Great White Shark Attack-Update

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/23/george-wainwright-shark-attack-victim_n_1027141.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C106660

Update to previous shark attack post!

"He said the great white population was not growing but shifting around the world for reasons that scientists do not fully understand." YO, scientists, what is there to understand that You don't know? All species are shifting and making changes based on the "shift" that is underway and intensifying as time goes! Don't You people read anything besides your own bs?

"Animalz Rule",

Bobby Sharpe

Great White Kills American

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/22/us-man-fatally-attacked-by-shark_n_1026326.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk1%7C106591

Shouldn't be in their territory. Score one for the fish!

"Animalz Rule",

Bobby Sharpe

Baby Great White Rescued

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/surfers-rescue-baby-great-white-shark_n_985234.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl11%7Csec3_lnk1%7C99864

This is such a great story and shows that some humans still have what it takes!! Check out the story and video.

"Animalz Rule",

Bobby Sharpe

Great White Eats Tourist!!

Fatal South African Shark Attack a Rare Encounter

Experts say the shark attack that killed a Zimbabwean tourist off the South Africa coast on Tuesday was a particularly rare occurrence, considering the relentless manner in which the animal apparently attacked the man.

Witness reports of the incident off Cape Town, South Africa, were gruesome , describing what sounded like a scene from "Jaws" – an innocent tourist targeted by a "dinosaur-sized" Great White shark who struck three times, leaving nothing but "a pool of blood in the water."

One official said: "It didn't bite him and let him go. It came back and carried on eating."

After days of searching, Lloyd Skinner's body had not been found.

A deadly shark attack often captures global fascination and attention, but experts say the sort of aggressive attack that occurred at Fish Hoek beach is striking.

"White sharks in general are rare and fatal white shark attacks are even more rare," said George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the state's Museum of Natural History.

He said the majority of human-shark encounters are "investigatory," with the shark detecting the silhouette of a floating object and trying to determine if it's prey.

The attack on Skinner, however, seems to fall into a far more unusual "predatory" category."It appears he was hit very violently, with very high energy," said Richard Collier, noted shark expert and president of the Shark Research Committee.

"In this case, it seems the shark meant to disable or kill its prey on initial contact."

Any number of triggers could make a shark lash out in predatory attack, including a sense of danger or a perceived threat to its territory, according to scientists.

Collier estimates that only 5 to 10 percent of shark attacks are predatory, but Skinner's location did not work in his favor.

Studies have shown that shark attacks are more frequent in cool water environments where beaches are used more heavily, like Australia and South Africa. According to Collier, South African sharks are also a bit hungrier than their counterparts along United States' Pacific coast.

"There is less available food in the waters off South Africa," he said. "The seal and sea lion prey are smaller by mass than those we see in California

Still, Burgess points out that a person is more likely to die from an insect bite than a shark bite.

"It's hard to balance the human emotion with the scientific reality – that this is an extremely rare event, especially considering the millions of hours humans spend in the sea."According to the Shark Research Institute, of the approximately sixty unprovoked shark attacks reported globally in 2009, only seven were fatal.

"I would be more concerned about my drive to the beach, or stepping on a bottle on the shore than my interaction with a shark," said Collier.

While Burgess acknowledges that any fatal shark attack is a tragedy, he says "the real story isn't shark bites man, it's man bites shark."

"Overfishing is claiming the lives of millions of sharks a year," he said. "It's easy to see who the real threatened species is."

It's really sad and horrific when something like this happens. Especially the way this one did. However, as the article says, they, the sharks, "are the real threatened species"....

"Animalz Rule, Even Sharks",

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4 Great Whites In Cape Cod

CHATHAM, Mass. (Sept. 6) - The sightings of several great white sharks have prompted a swimming ban for the rest of the Labor Day weekend at some oceanside beaches in Massachusetts.

