Posted on 06/03/2019 12:17:22 PM PDT by Red Badger
Edited on 06/03/2019 1:39:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A teenager survived a shark attack off a North Carolina beach Sunday, but doctors had to amputate her left leg, according to the family.
Paige Winter, 17, was in the ocean off Fort Macon State Park when she was attacked by a shark just after noon Sunday, according to a statement from Vidant Medical Center.
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There were tracks in the high Yellowstone mountain country of what I am sure were snow sharks. And don’t get me started on that Sharknado video. We aren’t safe anywhere.
We have Landsharks in Destin:
Killer Whales Attack on Shore
https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a44-d3cb-a96c-7b4d63cc0000
Don’t forget the wily Land Shark.
One that doesn't think sharks are in the surf........well they need a mental exam. I surf fish alot. They lurk.....que Jaws.... :>)
lol
There have been fewer than 3000 shark attacks cataloged worldwide since 1958, compared to how many hundreds of millions of humans in the ocean in that time.
Lens color is pretty important too. I’ve always had Costas with vermillion lenses. They help me see stingrays when I’m wading, along with other tfish.
Just like that novel ... "A Farewell to Arms."
Back in the late seventies I lived in Oman during my oilfield days. It was on the Arabian Gulf. The sea was beautiful with its reefs and fish. I dived twice a week. We did not even use scuba as the reefs were close to the surface. Scuba gear was not needed to see the beauty of the reef. I was “shit scared” of sharks. I realized that to behold the beauty of the reef and the fish and all was worth the small chance of an attack by a shark.
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We were snorkeling a few hundred yards offshore one day. The other guys decided to go back in the launch. I wanted to swim some more and see the reef. I told them I would just swim back I played around the reef for a bit than swam back.
While swimming back were many tropical fish. About half way across they all went south and I was alone. It was either a barracuda or shark. My only thought was I hope it is a barracuda. Attacks by barracudas are rare though they can inflict great injury on rare occasions, extremely rare is this.
I swam home with nothing biting me. It was a grand day on the reef.
There have been fewer than 3000 shark attacks cataloged worldwide since 1958, compared to how many hundreds of millions of humans in the ocean in that time.
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I wonder how many are attacked and simply never found.
candy gram!
The food chains for land-based vs. ocean-based creatures are on entirely different scales. On land, humans are high-level predators. Even 3-4 fit human males working together, using nothing more than primitive weapons like clubs and maybe handmade spears, can take down nearly any other creature that breathes air; we are some wily sonsabitches.
In the water, it’s a whole other story; we are WAY down the food chain in the ocean, even though we’re pretty capable in water, as far as land-based mammals go. There are living nightmares down there.
We must have concern for the broader shark community. There should be no backlash against those of the shark persuasion. That’s Not Who We Are.
Beautiful. Which of those five beauties are you?
I’m surprised some hobbyist hasn’t dumped those in our rivers and lakes after outgrowing their aquarium. Our Northwest lakes seem to be polluted with every non-native fish known to man. The Fish & Wildlife people are always trying to manage the voracious non-natives.
“Fishermen have known this for many, many decades.”
As have any sportsman or driver or pilot.
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