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Dec 21^st, 2015 at 6:49pm

I think this whole thing with the increases in shark attacks on humans ..world-wide, is predicated on their survival.
Sharks have been around a whole lot longer than surfers and swimmers, AND .. Wink

these hungry predators are finally getting the message. It is sinking into the shark senses, that there is a new form of food available.. and they are pretty easy. Slow, in fact, not like seals. So, the word is getting around.. there is some tasty tucker to be had.

ONCE upon a time, this was all new to them. NOW they are spreading the word. Expect an exponential increase in shark attacks on humans in the next few yrs.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 138815 Gender:	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #1 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 7:03pm Stay out of the water, and you won't be attacked by a shark. Next problem!
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #2 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 7:06pm Pissing the bald monkeys off is not a good evolutionary tactic.
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Reply #3 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 7:10pm

Probably a lot more sharks around now thanks to the whales and seals making a huge come back, well a lot more white pointers around anyway as these are not targeted for food unlike a lot of other shark species which are probably in decline, also game fishing for white pointers has been banned.

So there would be a double whammy, more people in the water thanks to the human population explosion and more great whites around too thanks to them breeding up on their now protected food supplies of whales and seals.

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Reply #4 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 7:32pm

miketrees wrote on Dec 21^st, 2015 at 7:06pm:

Pissing the bald monkeys off is not a good evolutionary tactic.

Well this a lesson learnt by lots of now-extinct species, too late though.

And the thing about sharks ? They live in the massive oceans that cover our beautiful planet, and we don't. We don't breathe water, so I'd say the odds, one-on-one , are definitely in favor of the sharks.

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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #5 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:06pm Kill the sharks. easy. we did it to the sabre tooth tigers and other species which threatened our existence.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #6 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:15pm ahhh Ian. You see sharks live in the sea. You know? They don't live on shore. You'd advocate //?? Nukin' em?
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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #7 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:17pm Let the Asian fishermen loose on them, they will be extinct within a decade.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #8 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:25pm Living in the past you are. All SORTS of fishers are out there, doing just that. If you think otherwise you are naive.
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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #9 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:31pm actually Emma when we find them in our waters we imprison them and burn their boats.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #10 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:36pm ahhhhhhhh Iann againn sigh irrespective of your other words, the key phrase there is in our waters .
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #11 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:37pm AND.. there are plenty of crook aussies stealing our fish stocks as well.
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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: Shark Attack. Reply #12 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:40pm Surfers are learning to fight back like the one did in South Africa on live TV.
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Reply #13 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:45pm

In essence you represent the quintessential 'entitled' generation.

You think Australia is special ( as do I ) ..but you think we are somehow entitled to keep grabbing onto and using everything in sight,, everyone else be damned.. when in the harshness of reality, we Aussies are just people, like all the other suffering masses in the world.

Its just that until recently we have been isolated .. the" Tyranny of Distance". No longer exists. We are part of the world, and this arrogance is going to take a hard fall. Sad

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Reply #14 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 10:52pm

If one species is removed it affects the entire ecosystem in ways that man may not realize for a long time. Like wolves and trees in Yellowstone Park. That link wasn't realized until wolves were reintroduced into the Park and the elk were not able to eat everything in sight so some trees began to mature for the first time since the 1920s.

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