[Mongeaux]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=639908

[injin]

.50 cal Barretts should do quite nicely for plinking
large White Pointers. Can they be used from choppers?
Have the Auzzies got the stones for that?

[CharliefromKS]

He met a grizzy death but his three friends are going to relive this for years. Sad.

[Feiny]

[Ciexyz]

The article says, "He's had a taste and he'll be back for more."

And we thought "Jaws" was scary!

[82Marine89]

The kid doesn't listen to warnings about making yourself look like a seal. He does it in the shark capital of the world. Then you blame the shark for being a shark.

Yes it is tragic, but the kid was an idiot.

And how are they going to know which shark it is? Are they going to check for hair between its teeth before killing it?

[Rainmist]

If I lived in Australia I don't think I'd go in the ocean unless my feet were touching, just in case I had to make a quick retreat. You'd have to have a death wish to go out in deep water out there - Great Whites sure seem to like company lately !!

[AndrewC]

Must've been a tough round.

[Long Cut]

[Petronski]

Sharks cannot tolerate sharp blows to the eyes and the top-center of the snout. Under such an attack, they retreat in stunned confusion.

[arasina]

They should just send an SUV after it. I hear those things have minds of their own and are dangerous, just like sharks.