Shark!!!
 

There seem to be a lot of shark attack reports around at the moment.

Do you think that the frequency of sightings or attacks seems to be increasing, or are the media just making more of them than they normally would do?

Has anyone re-considered any beach activities because of the reports?

Would love to know what you think?....

Simon

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We've had quite a few shark sightings around Perth over the last 2 weeks or so. I've heard that it's down to the fact that they are getting better at spotting them, who knows. I still go to the beach and have a swim. I just keep a very watchful eye around me, and always make sure there is some "food" further out than me. :eek:

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Yes... Australia has sharks. Act accordingly.

Report ends.

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Yeah on the east coast 3 attacks with in 2 days.

With good reason plentiful supply of food in the water at them moment, a lot of fish about.

Thats why I don't go in the water.

For more details see

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...73#post7144473

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Now, my theory is that it is dolphins! Evil dolphins. One of the reports said there were dolphins swimming around, and then the 'shark', which noone saw, bit the bloke. Obviously a dolphin! They try and convince you they are all cute, then they strike! :thumbsup:

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Yeah Dolphins are smart very animals they will attack a shark by ramming into it and bursting the sharks swimbladder, an so killing it. or so I have read somewhere.

Dolphins would not attack humans in the way a shark would, they would bash you with their tail and show signs of agression before they would attack (very rare) where a shark will stalk and strike with speed and surprise.

See my pics below of Dolphins near Hawks @ Nest Port Stephens.

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Sharks don't have swim bladders.

However...

What surprises me is that sharks as a whole haven't figured out how much easy meat there is to eat off the coast of Australia. I suppose anything that's been around for 200 million years takes a bit of time to adapt to a new food source, but it will happen eventually.

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Maybe the sharks are smarter than we think....

Are watching they don't take too much high cholestrol, high alcohol content, homosapiens. Okay for a snack or taken in moderation:D

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Sorry swimbladder/Large oil filled liver, can't remember what shark has.

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PUtting it all into perspective... in 2007 1 HUMAN was killed by a shark... whilst 100,000,000 SHARKS were killed by humans in the same year.

Add to that the amount of HUMANS killed by other humans, by drink drivers etc... I"m not too worried about the sharks.:thumbsup:

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No, it's them rouge dolphins you want to worry about. :lol::rofl:

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You and your dolphin consipiracy theories lOL :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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There's been quite a few sightings round here over last week or so and one of the attacks was just down the coast from me yesterday. Still going surfing later though! Not sure if I'm naive, fearless, stupid or just plain bonkers! :confused:

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Ooo ponyrama we are in the same area as you - 12 hammerheads south south beach and 6 bull sharks spotted at windang yesterday.

I know there is regularly a school of hammerheads between fairy meadow and north beach just outside the nets - a spearfishing friend told me lol

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The real question is whether you are nutritious.

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Ah the Hammers dont worry me really - its the Bulls, White Pointers and Tiger sharks that I dont want to meet. Plus I never go south of Towradgi so I reckon I'm quite safe! :thumbsup::eek:

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Hey man-called-horse u`ll not get many of those great whites in norn iron lmao. i thin they must be afraid of us lmao

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100 million sharks? Are you sure about this? Surely that's aquatic genocide?

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Shark attacks are sufficiently rare to make each one newsworthy so I don't think there is an increase in reporting as such. There have certainly been a few incidents recently, but then there are probably a lot more people in the water this time of year, not necessarily more sharks.

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I thought this number was high so googled and came up with this:

http://www.greendiary.com/entry/100-...servationists/

Interstingly, UN says 10 million a year but "some environmentalists" say 100million, which lead the articlle's author to suggest the UN is lying and covering up, as opposed to "some environmentalists" lying for some other reasons.

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Wow. That's very, very bad.

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'enviromentalists lying' ?

surely not

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Mr Pointer wants you to keep eating McDonalds, pizza, takeaways of all descriptions - you have a long way to go to equal the blubber of a seal, but some of you are definitely getting close.......!:eek:

Gotta go - my Kentucky Fried Chicken is getting cold......

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Sorry Guys I work for Lush and a recent campaign has been with the Sea Shepherds.... and yes 100,000,000 sharks were killed in 2007 mainly for sharkfin soup ... just search on sea shepherd on google... Darryl Hannah is currently on board fighting against the Japs and their whaling mission!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yeah and alot more "bang for their buck" than 50 years ago. Nice fat slow swimmer and he's good for the whole day....

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I wouldn't throw Darryl Hannah overboard for eating sharkfin soup in bed

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Just paint a sign on the bottom of your surfboard. Best to use pictograms so paint a shark within a circle with a line through it. Let us know if it works

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I believe that sales of fish-scented boardwax were the first products to bite the dust in the downturn.......;)

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I dont think there are more than usual -there are always sightings bitings and takings

mostly people wandering around dragging dead fish on their belts

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Which poor bugger has the job of counting them and how do they do it? I think I'd have lost count by 2,222,222 :blink: I don't think there are any more, just better ways of finding them and the media doing the hysterical thing whenever they can.

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You would be if you were the 1 HUMAN ;-)

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Yeah not too many of those in Lough Neagh, and you don't get a many of these either!!

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Blueys Beach is North of you though !
Here's a great pic taken there on Sunday while the kids were in surf school.
Estimated 3 metre white pointer.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...7-1242,00.html

A buddy of mine who surfs most days pointed out that at any given time they reckon there is a shark never farther than 200m away from you. Keeps you humble :-)

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As a dad and a diver it will keep me regular - did they suspend the surf school?

Twinset

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No, they did not !

Former professional surfer Gary Hughes, who runs Gary Hughes Surface School of Surf and Surf Consultancy, said he was aware of the shark and had been monitoring it.

"I did not tell the students because they just would have worried," Mr Hughes, 50, said.

"It was just having a cruise, it wasn't showing attack behaviour."

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If that was the UK, there would be a public enquiry.......3m great white is a juvenile so no sweat....:eek:

Chimes with another story I saw about 16 juveniles observed of North Oz coast...over couple of hours!

Think they are mainly fish eaters at that size. Gonna have to go see them to desensitize: would prefer my first encounter to be with a cage wrapped round me!!

Pies

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There are thousands of Bullsharks in the Brisbane river and all round the SEQ coast.

They have always been there and they are dangerous.

Seems like the media are having a field day with this one

G

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Yeah the bulls pups chase the mullet up river and then grow to bloody big sharks.... I heard of 2 bulls attacking a horse in the brisbane

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For a spectacular experience you can go diving in a grey nurse shark breeding ground off Nelsons Bay. Absolutely amazing. BTW they are harmless. In Sydney there are heaps of Wobbygongs which you can see snorkling.

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Man-called-horse u might get a few in newry canal lmao or that love rostrevor shore line lol.That looked so like my mother in law u caught same big mouth and pointy nose lmao