Shark Attack @ West Beach!

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 10:09am**

Ahhh the burberry bikini will never see a spot of danger in its life! Ill protect it well!

Just heard on the news that a shark has been spotted 15m out, mmmm might re think my swim this afternoon...

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 10:11am**

chris wrote:

Bassgirl wrote:

solace wrote:

I look forward to many a good plunge this summer

See ya there!

you guys getting married? congratulations.

there is only one ring that solace will put his finger in and it aint gold

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 10:14am**

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 10:22am**

Khem wrote:

chris wrote:

Bassgirl wrote:

solace wrote:

I look forward to many a good plunge this summer

See ya there!

you guys getting married? congratulations.

there is only one ring that solace will put his finger in and it aint gold

you'd know all about that hey mopants

btw, i noticed a few worts on my finger the other day, you may want to get a checkup mate... bit embrassing i know but just tell the doc you sat on a toad

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 11:17am**

yep, one of the sharks has been spotted only about 10m off the shore line, and went under the fucking surf resue boat! Shocked

i think the more freaky thing is that while one of the sharks actually tore the poor guy up in front of his mates, the other shark then attacked the dinghy they were in and they were trying to hit it with the paddles!
full jaws style!
the surf resue guys watching the attack from shore also *heard* the shark hit the dingy from 400m out, so it seems a particularly aggressive attack, seeing there were 2 of them (very, very rare)

i feel sorry for the survivors, seeing your mate be torn into pieces would be very fucking traumatic. those images would be burnt into your mind for ever.

thankfully i have heard there are no plans for retribution, just to scare the fuckers off out further to sea.

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 11:27am**

i might rethink my expenditures in the next month, n maybe invest in one of those electric shark-repulsion devices! they are all the rage in WA round perth... u just strap it on n it sends out SHARK GO AWAY pulses! yeah...

still, i think adelaide council should consider some shark nets, to make a few beaches protected...

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 11:33am**

trashy_chica wrote:

i still, i think adelaide council should consider some shark nets, to make a few beaches protected...

apparently the nets kill a lot of other marine animals, including dolphins (which i have seen about 20m off shore before)

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 11:34am**

How often is it that we have shark attacks though..... Considering where we are we have been pretty lucky with them, i dont think there is any need for shark nets... can we get some car nets to protect us from getting run over by a car?

Your in the sharks world, and if your doing something stupid like being towed behind a dingy 400m out to sea then you kinda have to realise that you are in the wrong, the shark is just doing what it needs to stay alive. Those sharks would have seen that poor guy as fair game by him doing something that stupid.

Its the ocean, what are you gonna do, hunt down all the sharks?

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 11:37am**

Bassgirl wrote:

Its the ocean, what are you gonna do, hunt down all the sharks?

the illeagal fishing industry is doing a good job of that at moment as shark fin soup is all the rage and making meer fishermen into rich bastards

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 11:39am**

down with shark fin soup!!! i saw footage of the sharks trying to swim after being de-finned.. n drowning.. awww

that sorta exploitation makes me angry! bring on food replicators ala star trek, we are trashing our beautiful earth for our own sick pleasures n desires!!!!

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 11:46am**

Illicit wrote:

yeah!! give sharks a chance guys!

Does anyone remember the dead whale off the coast of Victor [?] with all the great whites feeding off it??? There's loads of sharks in our gulf, sure, with very minimal attacks. Bad ass / angry fish wit attitude - have you ever heard of a shark saving a person's life? No. No.

Go swim people GO SWIM ! ! ! ! !

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 12:27pm**

chris wrote:

thus the reason for my hatred of the ocean.

i second that.

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 12:33pm**

writa_ wrote:

chris wrote:

thus the reason for my hatred of the ocean.

i second that.

soooooft

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 12:41pm**

jayar wrote:

yep, one of the sharks has been spotted only about 10m off the shore line, and went under the fucking surf resue boat! Shocked

i think the more freaky thing is that while one of the sharks actually tore the poor guy up in front of his mates, the other shark then attacked the dinghy they were in and they were trying to hit it with the paddles!
full jaws style!
the surf resue guys watching the attack from shore also *heard* the shark hit the dingy from 400m out, so it seems a particularly aggressive attack, seeing there were 2 of them (very, very rare)

i feel sorry for the survivors, seeing your mate be torn into pieces would be very fucking traumatic. those images would be burnt into your mind for ever.

thankfully i have heard there are no plans for retribution, just to scare the fuckers off out further to sea.

2 of my closest friends both have sisters that were very close to him...... they spent alot of last night with the guys in the boat and apparently the people in the boat are well aware of the dangers of the ocean, and think it is pretty fucking stupid to contemplate killing sharks for it....they know it wont get their friend back

apparently the people in the boat were in complete shock though...everyone around them was crying but they all just sat there quietly....not looking too bad....but definitely not looking happy...just emotionless and calm....poor people may well be like that for a while before they process what they have been through..they have some tough times ahead

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 1:44pm**

R.I.P

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 2:49pm**

solace wrote:

the illeagal fishing industry is doing a good job of that at moment as shark fin soup is all the rage and making meer fishermen into rich bastards

yep, same shark fin soup or even jungle meat (certain monkeys) in restuarants in thailand... the animals are being wiped out through illegal hunting, kinda like whale being on the menu in japan. a bit fucken selfish really

anyhoo, i hear they are going to kill the shark now... pointless (geddit) Sleeping
whatever.

