Girl Killed by 3 Sharks in Bahamas

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by charlie.magen

Shure, but dominating basic rules of gender behaviour and grammar already.

But failed on research.. else you know what the reference to the ? mark was all about.
Oh.!!! and there is no E in wisdom.
Just saying..

[KP44]

Originally Posted by taxwizz

Hey Charlie;
We try not to be insulting in this forum.
We are allowed to make humour, but please, no childish insults.
Let's keep this friendly.......
Or leave.
Just sayin'

Right On !

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by KP44

When one of my kids would announce that she/he doesn't eat fish, I'd always answer, "Have you seen a shrink?"

Ahh.!!! an American.

[a64pilot]

A lot of posts were deleted. Reasoning is they weren’t “nice”.
A lot had to be deleted not because they were bad, but they had quoted one that was, and what was quoted had to go.
Guys play nice please, we don’t like handing out strikes or a ban.

[taxwizz]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

A lot of posts were deleted. Reasoning is they weren’t “nice”.
A lot had to be deleted not because they were bad, but they had quoted one that was, and what was quoted had to go.
Guys play nice please, we don’t like handing out strikes or a ban.

I support that.

[KP44]

Originally Posted by jimbunyard

Supposedly that would put them almost 40 times older than the universe. I think the generally accepted number is about 400 million.

Still a long-ass time, at least 200 times longer than us, some would say 10000 times...

Somewhat over 4.3 billion. So 4,300 million.
But time is a variable; not a constant, so to speak.

People have history for only a few thousand years.

[Downline]

I’ve read most of the comments. Some more interesting than others.
I started spearfishing in South Africa in the early 1970’s. Since then I’ve spearfished, freedived and profession dived most oceans. I’ve seen all kinds of sharks and and in great numbers. We have also been cruising now for a number of years.
What I do know from South Africa is that if you start feeding wild animals, it becomes a problem animal and it has to be put down. I cannot imagine that sharks are any different.
There are spots in South Africa where we used to spearfish. They do the shark diving thing there now and you cannot spearfish there anymore.
I also have a couple of friends that has been bitten by sharks, mostly Great Whites. Most of them survived. The majority had no fish or blood on them at the time. From their stories it is not possible to come to any conclusions.
We have also tried the Shark Shield that are now manufactured in Australia. The results are mixed. The one spear fisherman saw a Tiger shark tailwalking when he switched it on. This was off Richards Bay. Another diver was pushed all the way from the bottom to the surface while spearfishing off Cape Point. Luckily the boat was right there. The shark pod gave him a very good shock when he jumped on the boat so they are sure it was working.

[KP44]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Ahh.!!! an American.

Did you get that from the colloquialism or from my humor?

Some of my children didn't understand the meaning of "shrink". We had hundreds of teens over 30 years as a foster family.

[barnakiel]

Poor one. Very sad. The person could have been busy exploring something and so she missed the early warming signs. (?)



Tigers are said to attack - BY MISTAKE - so they will go after you assuming you are a seal or another edible animal (known cases of attacking but soon abandoning, surfers).


Very sad accident. I hope it will be as isolated as any previous cases.






b.

[BelizeRumRunner]

Snorkeling off Deep Water Caye Bahamas our group of 10 had an aggressive encounter with a black tip. The shark singled out the largest member of our group, a guy who was 6'4 and full of muscles. Too bad for the shark. It attacked him jaws open 4 times. He punched it in the nose each time and it finally gave up!

[taxwizz]

Originally Posted by BelizeRumRunner

Snorkeling off Deep Water Caye Bahamas our group of 10 had an aggressive encounter with a black tip. The shark singled out the largest member of our group, a guy who was 6'4 and full of muscles. Too bad for the shark. It attacked him jaws open 4 times. He punched it in the nose each time and it finally gave up!

Maybe he should have poked it in the eye with his thumb.

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, 'RumRunner.

[taxwizz]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, 'RumRunner.

Glad to be here.
Please get me a drink.
I prefer Scotch. Single malt.
Thank you.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by KP44

Did you get that from the colloquialism or from my humor?

Some of my children didn't understand the meaning of "shrink". We had hundreds of teens over 30 years as a foster family.

No.. See a shrink was enough of a giveaway..

[taxwizz]

Originally Posted by boatman61

No.. See a shrink was enough of a giveaway..

"DRINK", not "Shrink".
Hahahahahaaaaa