Thread: Now this is a Shark

Originally Posted by disco_thrasher

we in its enviroment let it be if it attacks someone well so be .... so if a person goes into a lion reserve and gets eaten do we go kill that lion no we say that guy was stupid for been in there

When I was in Botswana and also Krueger Nat Park, when a lion runs down, injures or kills a human, it is quite often killed.

When a pet or wild dog kills or injures a person it is also killed as they have developed a taste and are No longer trusted.

In Zoo's and or circus, when a Lion and or animal kills or injures a person, they are also put down.

If a Tiger shark or White pointer moves too close to shore and developes a taste for humans and works out we are hopeless swimmers and have no chance of escape it can and has in the past stayed because we are easy targets.

I suggest you do some diving and spend some time underwater.
Sharks are very scary and will have a go at you and quite often totally un-provoked.
It is their territory and I can not argue with you there but I would rather see one less big potential man eater than one less human.

Thats just me. Forgive me if you will!

Originally Posted by big guy

When I was in Botswana and also Krueger Nat Park, when a lion runs down, injures or kills a human, it is quite often killed.

When a pet or wild dog kills or injures a person it is also killed as they have developed a taste and are No longer trusted.

In Zoo's and or circus, when a Lion and or animal kills or injures a person, they are also put down.

If a Tiger shark or White pointer moves too close to shore and developes a taste for humans and works out we are hopeless swimmers and have no chance of escape it can and has in the past stayed because we are easy targets.

I suggest you do some diving and spend some time underwater.
Sharks are very scary and will have a go at you and quite often totally un-provoked.
It is their territory and I can not argue with you there but I would rather see one less big potential man eater than one less human.

Thats just me. Forgive me if you will!

Thats why i rarely swim in the ocean. I have my spot on land and the sharks have their spot in the ocean. I like it that way.

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Your mates obviously a professional fisherman, so if it's a choice between feeding the missus and kids and paying the bills or leaving the shark be, well, too bad for the shark.

Deano

On the individual level it's hard to argue against that but if everyone planet wide shared the same view and it went unchallenged ever, there won't be any kids or missus's to worry about or feed. At some point soon we have to get into a degree of sync with our enviroment otherwise we're cactus. Fact. I'm not a hippie but I do like the idea of a future.

Originally Posted by big guy

I suggest you do some diving and spend some time underwater.
Sharks are very scary and will have a go at you and quite often totally un-provoked.
It is their territory and I can not argue with you there but I would rather see one less big potential man eater than one less human.

Thats just me. Forgive me if you will!

i suggest you read my first post:" this is going to cause a aguement" and what has it done but with you only ,i worked as navy recovery diver for 7 yrs so i have done my fair share of diving working of cape town great white seas
asia /gulf of mexico and of course australian waters so yes i know what it is like to dive with these try diving with these in the middle of the night with no lights only directional aids been used are compasses and never had issues with them (these so called man eaters that you talk about)

Originally Posted by pop058

not siding one way or the other as I don't have all the relevant info, BUT how do the experts know what sharks like/dislike ?

Don't know exactly I'm not an expert, just what I've read.

Originally Posted by big guy

They may not like the taste but the jury is probably still out on that one but they sure as hell will take a good bite just to check if we still taste the same.

Especially if we look like their favourite food the "Seal"!!!

Yes just from what I've read most shark attacks are mistaken identity (ie) they think we are fish.

When it boils down to it, we are in their environment and they are a hunter and hunt to survive only, they don't hunt for pleasure or sport like humans do.

Baz.

Originally Posted by Ace

Im also led to believe that they dont like the clown species within the human race either. Something about them tasting funny.

Starting to wish I never posted them now.

For the record, they are not recent pics, that person has retired long ago.
The boat was fully licensed and it was an accidental catch.The shark had drowned before it was taken onboard

As for the scientist veiw that we dont taste good..I personally put this alongside the statement that where there's Dolphins there's no sharks..

Sorry to tell you good people but I see them feed alongside each other 4 times a night every night..IMHO this is just a statement that comes out to calm people when an attack has occured.

I have seen sharks in such a frenzy when I was fishing off the continental shelf on the west coast of Aust that the sharks started eating each other so I doubt very much any human would,ve been bitten and left alone.

I dont and I dont know many people who deliberately go out to catch these creature's, but they do get caught, or tangled in nets beit fishing nets or beach nets..

As for the scientic side of it..After having survived an attack from a monster from the ocean 16yrs ago( altho it wasnt a shark), and still having the nightmares from that day, I dont think they would have too many volunteers to test their theories..Certainly not me anyway

My 2c worth

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

Starting to wish I never posted them now.

Cheers Ean

Actually I think this is a great thread - it has drawn out a lot of comments - some hearsay some not but everyone who has participated would have learned something.

Garry