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Shark culling must be outlawed. (Read 6788 times)
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Reply #15 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 7:04am
 
Yeah its strange matty caring about sharks though

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Reply #17 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 7:16am
 
It all cries out for a personal shark repellent.

People on the moon.

Robots on Mars.

People at the bottom of the Marianna's Trench (Sp)

The boat-people stopped.

Warrigal's got a job.

And yet no effective shark repellent ...

Heads should roll. What has the CSIRO been doing all these years on taxpayer money?

Disgraceful.


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Reply #18 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 8:30am
 
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Reply #19 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 8:40am
 
Simple really, if it bothers you, stay out of the water.
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Reply #20 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 8:50am
 
matty wrote on Feb 12th, 2014 at 9:24pm:
Stratos wrote on Feb 12th, 2014 at 9:21pm:
I heard a recent thing about things that kill more people than sharks every year.

One of them was coconuts, and another was vending machines I believe

matty wrote on Feb 12th, 2014 at 9:13pm:
but the facts are that less than 10 people are killed by sharks yearly in Australia


I think the total number is less than a hundred ever


That is probably correct. If a shark sees you, it's more than likely going to just turn the other way. The only times that they actually eat humans, so I've heard, is when they are desperately hungry, and/or can't see well and mistake humans for something else.

From below, a person lying on a surfboard looks a lot like a seal, the shark's preferred prey.

How do sharks tell the difference? Chomp. Sharks use their jaws in much the same way we use our hands. Most of the time a shark takes one bite and swims away. Sometimes this bite does enough damage to be fatal. Is that the shark's fault?

California surfer killed in shark attack may have been mistaken for prey, experts say
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A shark that bit and killed a surfer off of California's central coast probably was a great white and may have mistaken the boarder for prey, experts said Wednesday.

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Great white sharks are found from tropical to polar regions and are not uncommon up and down the California coast, experts said.

However, they do not attack humans as a rule, experts said.

"If white sharks were going to target humans for prey, I would never talk to any survivors," Collier said. "Because there's no way you or I could ever survive an attack by a 17-foot shark that weighs 4,000 pounds."

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It is likely that the shark that bit Solorio failed to identify the surfer and "struck out at this shape assuming it was a natural prey," Collier said.

"The way it investigates is by taking a gentle bite but unfortunately, what seems like a gentle bite to a shark can cause a devastating injury to a human," Nosal said.
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Reply #21 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 9:18am
 
The shark in this picture is ... smiling.

And it's not because the cameraman had told him to say "CHEEESE!"

Very strong currents had swept him MILES up the coast away from Seal Island where he was intending to chow-down on a few baby offerings.

But then this lucky break ...
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Reply #22 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 9:43am
 
The Oceanic white-tip is the most dangerous shark for humans.

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The claim by 'experts' that shark attacks on people off beaches is a case of mistaken identity, is needless to say, rabid nonsense motivated by ~ yes, you guessed it ~ a leftwing-luvvie need to avoid stigmatising a creature as being hostile to man.

Correct ~ sharks do take a bite to test for skin-toxicity and to authenticate a prospective meal, but they then return to consume the person when their senses give them the 'all-clear'.

Unfamiliarity with the initial taste may make some sharks a little cautious, but they inevitably return to fill their bellies.

It's one of the most absurd examples of political correctness when you hear 'experts' trying to peddle the fiction that sharks don't like human meat.

Utter nonsense.

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And a quick diversion ...

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A strange S-shaped formation which appeared on weather bureau radar off the West Australian coast was not caused by cloud, the bureau says.

The shape was spotted on the weather bureau's radar map on Wednesday about 30 kilometres west of Rottnest.

After checking the satellite, the bureau's Neil Bennett ruled out the phenomenon being caused by cloud.

"There's no cloud, there's nothing to produce a rain echo, ... which we do see a lot, but not this particular shape," he said.


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And yes ~ of course it's an 'S' shape.

What do they want ... an 'H' shape?

tsk, some people.  Roll Eyes

It's no mystery of course. It's well-known to marine biologists that there is a type of water-borne colony crustacean that hold onto one another and form long 'conga-lines' as they drift on the ocean's surface.

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Reply #23 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:08am
 
I can't find one person who agrees with this cull.

On who's behalf is he acting on? Tourism?

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Reply #24 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:18am
 
Kat wrote on Feb 13th, 2014 at 7:00am:
Finally, something Matty and I can agree wholeheartedly on...



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I can't believe Barnett actually posed for this picture:


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Reply #25 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:22am
 
FriYAY wrote on Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:08am:
I can't find one person who agrees with this cull.

On who's behalf is he acting on? Tourism?



Check this out.....

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greg-hunt-grants-wa-exempt...

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Reply #26 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:23am
 
methinks Barnett saw too many jaws movies.
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Reply #27 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:32am
 
polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:23am:
methinks Barnett saw too many jaws movies.



Indeed.


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Reply #28 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:34am
 
Alinta wrote on Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:22am:
FriYAY wrote on Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:08am:
I can't find one person who agrees with this cull.

On who's behalf is he acting on? Tourism?



Check this out.....

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greg-hunt-grants-wa-exempt...

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Useless prick.


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Re: Shark culling must be outlawed.
Reply #29 - Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:56am
 
I agree, but is anyone else as shocked as I am at who started this thread?
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