This guy's brother?
Correct, it's only common sense.
Swimming with sharks can be non habit forming.
This guy's brother?
I really need to slow down and read more carefully. I thought the title read: “man bit off shark Fla; dies”.
I couldn’t wait to read it and find out was a shark “fla” is and which one died as a result, the man or the shark?
Do they offer a skydiving into a volcano package?
Well, my grand daddy gave me this good advive:
“When a shark bites you, get out of the water”.
Chum times there are unintended consequences.
But at least the chum worked.
You know how to tell whether or not there’s sharks in the water, before you go in?
Taste it, if it’s salty, there’s sharks in there. ‘Course, OTOH, if it’s fresh, there might still be sharks, they can swim in fresh water too.
RIP.
“Correct, it’s only common sense.”
About 10 years ago I got the chance to scuba-dive on the Great Barrier Reef. I’m glad nothing happened as I was a bit naive. (Rent the gear off the boat, no training, etc.)
I must say though it was one of the few things that I have done that was truly amazing and lived up to the hype - it was just like you see in the travel films. Giant clams (the 6’ big variety) and even a large (8-foot?) shark that I tried to swim closer to but it ignored me as it swam away. (Thank goodness)
I’ve been on this type of dive & it’s reasonably safe if you follow instructions (ie. keep your arms folded & hands ‘in’). Mostly you’re diving with nurse sharks & caribbean reef sharks. The ‘shark wranglers’, clad in chain mail suits, handle the bait & feed the sharks out front of the phalanx of paying customers. Imagine kneeling on the bottom, shoulder-to-shoulder, with your backs to a reef wall. A wrangler protects each flank while the 3rd wrangler feeds at a distance.
I don’t know what they would do if a tiger shark or a bull shark would show up. Can’t call ‘time-out’ in open water.
“The company offers shark trips to the Bahamas for enthusiasts and photographers hoping to interact with hammerhead and tiger sharks,”
Morons.
Shark Bites Man
Sad but predictable.
Man Bites Shark
Now THERE’S a headline. When will we see that one?
It turns out the victim was 49 and paid to go on the trip. It also turns out it was somewhat of a "canibalistic" attack. The victim was a lawyer from Austria.
Last time I went diving with the wife and kid we came across 7 8 foot nurse sharks beneath a ledge. Kid and I were in scuba wife in snorkle at Pecks Lake just south of the Saint Lucie inlet in South East Florida in 15 feet of water.
Kid swam over and grabbed an 8 footer by the tail and shook it and it turned and was not a happy camper. Wife nearly ran on top of the water back to the boat.
Laughed my rear end off. But then again they weren’t tiger or bulls wither.
Timmy Treadwell’s demon jumped from bears to sharks.
ap whack at it..
Man dies after shark attack off Florida
BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080225/ap_on_re_us/shark_bite;_ylt=AoDQcGoZyAW9tVGQdsdgzsEPLBIF
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An Austrian tourist died Monday after being bitten by a shark while diving near the Bahamas in waters that had been baited with bloody fish parts to attract the predators.
Markus Groh, 49, a Vienna lawyer and diving enthusiast, was on a commercial dive trip Sunday when he was bitten about 50 miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, said Karlick Arthur, Austrian counsel general in Miami.
The crew aboard the Shear Water, of Riviera Beach-based Scuba Adventures, immediately called the U.S. Coast Guard, which received a mayday from the vessel, said Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.
Groh was airlifted to a hospital, where he died. Groh was bitten on the leg, Ameen said, but he could not be more specific about the extent of his injuries.
It was unclear what type of shark was involved in the attack. The shark got away before anyone could identify the species.
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office declined to comment, citing an ongoing investigation by the Miami-Dade Police Department. A telephone message left for police was not immediately returned.
A woman who answered the telephone at Scuba Adventures on Monday said the company had no comment.
The company’s Web site says it offers the opportunity to get “face to face” with sharks. The site explains that its hammerhead and tiger shark expeditions in the Bahamas are “unique shark trips ... run exclusively for shark enthusiasts and photographers.”
To ensure “the best results we will be ‘chumming’ the water with fish and fish parts,” the Web site explains. “Consequently, there will be food in the water at the same time as the divers. Please be aware that these are not ‘cage’ dives, they are open water experiences.”
Shark bites Lawyer..
What happened to professional courtesy.
ping
Probably too old for a Darwin Award but there could be some other kind of stupidity award.