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Oct 22, 2019 17:26:29 GMT
Post by mids on Oct 22, 2019 17:26:29 GMT
Or oceanic white tip has attacked a woman in Polynesia. Grim stuff. "A French tourist has had her hands and chest bitten by a shark leaving her seriously injured in a rare attack in the Pacific islands of Polynesia. The 35-year-old woman was swimming off the island of Moorea during a whale-watching trip on Monday in the French overseas territory when the oceanic whitetip shark tore into her chest and arms. The woman lost both of her hands in the incident, emergency services said Tuesday. One of her breasts had also been ripped from her body, according to local media reports." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7600697/French-woman-hands-ripped-shark-attack.html |
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Oct 22, 2019 17:39:50 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Oct 22, 2019 17:39:50 GMT
Nasty.
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Oct 22, 2019 17:41:31 GMT
Post by mids on Oct 22, 2019 17:41:31 GMT
Oh the shark, babe
Has such teeth dear.
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Oct 22, 2019 18:08:56 GMT
Post by voice on Oct 22, 2019 18:08:56 GMT
Ooch
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Oct 22, 2019 18:49:52 GMT
Post by flatandy on Oct 22, 2019 18:49:52 GMT
I stay out of the ocean. It's even more dangerous than Australia.
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Oct 29, 2019 7:12:58 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Oct 29, 2019 7:12:58 GMT
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Oct 29, 2019 8:06:20 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 8:06:20 GMT
He's put in a claim to his insurance etc..
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Oct 29, 2019 8:10:50 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Oct 29, 2019 8:10:50 GMT
A least he's still got his EHIC card, eh?
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Oct 29, 2019 8:20:11 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Oct 29, 2019 8:20:11 GMT
I suppose you'd have to look quite carefully at your insurance to make sure you were covered for snorkeling in shark-infested waters. It is, I guess, inherently risky and you could make a case that the risk was real and that you put yourself in danger. Dunno. It's a slight risk but is it one that you could say was avoidable, give that these young men were on holiday and it was likely that they would go snorkeling?
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Oct 29, 2019 8:34:55 GMT
Post by mids on Oct 29, 2019 8:34:55 GMT
It's probably less risky than driving somewhere abroad. Even if they do drive on the proper side of the road.
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Oct 29, 2019 8:44:37 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 8:44:37 GMT
EHIC card? Hahaha. More a WHOOSH (legs to stand on 'n all that?) Anyway, Australia's not in the EU, unless van's somehow involved.
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Oct 29, 2019 8:45:21 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 8:45:21 GMT
By the way, I had a stuffed parata once.
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Post by mids on Oct 29, 2019 8:48:59 GMT
Painful?
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Oct 29, 2019 8:51:15 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Oct 29, 2019 8:51:15 GMT
Went back for seconds, I expect.
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Oct 29, 2019 8:57:28 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 8:57:28 GMT
Oo no. One was more than enough.
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Post by wetkingcanute on Oct 29, 2019 9:21:04 GMT
Think I'll stick to muff diving.
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Oct 29, 2019 9:24:30 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Oct 29, 2019 9:24:30 GMT
No muff too tough. We dive at dawn!
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Oct 29, 2019 9:46:28 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 9:46:28 GMT
Submariners' motto?
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Oct 29, 2019 9:48:33 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Oct 29, 2019 9:48:33 GMT
"Don't open the window."
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Oct 29, 2019 9:50:22 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 9:50:22 GMT
Never go down on a ponger
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