I had to do something with this story because, there are too many questions. Number one is, "great whites very seldom frequent these waters". Number two is, "great whites are pretty much territorial, why then, are there four of them in an abnormal setting"? Could this have anything to do with the coming "polar shift"?I will be trying to follow up on this story.

http://news.aol.com/article/great-white-shark-sightings-prompt-cape/657870?icid=main|main|dl1|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fgreat-white-shark-sightings-prompt-cape%2F657870

Animals Rule,

Bobby Sharpe

Sydney, Australia Shark Attack

Swimmer Pokes Attacking Shark in Eye

SYDNEY, Australia (May 12) - An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye.

The shark, believed to be a great white, seized Jason Cull by the left leg as he was swimming at Middleton Beach in southwestern Australia on Saturday.

The shark was one of three that swimmers reported seeing at the beach Saturday. Officials closed the beach after the attack.

From his hospital bed where he was treated for deep lacerations, Cull, 37, told reporters Sunday he saw a shadow moving in the water just before the attack and mistook it for a dolphin.

"It was much bigger than a dolphin when it came up," Cull said. "It banged straight into me -- I realized what it was, it was a shark.

"I sort of punched it, and it grabbed me by the leg and dragged me under the water," he said. "I just remember being dragged backwards underwater. I felt along it, I found its eye and I poked it in the eye, and that's when it let go."

Tom Marron, a spokesman for the lifeguards at the beach, said volunteer lifesaver Joanne Lucas leapt into the water to help Cull after swimmers at the beach started panicking when they saw Cull struggling.

"She heard the cries and splashing and knew they needed assistance and just went straight in," Marron said.

"She got hold of the injured swimmer and brought him back to shore," he said. "There was a fairly comprehensive mauling of his left leg, lost a lot of his calf, severe lacerations."

Last month, a shark killed a 16-year-old surfer off Australia's eastern coast.

Uh, "YOU people do know that YOU are Australia right?" If there were THREE sharks in the area at the time, "why were any of YOU in the water?" It's not even summertime yet and there have already been 4 major shark attacks reported so far that have left 3 fatalities. Should be an interesting beach season. Be careful!

"Sharks Just Are................

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Huge Great White Kills Californian

Shark Kills Swimmer at California Beach

SOLANA BEACH, Calif. (April 25) - A shark believed to be a great white killed a 66-year-old swimmer with a single, giant bite across both legs Friday as the man trained with a group of triathletes, authorities and witnesses said.

Dave Martin, a retired veterinarian from Solana Beach, was attacked at San Diego County's Tide Beach around 7 a.m., authorities and family friend Rob Hill said.

Martin was taken to a lifeguard station for emergency treatment but was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a statement on the Solana Beach city Web site. His injuries crossed both thighs, San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Randy Webb said in a news release.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography shark expert Richard Rosenblatt says the shark was probably a great white between 12 and 17 feet long.

"It looks like the shark came up, bit him, and swam away," said Dismas Abelman, the Solana Beach deputy fire chief.

There was a single bite across both of Martin's legs, Abelman said.

The attack took place about 150 yards offshore. Several swimmers wearing wetsuits were in a group when the shark attacked, lifeguard Craig Miller said. Two swimmers were about 20 yards ahead of the man when they heard him scream for help. They turned around and dragged him back to shore.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water for a 17-mile stretch around the attack site and county authorities sent up helicopters to scan the waters for the shark. Eight miles of beach were closed.

"The shark is still in the area. We're sure of that," Mayor Joe Kellejian said.

Hill, a member of the Triathlon Club of San Diego, said he was running on the beach while about nine other members were in the water when the attack took place.

They saw him come up out of the water, scream 'shark,' flail his arms and go back under," Hill said.

"The flesh was just hanging," and Martin may have bled to death before he left the water, Hill said.A witness, Ira Opper, described the victim as "burly and athletic." He said the man was wearing a black wetsuit that was shredded on both legs.

Martin's relatives visited the lifeguard station in small groups, emerging in tears, before his body was transported to the county medical examiner's office. A man who identified himself as Martin's son answered the telephone at Martin's home a few blocks from the beach but declined to comment on the attack.

