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Ceri	Dec 16th 2004 2:54 pm

Re: Shark attack in Adelaide

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Originally Posted by podgypossum

the dawn and dusk warning didnt apply in this case as he was taken at 3.30pm in the afternoon!!!

You are more likely to be attacked at dawn or dusk.. not that you won't be attacked in the day. You can be attacked any time of day - but at dusk and dawn the chances goes up

Take for instance, if I want to catch sharks in shallow water , I don't bother during the day, I fish dusk and the night. I'll take the Brissie river. Dusk I will get bite after bite at dusk. Daytime you can still catch them but it's very slow.

peak feeding time in the shallows is dusk, night and especially run out tide when the tide turns, and starts to run out.

If I want to fish for them the during the day , I go into deeper water , drop offs in the bay with the boat.

I've never caught Great whites, I have no experience with them , but I know a man who has.

Cheers:)

Kiwipaul

Dec 16th 2004 7:30 pm

Re: Shark attack in Adelaide

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Originally Posted by Ghostface

I totally agree, each to there own and i hope you enjoy your swimming & surfing, however my idea of enjoyment is sitting in the sun drinking beer while a steak the size of a cows arse BBQ'S beside me.

My desire to swim rarely defeats my fear of being eaten by a shark.

What about your fear of being killed in a car crash, plane crash, mugged in the street, etc, all these are FAR more likely to occur than being attacked by a wild animal.

Also I hope you don't have a gas BBq as the chance of that blowing up is far more likely than a wild animal attack.

Hope you enjoy living in your cotton wool world but life is to be lived and enjoyed not hidden from because of what might happen.

I've been swiming down the GC today and barely gave the shark attack a second thought.

tinaj

Dec 16th 2004 8:12 pm

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Over the past year 3 people have been killed here by sharks :

Perth - White Pointer
Adelaide- White Pointer
Cairns Reef- Bronze Whaler

Also 1 killed by a croc and 3 mauled by crocs. Way, way too many for me!! But it does not stop us going in the sea, we moved here for the lifestyle and the sea is a big part of living on the Sunshine Coast so we wont be giving it up yet. Unless sharks arrive around here that is.

The guy at Underwater World in Mooloolaba said that if you have been in the sea 5 times or more this year then you have been 15 metres away from a shark :scared: :scared:

bondipom

Dec 16th 2004 8:26 pm

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I have seen reef sharks, wobbygongs and a another kind (whose name I cannot remember) whilst diving. An amazing experience.

Ghostface

Dec 16th 2004 9:56 pm

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Originally Posted by wombat42

Its safe to take a paddle, or swim in water to a depth up to your height,
the shark attack happened 300 meters out at sea,
the last shark attack at an Adelaide beach happened in 1991 also way off the shore. Shark attacks are freak events and make headline news when they happen unlike drownings which are far more common. Almost all the shark attack happen far offshore not to people swimming close to shore where sharks are affraid to venture. You are far more likely to be struck by lightning then attacked by the shark, shown by the fact that the last shark attack in Adelaide happened 13 years ago. You are stupid if you let a fear of sharks prevent you enjoying swimming at he beach, your 1,000 times more likely to be killed in a car accident driving to the beach. As BondiPom mentioned if you look at the statistics more people are killed after been hit by loose surfboards or collosions with other surfers in the surf then sharks.

You are stupid if you let a fear of sharks prevent you enjoying swimming at he beach,

That is a very sweeping statement is it not? if you are scared of something you dont do it, that certainly does not make you stupid.

MR MADSAD

Ghostface

Dec 16th 2004 10:01 pm

Re: Shark attack in Adelaide

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Originally Posted by Kiwipaul

I dont live in a cotton wool world, i just dont like swimming in the sea it is as simple as that.

Thanks for your opinion.

MR MADSAD.

walla

Dec 16th 2004 11:12 pm

Re: Shark attack in Adelaide

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Originally Posted by Ghostface

I dont live in a cotton wool world, i just dont like swimming in the sea it is as simple as that.

Thanks for your opinion.

MR MADSAD.

They have the shark, or had it but the young lads dad doesn't want it killed.

babybella

Dec 17th 2004 1:20 am

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Originally Posted by walla1

They have the shark, or had it but the young lads dad doesn't want it killed.

Do they usually kill sharks after an attack on a human?
After all does the shark know that it is not supposed to bite humans?

My son loves surfing and it does worry me that when we get to Brisbane he is entering into the sharks lounge.
Surfing in Newquay he is only likely to get hypothermia!

KAZ

Ghostface

Dec 17th 2004 2:08 am

Re: Shark attack in Adelaide

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Originally Posted by kaz Hen

There was apparently a sighting of a Great White off the coast of Padstowe last year!! :scared:

babybella

Dec 17th 2004 2:37 am

Re: Shark attack in Adelaide

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Originally Posted by Ghostface

There was apparently a sighting of a Great White off the coast of Padstowe last year!! :scared:

Prehaps I could persuade him to take up another sport.

Cheers
Kaz :scared: :scared:

diddy

Dec 17th 2004 3:08 am

Re: Shark attack in Adelaide

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Originally Posted by Ghostface

There was apparently a sighting of a Great White off the coast of Padstowe last year!! :scared:

Believe it or not, this is pretty common these days, especially off coast of Cornwall during hot summers.

Paul.

jimtrish

Dec 17th 2004 3:49 am

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Originally Posted by bridiej

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/...787207370.html

:scared:

thankgod i dont surf... and im not going to adelaide, sounds horrific though. :eek:

carojey

Dec 17th 2004 10:35 am

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I am now very worried about my little boy who is not even 2 yet - growing up in that surfie lifestyle and getting eaten by a shark and I will be responsible for taking him away from safe old Milton Keynes in the first place. Great :( and we go in 3 weeks!
I am actually quite scared of big waves so when I was in Oz I never went past the breakers altho I have been Scuba diving and snorkelling lots.

Does anyone know if you can get attacked when you're over reef? I thought the big sharks couldn't get there....

walla

Dec 17th 2004 11:07 am

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Originally Posted by kaz Hen

Sharks are hunted after they attack a human. It's very rare for a shark to attack a human as our meat is to salty for them in the main. They'll usually take a nibble which will result in the loss of a limb, unfortunately that normally results in a major artery being severed and death by loss of blood. Again it is very rare.

Best times to avoid swimming are dusk and dawn as that's when they are a bit peckish as someone has mentioned but an attack can occur anytime.

Having said this I think it's time to stop getting paranoid all :eek:

It's all the fault of Speilberg and that damned film Jaws ;)

Chris Mitchell

Dec 17th 2004 11:16 am

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heard about this on news tonight, my youngest son,10, has gone into a major panic and says hes not going now as we had planned to go to Adelaide. I am sure he'll get over it, same happened when we had the floods in UK! Seriously my sympathies go out to family it must be devastating.
Chris.

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