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Re: Sharks
Reply #15 - Aug 4^th, 2013 at 12:10pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Aug 4^th, 2013 at 8:15am:

freediver wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2013 at 10:33pm:

They are selling a lot of shark shields to divers, and the odd surfer.

If you have enough time to attach one, you shouldn't be falling overboard.

One idea is an inflatable packed fabric/plastic 'bag' that opens up in the water with you swimming within it. The sharks can't see you or smell you.

The large bag hangs down 10 feet or so into the water ~ filled with sea-water ~ like a flexible capsule, with you safely inside it.

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The tragedy of over 500 seamen getting killed by sharks during the war when their ship was sunk by a torpedo ~ brought back one of the survivors who each year would return to that same location in his own luxury yacht to spend days tossing in berly and shooting the sharks with a machine gun and whatever else he had.

He found it therapeutic. Cool

How about an inflatable raft? People usually die of hypothermia and drowning well before the sharks get to them.

Are you going to get yourself a shark shield?

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Re: Sharks
Reply #16 - Aug 4^th, 2013 at 1:47pm

freediver wrote on Aug 4^th, 2013 at 12:10pm:

How about an inflatable raft? People usually die of hypothermia and drowning well before the sharks get to them.

I'm talking about the individual who finds himself in the water for one reason or another... with the prospect of sharks coming to snack on him sooner or later.

At a little distance from Hong Kong, I used to swim in waters along the coast where the sharks were in abundance because of the Chinese fishermen's habit of throwing their new-born female babies into the water.

A simple device attached to a belt would give peace of mind as well as deter the sharks.

freediver wrote on Aug 4^th, 2013 at 12:10pm:

Are you going to get yourself a shark shield?

Yes. I'll be placing my order as soon as my Muslim Deterrent Shield arrives from eBay.

The Muslim Deterrent Shield works by squirting Christian Holy Water Blessed-by-the-Pope onto any Muslim who comes within 6 feet of me.

It's automatic and self-directional. It's worn as a hat.

The advertisement promises that upon contact with a Muslim this Holy Water hisses and fizzes and burns like acid ~ even though it really is water. Cool

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Re: Sharks
Reply #17 - Aug 4^th, 2013 at 2:16pm

The tragedy of over 500 seamen getting killed by sharks during the war when their ship was sunk by a torpedo ~ brought back one of the survivors who each year would return to that same location in his own luxury yacht to spend days tossing in berly and shooting the sharks with a machine gun and whatever else he had.

He found it therapeutic.

It sounds more like psychopathic to me. Sharks are just doing what they've done for millions of years.
Similarly I find it obnoxious the practice of cutting off shark fins and releasing them to die.

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Re: Sharks
Reply #18 - Aug 4^th, 2013 at 2:24pm

bogarde73 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2013 at 2:16pm:

The tragedy of over 500 seamen getting killed by sharks during the war when their ship was sunk by a torpedo ~ brought back one of the survivors who each year would return to that same location in his own luxury yacht to spend days tossing in berly and shooting the sharks with a machine gun and whatever else he had.

He found it therapeutic.

It sounds more like psychopathic to me. Sharks are just doing what they've done for millions of years.

I agree.

bogarde73 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2013 at 2:16pm:

[highlight]Similarly I find it obnoxious the practice of cutting off shark fins and releasing them to die.

This is far worse than killing them quickly.

The South East Asian and Japanese foods and Oriental Medicines trades have a hell of a lot to answer for. African horns and tusks... musk deers ... tigers ... Sun Bears ... dogs and cats ... whales ... porpoises ... The butchery is genocidal.

But they're not white, Christian, or Anglo ... so ...

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