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[Hal_Briston]

As a Jersey Shore resident who sees his town explode with beachgoing traffic every summer, I approve.

Yes, I’m joking. No, I do not think shark attacks can be classified as “a good thing”.

[Flander]

From the link:

Worldwide, there were 61 unprovoked shark attacks on humans in 2004.

So, how many were provoked?

[Hal_Briston]

“Stupid shark! Thinking you’re all bad-ass…c’mere Jabberjaw, I’ll show you who hasn’t needed to evolve for 2 million years! Yeah, finhead, I’m talkin’ to you…got a fuckin’ problem with that??”

[Casey1505]

“You wanna piece of me? YOU WANNA PIECE OF ME?!?”

[Shirley_Ujest]

The provoked attacks were all on cellists in the water.

[danceswithcats]

Darn. From the title line, I thought was a hate thread about subwoofers in ricemobiles with farting raccoon mufflers. Darnit. scuffs feet

[WilhelmGefallen]

@Flander

From the link:

So, how many were provoked?

Despite the amusing replies down thread, not too long ago in South Australia there was a decomposing whale and attendant sharks, some of our brighter residents were trying to stand on the whale carcass and/or pat the sharks.

[Atheist_Princess]

@WilhelmGefallen

Despite the amusing replies down thread, not too long ago in South Australia there was a decomposing whale and attendant sharks, some of our brighter residents were trying to stand on the whale carcass and/or pat the sharks.

So not only do we hae some nut that likes to play chicken with crocodiles but bright sparks that want to pet sharks while standing on their food? :rolleyes:

[WilhelmGefallen]

@Atheist Princess

So not only do we hae some nut that likes to play chicken with crocodiles but bright sparks that want to pet sharks while standing on their food? :rolleyes:

Exactly, Im surprised you dont remember it actually it was only like 2002, and was on the news for a while.

[mhendo]

@Flander

So, how many were provoked?

From the International Shark Attack File:

“Unprovoked attacks” are defined as incidents where an attack on a live human by a shark occurs in its natural habitat without human provocation of the shark. Incidents involving sharks and divers in public aquaria or research holding-pens, shark-inflicted scavenge damage to already dead humans (most often drowning victims), attacks on boats, and provoked incidents occurring in or out of the water are not considered unprovoked attacks. “Provoked attacks” usually occur when a human initiates physical contact with a shark, e.g. a diver bit after grabbing a shark or a fisher bit while removing a shark from a net. The 48 incidents not accorded unprovoked status in 2004 included 15 provoked attacks, 12 cases of sharks biting marine vessels, five incidents dismissed as non-attacks, two air/sea disasters, one scavenge, and 13 cases in which insufficient information was available to determine if shark attack was involved.

[AncientHumanoid]

We’re gonna need a bigger thread.

[lno]

@Atheist Princess

So not only do we hae some nut that likes to play chicken with crocodiles but bright sparks that want to pet sharks while standing on their food? :rolleyes:

I remember watching home footage of it - one idiot was leaning out of his boat patting a shark’s head while the shark gorged on whale flesh. It was a separate idiot who jumped onto the dead whale.

A BBC story

An Australian state minister says he is considering new laws to protect “people too stupid to protect themselves” after tourists were filmed touching great white sharks feeding on a whale carcass.
…
Television pictures showed people patting the frenzied killer sharks on the head - an Australian woman’s voice can be heard exclaiming: “Harry are you an idiot or what?”

One man clambered onto the dead whale’s back to pose for a souvenir photograph.

[CalMeacham]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Atheist Princess
So not only do we hae some nut that likes to play chicken with crocodiles but bright sparks that want to pet sharks while standing on their food?

I remember watching home footage of it - one idiot was leaning out of his boat patting a shark’s head while the shark gorged on whale flesh. It was a separate idiot who jumped onto the dead whale.

A BBC story
Quote:
An Australian state minister says he is considering new laws to protect “people too stupid to protect themselves” after tourists were filmed touching great white sharks feeding on a whale carcass.
…
Television pictures showed people patting the frenzied killer sharks on the head - an Australian woman’s voice can be heard exclaiming: “Harry are you an idiot or what?”

One man clambered onto the dead whale’s back to pose for a souvenir photograph.

“Hey, Bruce, c’mere. Wanna see something? I figured out a way to get extra food. No, I just let 'em “pet” me. Don’t bite. You gotta play them. Wait until one of them does something really stupid. Wait. Wait. Wait for it. Okay, he’s on the whale carcass! Go for it!”

[Flander]

If you were starving in the woods and happened to find a squirrel to eat, how fortunate would it be for a cow to lumber up to you and want to play? The sharks gotta have the same feeling.