Sharks

[brocktonblockbust]

I just came back from a 3 day vacation in North Carolina and Virginia Beach too. One of our beaches was closed due to sharks --- and we saw a lot of dolphins as well, they came right up to the beach almost, a bunch of about 12 or so. weird stuff lately.

[p4pking]

Wouldn't this be a bit like wilderness hikers calling for a cull of Grizzly bears or something? I think surfing is awesome, but you better know damn well it's a possibility down there.

I watched a docu some years back after the same thing was happening with Tiger shark attacks all around the same popular beach in Hawaii somewhere. Instead of a cull they brought in some scientists to tag and track a whole bunch of them. What they found was in the next couple of weeks, practically every single one went all over the globe in a completely independent pattern, they just follow warm currents or the smell of prey and were in no way regulars in the area where all these attacks happened, it was all different ones. I have no idea if different types of shark are more territorial, but wouldn't it be worth trying to figure out first?

[Dia bando]

Maybe it's people at fault theses wild animals, look at us as prey weather it's the sea or on
land, Sharks,! Bears, Big Cats, etc we are in crocheting on there habitat.
I understand in the states people are getting attacked by Mountain Lions, paths made through
woodland joggers etc, are getting targeted but remember your in wild places were there are
predators.
Andre mate your forgot Salt water Crocodiles, shit just be careful don't take chances.

[Beanflicker]

Went on a Florida trip with a few buddies in 09 and we went swimming, I was about 30 feet from the shore in waist deep water when out of my peripheral I noticed a large 7-8 foot form gliding towards me about 5 feet away. Ran out of the water screaming "OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK". Apparently it was just a blacktip shark, not the most dangerous out there but still scared the fuck out of me. After a few days I worked up the courage to get back in the water and about 5 minutes I stepped on a sting ray and got stabbed in the leg. I mostly stick to pools, I've been terrified of sharks since seeing Jaws when I was 4 or 5.

Australia and South Africa seem to be great white central. Maybe someone can develop some kind of device that emits some kind of frequency that fucks with sharks and keeps them off the beaches haha.

I dunno if a cull is the right thing, like you said sharks can move from place to place very quickly. Up in the northern parts here sometimes small communities have problems with polar bears wandering in and posing a danger to people, so they are hunted and killed, but that's a land animal. I reckon trying to hunt a specific sea creature is a lot tougher.