Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jul 13^th, 2020 at 11:30pm:


Well this one was a tad closer to Coffs coastaly but as the crow flies closer to Grafton. but you'd know that.

sharknado:

Tasmania shark attack: boy survives being 'grabbed' by a shark from a fishing boat

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/17/tasmania-shark-attack-boy-survives-being-grabbed-by-a-shark-from-a-fishing-boat

A boy who was grabbed by a shark from a boat off Tasmania’s north-west coast has suffered arm, head and chest injuries.

The 10-year-old was taken to hospital on Friday afternoon following the attack near Stanley.

“The boy ... was aboard a six-metre vessel on a fishing expedition about 5km from shore with his father and two other men when a shark grabbed him from the boat,” Ambulance Tasmania said in a statement.

The boy’s father jumped into the water and the shark swam away, the statement said.

The boy was wearing a life jacket at the time of the attack. He suffered cuts and is reported to be in a stable condition.

A few hours before the attack police had issued a shark warning for the area.

“Please be advised there has been a large shark sighted in the Stanley area,” they warned.

“If swimming or undertaking fishing and other marine activities please take necessary precautions.”

According to the Australian Shark Attack File, maintained by the Taronga Conservation Society, the last injury from a shark bite in Tasmania was in 2012.

Friday’s incident is the latest in a string of shark attacks in Australian waters.

A shark documentary-maker on Tuesday was mauled by a shark while swimming at a resort island during a day off in far north Queensland.

The 29-year-old woman was bitten on the left leg at Fitzroy Island near Cairns.

“I still love sharks, sharks are beautiful,” the woman told reporters as she was wheeled into Cairns hospital in a stable condition.

She suffered a possible fracture of the left ankle and some lacerations, paramedics said.

On Saturday, a teenager died while surfing at Wilsons Headland at Wooli Beach, off northern NSW, which was Australia’s fifth fatal shark attack this year.

The previous weekend, a 36-year-old Sunshine Coast man died after being mauled while spearfishing off Queensland’s Fraser Island.

Last month, the Gold Coast surfer Rob Pedretti, 60, died after he was attacked at Salt Beach at South Kingscliff in northern NSW.

A shark also killed the 23-year-old Queensland wildlife ranger Zachary Robba in April off North West Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef.

Experienced diver Gary Johnson, 57, was killed by a shark near Cull Island in Esperance on Western Australia’s south coast in January.

Hope lost for finding shark attack victim Andrew Sharpe alive off Esperance on Western Australia's south coast

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-10/search-for-shark-attack-victim-resumes-esperance-kelp-beds-wa/12750054

WA police say they have lost all hope of finding much-loved surfer Andrew Sharpe alive after he was attacked by a shark on Friday morning at a surf break near Esperance on Western Australia's south coast.

After a second day of searching, authorities have recovered two pieces of wetsuit, believed to be that of Mr Sharpe's, in the ocean near where he was surfing, but police said it would have to be tested for DNA.

On Friday, a piece of his surfboard was also washed ashore with "obvious signs of shark attack".

In 2014, 23-year-old surfer Sean Pollard was attacked by a shark at the beach, losing his arm and other hand.

Three years later, 17-year-old Laeticia Brouwer died after being bitten by a white shark in the same area.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/shark-attack-north-beach-perth-teen-pulled-under-reveals-fear-he-would-die/ed13b24c-5585-4eb0-b6c8-fbf6ce36cd86

9:48pm Oct 5, 2020

A teenage boy says he was sure he was going to die in an encounter with a shark while surfing on a northern Perth beach.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/gold-coast-shark-attack-coolangatta-hero-first-responders-nick-slater-death-great-white-mauling-queensland-news/364f40ec-38e2-4e00-8728-af65c65be835

A teenage schoolboy, a tradesman and an occupational therapist have been revealed as the heroic first responders who tried to save the life of a Gold Coast real estate agent who had been mauled by a shark.
Nick Slater, 46, had been surfing off Greenmount Beach in Coolangatta last week when he was attacked by a great white.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/shark-attacks-australia-natural-cause-factors-water-temperatures-weather-research-science/13671606-a464-40d1-ae82-c2991cb81c86

Sep 10, 2020

A change in water temperatures may be behind the highest number of fatal shark attacks Australia has seen in years, marine researchers said.

Six people have so far been killed by sharks this year across the country. The last time the number of fatalities were close to that number was in 2014.

In total, 19 shark-related incidents have already been recorded this year compared to 23 for the entirety of 2019.

Professor Robert Harcourt from Macquarie University's Marine Research Centre told 9News.com.au the uptick in fatal attacks this year is a sign more sharks are swimming closer to shore, suggesting natural currents may have shifted ocean temperatures.

"When there's a lower sea surface temperature — when the water's basically cooler compared to surrounding areas — you tend to get more white sharks closer to shore because they're feeding on the animals in the water like salmon and that's when we tend to get a spike in humans getting bitten as well," Professor Harcourt said.

