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i dedicate this to my darling daughter who is going diving with the great whites this weekend.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/795793 ... hark-belly
Human torso found in Bahamas shark belly
Bahamian police said on Tuesday they are trying to identify human remains found in the stomach of a tiger shark caught off the Exuma islands.
Forensic investigators were conducting DNA tests on the two legs, two arms and severed torso found inside the 3.6m shark, said Assistant Police Commissioner Glenn Miller.
He said the remains appeared to be a couple of days old, but that it was not clear whether the person was dead or alive when consumed by the shark.
The tiger shark can migrate long distances and has been known to attack people.
Miller said at least two people have been reported missing recently on the archipelago.
He also didn't rule out the possibility that the remains are those of an impoverished migrant whose boat might have capsized during a risky sea journey to Florida.
Three fishermen made the grim discovery on Saturday after hooking the tiger shark about 56km south of New Providence, the most populated Bahamian island.
One of the fishermen was Bahamian investment banker Humphrey Simmons, according to The Tribune newspaper, which quoted Simmons as saying that the remains were those of a man.
"He had neither clothes nor any identifying marks," Simmons said.
Marie Levine, executive director of the Princeton, New Jersey-based Shark Research Institute, said that for all the hoopla about shark attacks, they're relatively few and fatalities are even fewer.
"With tiger sharks, it's unusual for them to attack someone when alive," Levine said.
"They don't tend to go after something that's alive and can fight back."
She said tiger sharks, which have clean-edged, serrated teeth, are known to travel through Bahamian waters quite a bit.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/795793 ... hark-belly
Human torso found in Bahamas shark belly
Bahamian police said on Tuesday they are trying to identify human remains found in the stomach of a tiger shark caught off the Exuma islands.
Forensic investigators were conducting DNA tests on the two legs, two arms and severed torso found inside the 3.6m shark, said Assistant Police Commissioner Glenn Miller.
He said the remains appeared to be a couple of days old, but that it was not clear whether the person was dead or alive when consumed by the shark.
The tiger shark can migrate long distances and has been known to attack people.
Miller said at least two people have been reported missing recently on the archipelago.
He also didn't rule out the possibility that the remains are those of an impoverished migrant whose boat might have capsized during a risky sea journey to Florida.
Three fishermen made the grim discovery on Saturday after hooking the tiger shark about 56km south of New Providence, the most populated Bahamian island.
One of the fishermen was Bahamian investment banker Humphrey Simmons, according to The Tribune newspaper, which quoted Simmons as saying that the remains were those of a man.
"He had neither clothes nor any identifying marks," Simmons said.
Marie Levine, executive director of the Princeton, New Jersey-based Shark Research Institute, said that for all the hoopla about shark attacks, they're relatively few and fatalities are even fewer.
"With tiger sharks, it's unusual for them to attack someone when alive," Levine said.
"They don't tend to go after something that's alive and can fight back."
She said tiger sharks, which have clean-edged, serrated teeth, are known to travel through Bahamian waters quite a bit.
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off port lincoln in south australia. shes diving with the foxes so she should be safe.
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sometimes. but its more important in this instance that theyre not seeing sharks as the enemy.
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I agree. My daughter (she's 13) wants to be a marine biologist so she can save sharks. She makes Save the Sharks buttons and writes that on her backpack and her books and she's joined every kind of Save the Sharks organization she can. She did a dive up near San Francisco, but she seriously wants to go to Australia or South Africa. We laugh and say, Yeah, when Mom and Dad win the lottery.
Hope your daughter has a great time.
im so proud
you being in california can go to the farallon islands or guadalupe island off mexico for the great whites
i reccommend guadalupe..longer trip but the water is calm and crystal clear
www.greatwhiteadventures.com
oh she knows. shes both delirious with anticipation and very much amused by the reactions she gets from people when she tells them what shes doing. we both have a chuckle when people ask... why dont you dive with sharks at the aquarium. theres much rolling of the eyes as she and i think of those dopey well fed grey nurses and know thats not really what its about is it?? you dont dive with sharks in a tank.. you dive with them in their environment. otherwise why bother.
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YEA ive been getting those reactions for 5 years ..whenever someone new hears the story or sees the dvd..they get excited
happy and safe diving to your daughther
dont touch the whites
she says to people... im in a cage.
and they say... have you seen JAWS
which really is a stupid question(to us) cause in this house JAWS is required viewing. and more so during the summer months.
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well one did get in the cage a few years back at guadalupe..but it was an accident and nobody was hurt
so its fine
well i know it happens. and i know its not within sharks capabilites to swim backwards to extricate themselves but im not concerned for her safety at all.
BUT...
im not so cool enough that it wouldnt freak me out if it happened.
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oh im hoping so. cause shes getting a new camera for her birthday(the reason for the timing of her dive) for the purpose.
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This is something my daughter wants to do and she's travelling through Oz at the moment. No doubt she will. At this moment in time she is leading camels around a beach somewhere to earn some money.
that would be broome in north west WA.
well i hope shes fully funded cause diving with the sharks aint cheap here.
aah yes camels... did you know australia exports camels overseas. theyre are intrinsic in our history. we have much desert so theyre the perfect animal for exploration.
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As for camels being an Australian export.... you learn something every day.
camels arent the most happy go lucky animals on earth. they do what the want when the want to do it.
i guess like us, trust is everything with them... which is smart. and sniffing is a part of that. smell is very important to me i can tell you that... and im not talking old spice or lynx... so for animals its paramount.
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went from awesome sharks to dopey camels
OMG!! j i was just thinking the same thing.
but you know what?? camels are the ships of the desert. ships usually sail on the seas. sharks are in the sea.. voila!!!
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yes. i blame you too. :P
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just busting chops ..its all good
Seal escapes from shark's jaws
A photographer in South Africa has captured the stunning moment when a seal managed to escape from the jaws of a great white shark.
Photographer Chris Fallows, 38, photographed the nail biting chase between the 3.3 metre shark and the young fur seal, UK newspaper the Telegraph reported.
The shark at first managed to get the metre-long seal in its mouth but failed to effectively bite the mammal, allowing it to jump out.
"The shark caught the seal but did not get a firm purchase and the seal literally was exhaled out of the shark's mouth as it attempted to bite down," Mr Fallows said.
"Incredibly the young seal is using the teeth of the great white shark as a final point of leverage to push itself out of the shark's mouth."
The seal suffered wound on its hind quarter which is not believed to be fatal.
It escaped back to land after the shark tired of the attack.
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i have a few of his shots framed on the wall in long island
im off to google him now.
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south africa
hanging over the living room tv
buy this book for your daughter
tells his whole story and it has 100's of pictures