I know a lot of people dive for recreation or as a part of their work, and for the most part they never encounter difficultys with the righful denizens of the deep.
However, as so aptly shown by the shark attack on the Charter boat skipper this weekend just gone off the Abrohlos Islands. Do we really have a right to be outraged when a 'dumb' animal eats a human intruding on its turf?
How many old white pointers will get killed over this one? I mean you can't identify the killer until you cut it open.. and cutting open sharks is generally fatal.
FYI A White Pointer is a Great White shark, deep ocean nomadic species that grows up to 8m (24ft) long.
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March 21st, 2005 12:05 AM #1Tree Frog
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Unlucky, or was it a Killer Shark?
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March 21st, 2005 12:31 AM #2Administrator
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Re: Unlucky, or was it a Killer Shark?
Sure we have a right to be outraged.Originally posted by Shadarach
Do we really have a right to be outraged when a 'dumb' animal eats a human intruding on its turf?
It would be silly to be outraged, but we certainly have a RIGHT to be.
I think this is not a matter of rights though.
When you go into the domain of another predator, you are taking a risk. Usually, it is a small risk.
I definitely think it would be a shame if there is wholesale slaughter of sharks in response to this. What point is there to recovering the remains anyway?
It would be different if there was a shark or sharks that had decided a certain popular human area was a good feeding grounds. There certainly is no evidence of that yet.Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse."
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March 21st, 2005 12:58 AM #3Bullfrog
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seems foolish to kill a shark for being a shark.
I spend a lot of time in the mountains. I'm always aware that I could come across a bear and possibly her cubs (personally, I think the bears do this on purpose for kicks, but it's just a theory...
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It's just one of the risks I take and accept out there.I know you believe you understand what you think I said. But I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant.
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March 21st, 2005 01:04 AM #4Guest
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You want to swim with sharks, fine, go swim in the waters that contain them, but if you get chewed and swallowed, make sure your family/diving buddy, knows not to get all uppity and trigger happy.
If you don't wanna get bit, don't go tickle the shark's tummies.
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Re: Re: Unlucky, or was it a Killer Shark?
To prove that it really was a shark killed him. If there's reasonable doubt, and there's a chance he was murdered and a shark blamed, it would be worthwhile. But if nobody disagrees, it seems pretty pointless.Originally posted by Aristotle
What point is there to recovering the remains anyway?The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and in the right way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended. - Aristotle (but not the Aristotle you're thinking of)
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