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Posted: 6/15/2015 8:36:08 AM EDT
Two teens were attacked yesterday at the NC coast and had to undergo amputations.
Story and video: http://www.wral.com/two-teens-injured-in-separate-shark-attacks-on-oak-island/14711125/ |
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Yup. It's called summer. (At least in the northern hemisphere) View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I heard it is because global warming Yup. It's called summer. (At least in the northern hemisphere) You mean more people in the water means more chances for attack? |
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Don't panic. These were cases of mistaken identity according to the media. Sharks don't want to hurt humans.
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I heard it is because global warming Yup. It's called summer. (At least in the northern hemisphere) You mean more people in the water means more chances for attack? More people are in the water every summer. This is abnormal and authorities are looking into it. We need to start a shark killing err harvesting program like they have in Australia. |
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More people are in the water every summer. This is abnormal and authorities are looking into it. We need to start a shark killing err harvesting program like they have in Australia. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I heard it is because global warming Yup. It's called summer. (At least in the northern hemisphere) You mean more people in the water means more chances for attack? More people are in the water every summer. This is abnormal and authorities are looking into it. We need to start a shark killing err harvesting program like they have in Australia. We shark fish here in FL. Still doesn't stop us from being the #1 state for attacks. The only shark that terrifies me is the Bull shark. They make a point to eat you. Generally the other sharks that come close enough are just looking for smaller animals. |
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There's a reason I won't swim in the ocean: I've yet to encounter a shark in a pool.
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The reason is the increase in shark numbers. Populations have skyrocketed and will get worse.
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The coast? You've really gotta worry when they start happening in places like Arizona...
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I read about this every summer... I wonder what the correlation is??? |
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I believe the increase in shark attacks is due to an increase in sharks (duh!).
When I was growing up in FL, the fish and game policies were not the same and weren't as tight/restrictive. It was just not a common thing to fish off the beach in FL, but theses days its common and people do well at catching fish right on the beach. So, fish and game does their job too well (restricting the humans), increases the fish population around the coast, then big gnashy fish (sharks) numbers increase too. There may be some commercial fishing reasons too, but I'm just passing along my own experiences. |
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Climate change
If only you guys paid more taxes we could have prevented this |
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Youre in the water, sharks in the water......
Actually, it is quiet easy. Summer is here, people go to the beach. People at the beach go swimming...... |
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At the coast?
Get back to me when they start happening in Iowa. |
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Always stay in the boat, till the shark is in the boat. <a href="http://s113.photobucket.com/user/DVCER/media/Fish%20hunt%202013/Fishhunt2013095_zpsb9733eb8.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/DVCER/Fish%20hunt%202013/Fishhunt2013095_zpsb9733eb8.jpg</a> View Quote Must be a female shark. It has the crazy eyes. |
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At the coast? Get back to me when they start happening in Iowa. View Quote actually bull sharks have been found pretty far up stream in the Mississippi river... Sharks in Illinois |
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Headed to OBX on Saturday. I will be risking life and limb hitting the water.
Good chance to try out my new underwater holster. ...and yes 10mm is the round for shark. (and everything else.) |
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Don't want to get bit by a shark?
Don't play in their pantry. |
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It's when they start increasing inland that you have to worry.
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Probably tuna that have been calling themselves sharks for years...
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I read about this every summer... I wonder what the correlation is??? View Quote The results are in: Shark attacks are strongly correlated with people being in the water. r=0.98 It's interesting to note that, when people are not in the water, shark attacks seem to diminish. Weird. |
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The results are in: Shark attacks are strongly correlated with people being in the water. r=0.98 It's interesting to note that, when people are not in the water, shark attacks seem to diminish. Weird. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I read about this every summer... I wonder what the correlation is??? The results are in: Shark attacks are strongly correlated with people being in the water. r=0.98 It's interesting to note that, when people are not in the water, shark attacks seem to diminish. Weird. We should really conduct a study on that, |
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In before Sharknado.
The sharks have always been there. In almost every "Attack" situation it is a case of mistaken identity cloudy surf, feeding ground, blood in the water from a cut or menstrual cycle.. |
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Shot two Cobia Sunday spearfishing. Lost nary an appendage. Barracudas did swarm the second one, but fear overcame their curiosity.
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The coast? You've really gotta worry when they start happening in places like Arizona... View Quote There were shark attacks in a creek in 1916. Matawan's location made it an unlikely site for shark attacks. When Thomas Cottrell, a sea captain and Matawan resident, spotted an 8 ft (2.40m) long shark in the creek, the town dismissed him.[5] Around 2:00 p.m. local boys, including epileptic[6] Lester Stillwell, 11, were playing in the creek at an area called the Wyckoff dock when they saw what appeared to be an "old black weather-beaten board or a weathered log." A dorsal fin appeared in the water and the boys realized it was a shark. Before Stillwell could climb from the creek, the shark attacked him and pulled him underwater.[7] The boys ran to town for help, and several men, including local businessman Watson Stanley Fisher, 24, came to investigate. Fisher and others dived into the creek to find Stillwell's body, believing him to have suffered a seizure; Fisher was also attacked by the shark in front of the townspeople. He was pulled from the creek without recovering Stillwell's body. His right thigh was severely injured and he bled to death at Monmouth Memorial Hospital in Long Branch at 5:30 p.m. Stillwell's body was recovered 150 feet (46 m) upstream from the Wyckoff dock on July 14.[9] |
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