Shark Attacks, Killer Coconuts, Vicious Vending Machines

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:41 pm

apg39 wrote:Apparently there's a big movement about the shark diving in cages, 'associating' the sharks that free feed with humans in the water...next logical step for them is to attack the humans if there is no feed. May be a bit of a stretch but I get what they mean, leave them alone & they wont be as interested in us.

And if the media stop feeding us sensationalist stories how do they expect us to believe them when they want to spin us their political views?

Yeah its not good to associate humans with food, whether its shark cage diving or lions...have you seen that show where the guys rehabilitate lion cubs then release em...now nicely "tame" & unafraid of humans? Not a good idea!
As a wildlife volunteer we deliberately make sure all our animals RETAIN their fear of humans,,,for their protection & ours!!!

mud_king91 wrote:hahaha they are supposedly 98 out of 100 fish in the brisbane river is a shark... deception bay is filled with them there was romoured to be a decent size tiger in there at one point ( i dont believe it myself )

Do you remember a few years ago 2 guys were attacked in the Brisbane R. while swimming? One was fatal, the other i think lost an arm or a leg. well they were bull sharks. Bull sharks are the only shark to live in fresh water. You do occasionally get other species of shark going into fresh water but its only temporary to rid themselves of parasites...they need the salt water for osmosis balance...without it they die. Except for bull sharks.
I have heard the Brisbane R. is full of em but i dunno bout the tiger shark...sounds like an urban myth lol.

OK now for my personal favourite wish...

I wanna catch a shark on a busy beach full of swimmers...then RELEASE IT!
Imagine the looks on peoples faces when they see you release a shark & it swims back THROUGH all the people swimming hehehehe

:mrgreen::mrgreen:

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:51 pm

hahaha yea bull sharks can live in both fresh and salt they also live everywhere their very similar to ants except bullsharks put up a wicked fight... and supposedly the most aggresive fish in the sea I LOVE EM

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:51 pm

i still have the scar on my arm from a bull shark tooth hahaha

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:50 pm

mud_king91 wrote:i still have the scar on my arm from a bull shark tooth hahaha

How did you get that?

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:53 pm

nachaluva wrote:How did you get that?

I bet it was from NOT playing tennis

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:26 pm

hahaha i caught a little 5 footer and my pop had always wanted a jaw from a bullshark as a statue thing ( like the moose heads) which he was getting bad with cancrer and couldnt come out so i took its head.. gave the body to some fisher man and when i was getting out of the boat i must have stepped on a piece seaweed or something and i ended up on my arse with a nice slit up my arm where it and the jaw had met

woody.t · Post by **woody.t** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:11 pm

been alot of sightings in swan river over here aswell.. apparently a large bull shark was found in a storm water drain in the middle of brisbane cbd.. swum up during a storm and couldnt get out they sent someone down to see why it was blocked and he nearly got bitten

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:24 pm

woody.t wrote:been alot of sightings in swan river over here aswell.. apparently a large bull shark was found in a storm water drain in the middle of brisbane cbd.. swum up during a storm and couldnt get out they sent someone down to see why it was blocked and he nearly got bitten

back during the november floods we had them swimming streets... i was living there then ( i was the one who got his fourby, bbq, rum, steak and fishing gear and off i went )

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:56 pm

mud_king91 wrote:back during the november floods we had them swimming streets... i was living there then ( i was the one who got his fourby, bbq, rum, steak and fishing gear and off i went )

And everyone elses problem is?
Whats wrong with that? Sounds perfectly fine!

LIFTED · Post by **LIFTED** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:10 pm

nachaluva wrote: 15 people die worldwide from vending machines tipping over.

Yeah those vending machines are vicious one attacked me! I was shaking it cause it wouldn't let go of my mars bar and the top corner deeply cut my wrist.
I've encountered a few grey suits while out windsurfing, but that beeping vending machine did more damage than them.

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:18 pm

Brumby Kid wrote:And everyone elses problem is?
Whats wrong with that? Sounds perfectly fine!

umm their houses and belongings were destroyed

Bryan1 · Post by **Bryan1** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:34 pm

Here's a juicy story and they couldn't decide if it was a Bull Shark or a White Pointer

http://www.njhm.com/matawanmaneater.htm

Make sure you read part 2....

Now a mate told me when I lived over West that when they found a car near the beach that had been left there for a few days they were told to put it down as stolen and they all knew it would of been a surfer that was lunch for a shark. My mate did say out of the 14 cars they found only 3 were reported stolen and the rest..... well the public will never know.

Cheers Bryan

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:25 pm

it would have to be a bullshark... they look similar difference is a bull shark only needs shin deep water and can live in fresh water and is a light brown instead of dirty grey similar colour tho

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:25 am

mud_king91 wrote:hahaha i caught a little 5 footer and my pop had always wanted a jaw from a bullshark as a statue thing ( like the moose heads) which he was getting bad with cancrer and couldnt come out so i took its head.. gave the body to some fisher man and when i was getting out of the boat i must have stepped on a piece seaweed or something and i ended up on my arse with a nice slit up my arm where it and the jaw had met

sorry to hear bout your pop.

I really was hoping you got your shark scar during some epic battle for survival lol

mainbreak wrote:Yeah those vending machines are vicious one attacked me! I was shaking it cause it wouldn't let go of my mars bar and the top corner deeply cut my wrist.
I've encountered a few grey suits while out windsurfing, but that beeping vending machine did more damage than them.

Thats how they kill people...your item gets stuck so in a fit of rage you shake the crap out of it & it falls on top of you killing you! Who'da thunk it!

mud_king91 wrote:back during the november floods we had them swimming streets... i was living there then ( i was the one who got his fourby, bbq, rum, steak and fishing gear and off i went )

way to go

You're not that guy who catches bull sharks from his verandah overlooking the Brisbane R. are you?

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:51 am

Bryan1 wrote:Here's a juicy story and they couldn't decide if it was a Bull Shark or a White Pointer

http://www.njhm.com/matawanmaneater.htm

Make sure you read part 2....

Oh that HAS to be the basis for the "jaws" movies.
Great articles tho...thx for sharing them.

mud_king91 wrote:it would have to be a bullshark... they look similar difference is a bull shark only needs shin deep water and can live in fresh water and is a light brown instead of dirty grey similar colour tho

Yeah that is so a bull shark...a bloody big bull shark!

The GW that was caught with human remains was obviously responsible for at least 1 of the deaths in open water, but not in the creek.

I'm guessing the bull shark caught in the creek was NOT the 1 responsible for the deaths in the creek as there was no mention of it containing human remains. There would most likely have been several in the creek.

Visually, a GW has a white bottom half & obviously gets MUCH bigger (the largest ever recorded from memory was almost 5ton!), but otherwise they're both very solid stocky sharks with BIG teeth

White belly & HUGE gaping mouth filled with gnashing teeth lol:mrgreen:

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:57 am

white tip and bull actually resemble a gw

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:09 pm

from top to bottom
bullshark
white pointer
great white

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:15 pm

mud_king91 wrote:from top to bottom
bullshark
white pointer
great white

White pointer IS a great white...just different name for same animal.

"White tip" is white tip reef shark, similar to black tip reef shark, smallish, very fast & form feeding frenzies

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:18 pm

white tip and pointer are the same shark great white is the bigger twin.... i have a book on it somewhere ill see if i can find it

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:47 pm

mud_king91 wrote:umm their houses and belongings were destroyed

Sorry, you must have misunderstood me, I ment you going fishing with the rum etc