Human Skull Found In Shark

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Human Skull Found In Shark

Posted: 4/22/2002 1:10:09 PM EDT

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Investigators are trying to identify human remains, including a skull, arm and pelvis, found in a three-meter Tiger shark caught off the New South Wales coast.

The shark, weighing in at 368 kilograms (811 pounds), was hauled in by game fishermen 26 nautical miles (48 km) out to sea, local media reported.

After weighing their prize, the shark was cut open to reveal several human bones.

It is not known whether the remains are male or female. They were taken to a nearby morgue where a postmortem will be conducted.

Similar incidences have been reported previously with the remains often belonging to drowning victims.

The Tiger Shark generally hunts alone and is blamed for the majority of shark attacks in Australia.

Considered dangerous, only the Great White Shark has attacked and killed more humans.

The Tiger Shark is best distinguished by tiger-like vertical stripes when young though these marks fade by adulthood.

The males range in size from about 2.2 meters (7.4 feet) to at least 3.7m. Females can reach more than 18 feet.

Posted: 4/22/2002 1:11:43 PM EDT

[#1]

Ban sharks. It's for the children.

Posted: 4/22/2002 1:39:37 PM EDT

[#2]

Sharks are bad for the economy, too. It's all the sharks fault. Ban sharks and people will live forever.

Posted: 4/22/2002 9:59:35 PM EDT

[#3]

Musta been an Evil Black Pre-Ban shark. Lord knows post ban sharks are much safer.

Posted: 4/22/2002 10:33:20 PM EDT

[#4]

Oops! Thought you said "Human Skull Found In [b]Skank[/b]"

Time to get the eyes checked.

Posted: 4/22/2002 11:38:30 PM EDT

[#5]

I agree..ban the sharks...it's for the children!

Hmmmmm....so does that shark still get sold on the market as food?

medcop

Posted: 4/23/2002 6:05:22 AM EDT

[#6]

I wonder what they died of? [:D]

Posted: 4/23/2002 6:29:00 AM EDT

[#7]

I just cooked shark steaks for dinner last week. They were mako, not tiger.

Unfortunately, I was in a hurry so I cooked them on a George Foreman grill instead of in the oven. The steaks came out dry and tough, like fishy-tasting pork chops.

Still, the "man bites shark" novelty of it was fun. [:)]

Posted: 4/23/2002 9:39:31 AM EDT

[#8]

Suicide by shark...

Posted: 4/23/2002 9:48:06 AM EDT

[#9]

Dib's on the skull...!

Posted: 4/23/2002 9:55:55 AM EDT

[#10]

You wanta make some REAL MONEY go out and hunt shark for thier fins. The Japanese will pay a fortune for them. They make Sharkfin Soup. They think its some kind of a cure all. I'd probably that for some extra money if I lived by an ocean.[X]
CAPITALIST

Posted: 4/23/2002 10:50:01 AM EDT

[#11]

Growing up on the jersey shore I have had a couple of close encounters with sharks,Once while swimming when I was 9 a mako chased a friend and I,we were about 10 feet from the ladder that went up to the dock and we were able to climb the ladder before the shark reached us,the shark was about 8 feet long and was looking for a safe place to have her pups,so we were not really in danger because sharks that are close to giving birth are not usually hungry ( then why come after us)
the second time was when i was surfing and I was about 50 yards off shore and I see this fin coming in our direction,the dorsel fin was about three feet sticking out of the water,that was a big shark and to this day I don't know what kind it was and we were lucky enough to catch a wave and get to shore.
And I did not even stand up we belly boarded in ,just in case we fell off our boards.
You know it took only a few seconds to get to shore on that wave ,but that was a long 6 or 7 seconds i can tell you that.
We are at the top of the food chain,but not unarmed and in the water.
We are a snack.
Fuck sharks ,kill em all!

Posted: 4/23/2002 11:28:51 AM EDT

[#12]

I don't find this very newsworthy. Now, if it had been a human skull with a shark in it, well, then... [:D]

Posted: 4/23/2002 11:48:50 AM EDT

[#13]

Imagine finding a shark skull in the stomach of a man.

Posted: 4/23/2002 12:01:37 PM EDT

[#14]

That really would be remarkable as sharks don't have bones. The skeleton is mostly cartilage and would be digested.

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