Club members had been meeting at the beach for at least six years and never had seen a shark, Hill said.

However, Hill said he saw a seal or sea lion on the beach earlier this week. Miller said a seal pup was found on the beach Friday morning before the attack and was taken to a marine animal rescue center.

The shark may have confused the wet-suited swimmers with his prey, Hill said.

Rosenblatt, the shark expert, said white sharks travel through the area, and the way the man was attacked and the "massive" but clean wounds "sounds like what a white shark would do."

White sharks hunt along the bottom, look for seal silhouettes above and then rise to attack, he said.

"A human swimmer is not too unlike a seal," he said.

Shark attacks are extremely rare. There were 71 confirmed unprovoked cases worldwide last year, up from 63 in 2006, according to the University of Florida. Only one 2007 attack, in the South Pacific, was fatal.

The last fatal shark attack in California, according to data from the state Department of Fish and Game, took place in 2004, when a man skin diving for abalone was attacked by a great white shark off the coast of Mendocino County. On Aug. 19, 2003, a great white killed a woman who was swimming at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County on the central California coast.

Solana Beach is 14 miles northwest of San Diego.

As we approach the summer of the 33rd anniversary of "Jaws", this story just goes to show that "Jaws", was not just a movie per se. Great White sharks do exist and, "they do kill humans". Remember, when YOU are in the ocean, regardless of where, YOU are in their domain. Be vigilant and hope YOU do not encounter a "white". If YOU do, YOU have virtually no chance if it has targeted YOU.

Have a safe summer. Whatever YOU are planning outdoors, remember to always pay attention, be observant, and, remember, as much as I am an animal lover, "these are wild animals with their own rules and order, they are NOT YOUR FRIENDS"!

Animals Still Rule,

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Shark (Jaws) Attacks Surfer

Shark Attacks Surfer in California
By JORDAN ROBERTSON

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Aug. 28) - A surfer was attacked by a shark in Monterey Bay early Tuesday and airlifted to a hospital with bite wounds to his torso and thigh, according to hospital and state park officials.

The 24-year-old victim, whose name was not released, was surfing with a half dozen other people at Marina State Beach when the shark attacked him from behind around 11 a.m., according to Loren Rex, a California State Parks spokesman.

The victim screamed and started punching the shark while trying to flee, Rex said.

"Then the shark took him down under the water," he said. "Witnesses saw a lot of thrashing and some blood coming up. Other witnesses saw the shark let him up before biting him one more time."

One witness said the shark was a great white shark measuring at least 20 feet long, which rescuers weren't able to immediately confirm, Rex said.

Surfers pulled the victim to shore and administered first aid, using a surf leash and a blanket as tourniquets to stop the bleeding until rescuers could arrive, Rex said.

The victim was conscious and breathing when he was taken away by ambulance. He was then airlifted to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, where he was in fair and stable condition Tuesday afternoon with lacerations to his torso and thigh, according to hospital spokeswoman Joy Alexiou.

The victim was going into surgery and was expected to survive, Alexiou said.

The Monterey County beach, located about 35 miles south of Santa Cruz, is well known for its sand dunes, hang gliding and rugged surf with very strong rip currents. The area where the surfer was attacked is considered an advanced surfing spot suitable only for skilled surfers.

Because of the attack, state officials closed all the beaches from Monterey State Beach to Moss Landing, a 15-mile stretch where people were forbidden from entering the water Tuesday.

Rex said this was the first recorded shark attack at Marina State Beach, but added that some divers have been attacked in Monterey Bay.

Here we go again. Another shark attack in waters that are known to have sharks. Listen, YOU play with fire, YOU get burned! YOU swim with sharks, YOU run the risk of getting hit if YOU are lucky. Getting dead, if YOU are not lucky. As long as YOU go in knowing this, then it is on YOU! Remember, "the sharks live there, YOU, are just visiting"!

Animalz Rule (even Great Whites),

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