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 3:02pm**

they cant be certain which shark it is....

i hope they dont kill it... after all the ocean is their home.. what else are they supposed to do? get permits to hunt?

but then again its human nature to kill anything that even remotely threatens their precious existence.

stupid fucking selfish humans

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 3:58pm**

mazmo wrote:

they cant be certain which shark it is....

i hope they dont kill it... after all the ocean is their home.. what else are they supposed to do? get permits to hunt?

but then again its human nature to kill anything that even remotely threatens their precious existence.

stupid fucking selfish humans

It was 2 great white pointer's, and adult and a baby. First time in history there has been a shark attack by 2 sharks!

Ye I dont think they should kill the sharks.

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 4:10pm**

did you have anything to say dave or were you just agreeing with maz?

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 4:26pm**

D Jon wrote:

mazmo wrote:

they cant be certain which shark it is....

i hope they dont kill it... after all the ocean is their home.. what else are they supposed to do? get permits to hunt?

but then again its human nature to kill anything that even remotely threatens their precious existence.

stupid fucking selfish humans

It was 2 great white pointer's, and adult and a baby. First time in history there has been a shark attack by 2 sharks!

Ye I dont think they should kill the sharks.

what i mean is that they cant be sure which individual shark it is, they know it was 2 white pointers, but there is more than 2 white pointers out there....

more than 4 have been tagged and followed by satellite by the csiro

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they cruise with the food, and must have thought the guy was a seal or something. they dont like hunmans and will generally spit them out (they have found almost all of the guy - in pieces unfortunately - [sorry if this upsets people who knew the poor dude]) cos they dont like the taste of us

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 4:31pm**

mazmo wrote:

they cant be certain which shark it is....

i hope they dont kill it... after all the ocean is their home.. what else are they supposed to do? get permits to hunt?

but then again its human nature to kill anything that even remotely threatens their precious existence.

stupid fucking selfish humans

I'm sorry... but if a shark killed one of my family or my girlfriend i'd be out there with a double barrell shot gun Maz. It wouldn't be pretty when i was finished with it.

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 4:37pm**

im sure if someone invaded your home you would turn that double barrel on them too dude..

if you donht want to be eaten by sharks stay out of the ocean and stick to pools... like i do

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 5:35pm**

Did anyone see that article in Who magazine (my girlfriends mag of course

) where the dolphins protected that family swimming in the sea. twelve of them swam in a circle around the family protecting them from a white pointer.

we just need an army dolphin to protect us

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 6:46pm**

mazmo wrote:

im sure if someone invaded your home you would turn that double barrel on them too dude..

if you donht want to be eaten by sharks stay out of the ocean and stick to pools... like i do

Feel pretty bad for the family of the dude got taken... shit's me when people say there's no sharks out there... I've seen loads of em!

Anyone breaks into my place, theres no double barrell but plenty of - CHOP SUI get bad ass on u action - im not a violent person normally

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 8:51pm**

my mates father is a pro fisherman up here in port wakefield, he could sit you down and tell you about heaps of MASSIVE white pointers hes seen not far out from port wakefield, some up to over 20ft long.

apparently there have already been 3 or 4 great whites spotted in our gulf in the last couple of months. id be willing to put money on that there are heaps more great whites around than were led to believe.

as for killing the shark?? im all for it. who knows if it will kill again. *sits down in game fishing chair and straps himself in*

what a way to go though fark Confused

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 9:22pm**

Sharks are an endangered species, humans aren't.

In fact, shark numbers are so low as a result of human activity .... surely we could consider things a little different, even if these attacks were planned, perhaps they are 'payback' for us killing some of their ancestors like we insist on 'payback' when there is an attack.

I know it's not reality but some lateral thinking could put things into perspective a little here.....

I think most Australians are well educated in shark instincts, or at least should be if they plan on swimming in the ocean, and therefore it should be deemed unreasonable by all that we kill them for doing what is natural... as said already, they don't like to eat humans but do mistake us in our wetsuits for seals... which taste great apparently.

My brother has surfed for years and is absolutely clear about the fact that he is playing in the sharks backyard and if something comes of that it's not a grudge against him but nature taking it's course. While in our hearts we wish that he never comes to harm out there, I don't believe that any of my family would support the idea of killing a shark if it did attack as it's his choice to get out there daily.

Finally... RIP to the guy who was taken so young.

Posted: **17 Dec 2004, 9:47pm**

Smiley wrote:

My brother has surfed for years and is absolutely clear about the fact that he is playing in the sharks backyard and if something comes of that it's not a grudge against him but nature taking it's course. While in our hearts we wish that he never comes to harm out there, I don't believe that any of my family would support the idea of killing a shark if it did attack as it's his choice to get out there daily.

thats the attitude of this guys family, and according to them, the victim himself also.

you are more likely to die from testing a 9v battery on your tongue

Posted: **18 Dec 2004, 1:02am**

Who would want to swim at the beach anyway?

Sand, salt water & no shade!!!!

I havent seen a shark at any pool yet and Ive been swimming in them for years!!!! There are plenty of places to swim other than the beach and they all kick arse over the bogan infected sandy shit holes.

You swim in the sea and get eaten by a shark, it certainly isnt the sharks fault!

Posted: **18 Dec 2004, 11:08am**

Noddy wrote:

I havent seen a shark at any pool yet and Ive been swimming in them for years!!!! There are plenty of places to swim other than the beach and they all kick arse over the bogan infected sandy shit holes.

there's also plenty of bogan infected pools... Just look at the ones you go to

Posted: **18 Dec 2004, 3:04pm**

chris wrote:

Bassgirl wrote:

solace wrote:

I look forward to many a good plunge this summer

See ya there!

you guys getting married? congratulations.

nah solly has a new plumbers helper he's gonna test out

*fopfopfopfopfopfop*

fix that sink!