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01-23-2007, 06:26 PM
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Man Without Fear
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Remember to poke the Shark in the eye
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles...00010000000001
An Australian abalone diver told rescuers he was partly swallowed head-first by a Great White Shark on Tuesday but managed to fight his way free, suffering a broken nose and bite marks around the chest.
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01-24-2007, 04:49 PM
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Borrow money from a pessimist, they don't expect it back.
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Holy crap! Man, those Aussies are built to last. I guess one would have to be with all the poisonous/deadly bugs, reptiles, and fish around there.
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01-24-2007, 05:18 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: new york
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good to know, I'll try to remember that when i go diving in shark infested waters...
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01-24-2007, 05:34 PM
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Suicide Squad
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Shark attacks are pretty rare as we know. Just very dramatic news when they happen.
It is the damn jelly fish that are real killers.
When I visited Queensland that was a concern.
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01-24-2007, 05:49 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ish
good to know, I'll try to remember that when i go diving in shark infested waters...
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No kiddin! Stay your @ss out of the Ocean full of Great White sharks and countless thousands of other things that can kill you.
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01-24-2007, 05:56 PM
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: By a Lake in NC
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Its acrually a fallacy that you should hit a shark in its eye. If memory serves, when a shark bites, it has a cartilaganous membrane that covers its eye, thereby protecting the eye. Best to hit for the gills or the snout. The snout has the elcrto-receptor organs and you can get the shark to lose focus if you hit hard enough in the right spot.
But best thing to do is avoid getting bit. Wjat's amazing is that the majority of shark attacks in the US occur in water under 3 feet deep. Thats just nuts.
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01-24-2007, 05:56 PM
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Doctor Doom
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Brooklyn NY
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Great news. Now I can take the shark repellent off my utility belt.
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01-24-2007, 06:13 PM
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Gotta love this quote from the article:
"An average of 15 shark attacks occur annually in in Australia -- one of the highest rates in the world -- and just over 1 per year are fatal."
What does that mean? We had 1.2 deaths this year? 1 1/2 deaths? Aren't deaths generally in whole numbers, meaning you are either dead or not dead? Is this a strange Australian marsupial thing?
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01-25-2007, 09:54 AM
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Doctor Doom
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Primal
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That Shark looks crazy. I wonder why it came up to the surface??? He died a couple of hours after they caught em'. That's a serious set of teeth that bastich has.
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