Shark attacks

[rick49]

Jun 2, 2023 15:06:59 GMT ootlg said:

The name 'shark' is a bit onomatopoeic which doesn't help... ssssshhhaaaaRRRRK... If they were called something less agitating, like say, wilfred, do you suppose people might be less scared of them?

wilfred is good. or elmo.

[perrykneeham]

Egypt. They seem to have had a few I recently years.

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/russian-man-dies-mauled-by-shark-egyptian-red-sea-resort

"The ministry later said it had caught the shark and was examining it in a laboratory to try and determine the reasons for the rare attack."

Yeah, right.

[ootlg]

"The ministry later said it had caught the shark and was examining it in a laboratory to try and determine whether it was still edible or not."

[perrykneeham]

If it ate a Russian, it's probably still over the drink-drive limit.

[flatandy]

The ministry said that the beaches at Amity Island are completely safe, there is no threat from any shark, and we are opening as normal this Memorial Day

[mids]

They need the summer dollars.

[voice]

Jun 9, 2023 10:45:09 GMT perrykneeham said:

If it ate a Russian, it's probably still over the drink-dive limit.

Fixed it

[perrykneeham]

Only logical explanation ....

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-65971992

[voice]

Woman comes to a grizzly end.

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66287753

[voice]

Bet that was unexpected

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66446697

Texas woman injured after hawk drops snake on her

[perrykneeham]

Homeless woman apparently killed by gator.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66907425

How grim. Drug addict, I expect. Poor woman.

[mids]

Must be a horrible way to die. 

[perrykneeham]

Yeah, dragged to your doom in a stinking swamp by an ancient reptile. But that's enough about Biden's America.

[flatandy]

I think once you've been eaten by an alligator you are no longer homeless.

[wetkingcanute]

and we won't see her later.

[voice]

Never know, she might have always wanted an alligator skin sleeping bag

[mids]

Bear.

"A couple and their dog have been killed by a grizzly bear in Canada’s Banff National Park, despite sending out a distress signal.



The hikers tried to alert park rangers to the attack via a GPS device, but the specialist team was unable to reach the couple in time after bad weather grounded their rescue helicopter.



Natalie Fay, a Parks Canada spokesman, said the team responded immediately to the alert but were forced to travel on foot through the night to reach the remote location.



Rescuers eventually arrived on the scene at 1am on Saturday, several hours after the attack took place, to find the bodies of the couple and their dog.



The bear, which was still behaving aggressively, was destroyed for public safety.



A family member of the deceased told CBC that the couple, who have not been named, “were long-term partners who loved the outdoors and were inseparable”.



“They lived for being in the backcountry and were two of the most cautious people I know. They knew bear protocol and followed it to a tee.”

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/02/couple-dog-killed-dead-by-bear-canada-banff-national-park/

[mids]

They're at it again. Probably a tiger shark.

"A woman has died after having her leg bitten off in a suspected shark attack as she swam with her five-year-old child off a Mexican beach.

A graphic video appearing to show the aftermath of the horror incident was published overnight as the victim lay on the sand after being helped out of the water.

Onlookers could be heard shouting: 'She's lost her leg' as they waited for emergency responders to arrive."


www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12822323/Hero-mother-killed-saving-five-year-old-daughter-shark-Woman-26-leg-bitten-bleeds-death-Mexican-beach-child-unharmed.html

[perrykneeham]

"Lost" seems an odd choice of words in the circumstances.

[perrykneeham]

There's some big old Great Whites off the Pacific coast of Mexico, and it could have been a Bull shark, especially in brackish water.