call Tatiana several times during the prolonged attack. Tatiana rang her husband – not knowing he was ­already dead – but got no answer.

Half an hour later, Igor’s brother Andrei arrived with police to find the mother bear still devouring his body. Badly mauled Olga was also dead.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/265455/Bear-s-eating-me-girl-told-

[Responsibility2nd]

'Mum, the bear is eating me!': Frantic final phone calls of woman, 19, eaten alive by brown bear
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 17 August, 2011 | Will Stewart

Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:23:16 AM by marktwain

[george76]

Must have been a foreign shark.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2764962/posts

[Flycatcher]

Must have been a foreign shark.

I hate it when they bring their foreign ways of eating swimmers to our local waters.

[george76]

Thanks

[astounded]

I have to say, while it’s a devastating thing for the victim, your comment made me laugh out loud........

[Roos_Girl]

In Florida there are sharks close to populated beaches all the time. Most of the time no one is bitten.

[festusbanjo]

The shark must have been a liberal who obviously didn’t believe in the right to keep and bear arms.

[MikeyPorter76]

Sharks,Jellyfish,Plutonium. You take your life in your hands wading through that.