"When we get a year like this, when we seem to be getting a spate of shark incidents, it tends to suggest that the cold waters are constrained closer to shore, so it just means that everything is a little bit closer."
"We're not a natural prey of any marine critter but if they're coming in to hunt salmon, and now is peak salmon period for Australian salmon… then you get sharks coming into feed upon them and the human leg is about the same size as a nice tasty salmon.

Early analysis of a tooth lodged in Mr Slater's surfboard has led Queensland Fisheries department to believe the shark was a 3.5-metre great white.

Early analysis of a tooth lodged in Mr Slater's surfboard has led Queensland Fisheries department to believe the shark was a 3.5-metre great white.

A tiger shark was also caught in nets off the Gold Coast, but there is no proof it was responsible for the fatal attack.

The incident also followed two fatal attacks in NSW earlier this year, two other deaths in Queensland and one in Western Australia.

Perth-based shark biologist Amanda Elizabeth told 9News.com.au there are variables linked to the severity of shark attack-related deaths in a calendar year, such as emergency response times.

However, said there are natural factors that also contribute to incident numbers.

"Things like rainfall have an effect... shark attacks tend to peak about high rainfall, about 100mm," she said.

"You get these upwellings and the sharks are moving to inshore, where it's a bit cooler.

"With great whites, even though there's an increase in the warmer temperatures because there's more people there, more of the great white attacks actually happen where the water is cooler.

"There's a lot of attacks by great whites that are done in that juvenile, sub-adult stage and that's because they're transitioning from a fish diet to a mammalian diet, and they're testing what they can and can't eat.

"It's not uncommon for them to take a bite (to) see what they're supposed to be eating."

Across Australia, shark attack prevention measures currently include a range of measures such as nets, drum lines and overhead drone surveillance.

Professor Harcourt has said that Australian researchers are also actively working to develop scientific models that could suggest where danger zones may pop up at certain times of the year.

"What we are trying to do is actually build models that allow us to make better predictions for when people are likely to get bitten," he said.

The_Barnacle wrote on Jun 7^th, 2020 at 1:13pm:


No. It was reported on one of those morning news breakfast shows many years ago and gave an example of the recent spike in Crocodile attacks up north and how Tourism up north also spiked not long after with a lot from overseas. It was many Crocodile Park Shows that sprang up from this spike.
My brain has never farted. Didn't know yours could for you to know such a thing exists.

freediver wrote on Jul 19^th, 2020 at 5:11pm:


Yes ... Shovel Noses are "Rays" with the same type of downward facing mouth used by bottom feeders.

They don't attack people.

Calling them "sharks" is a misnomer.

With all the wet weather, I'm predicting a sharknado soon.

Man in critical condition after shark attack off Townsville

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/man-critical-condition-shark-attack-off-townsville/12811430

A 59-year-old man is undergoing surgery at Townsville University Hospital after being attacked by a shark off the North Queensland coast this afternoon.

The South Mission Beach man was spearfishing at Britomart Reef, about 45 minutes east of Hinchinbrook, when he was bitten on the upper thigh just after midday.

A distress beacon alerted paramedics, who met the man at Dungeness boat ramp near Lucinda.

QAS senior operations supervisor Ray Hardy said: "On arrival, he didn't have a pulse, so I would say that's not a good place to be in."

It took emergency crews more than hour to stabilise the man, who was suffering from catastrophic bleeding, before he was airlifted to Townsville University Hospital.

Critical care doctor David Humphreys said the man suffered a significant shark bite to his upper thigh and pelvic region.

"There was a makeshift tourniquet placed by, I believe, one of the other members of the vessel," Dr Humphreys said.

"Our concern was catastrophic bleeding which we did our best to arrest, get control of.

"He remained in a critical condition after our interventions and he's now undergoing emergency surgery here in the hospital."

Dr Humphreys said it was his first time treating a shark attack victim.

"This is sort of the type of work that we do, nevertheless it still has an emotional impact on the crew … and obviously particularly for the bystanders, other emergency services and his friends and family," he said.

"He sustained catastrophic injuries from this so obviously confronting for everyone involved."

Queensland Police said the man had been out fishing with a local group.

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Emergency search for woman swept off rocks at Injidup Beach in Western Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/emergency-search-for-missing-woman-swept-off-rocks-in-wa/12811718

Look. I'm just stating what I saw on a morning program show in regards to this subject and the fact is that Australian Tourism experiences a spike from overseas wanting to go to the 'Wild Oz Experience' of dangerous animals in conjunction with a spat of killings from Crocs, Sharks and other biteys. Aussie Safari, etc. Having worked in the Back Packer Industry, I can agree with this in seeing and hearing what clicks for Back Packers here in Australia besides booze, raves and sex.