hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
Good lord there are some ridiculous statements being made in this thread :crazy:
Definitely need to kill the sharks off to protect business for motel owners. Totally support messing with the evolutionary cycle to protect less demonised animals too.It's easy in the safety of the east coast to sympathise with the shark.
I wonder how well people would go if they lived in esperance, and owned a motel or something . Fuck me, who is their rot mind would want to go swimming in an area with some where's around a thousand times greater shark risk than any of us have to deal with ?
Think of it more in terms of defending the seal population if you must.
Sharks aren't all that pleasant .
...you're not the only one with an opinion Moorey, and just because you shout the loudest doesn't mean you're right.Um, what? How is living on the land, as a land based animal, different to swimming in the ocean?:tsk:
Humans have adapted to all of our envirnoments, how is you moving onto you block of land and killing an animal because it threatens your lifestyle any different?
Um, what?
Really, you think burleying sharks for tourists to look at and swim with teaches the shark bad habits? You win the internets:hungry:
Nope, It teaches them that there is a possible food source near humans
Fish bait = humans, right? :first:
That’s a tad hypocritical. :crazy:Yes, an animal that has been here much longer than us, and is just doing what it is perfectly evolved to do, is just too gosh darned pesky to have around :crazy:
ken oath !!!Turn 'em all into fish burgers. Serves them right for not having opposable thumbs.
It has been in SA. The sharks associate boats with Tuna frames and burley which is why a few of the ab divers have been attacked while next to their boats. I don't really agree with the practise of feeding sharks, mark my words there'll be an attack if not a death at Osprey one day.Personally I think the spike in Shark tourism is to blame as well.
That's cool.Bull sharks are known man eaters, they're awesome pieces of work. They can survive in fresh water and have been found 100s km up river from the ocean. LTIL after the floods in Qld, there is a golf course with 2 bull sharks swimming around in one of the water hazards. Go Sharks :cheer:
Here they are known as "Bogans of the River". Quite where that leaves wake boarders boggles the imagination..."If memory serves me correctly, waterskiers have been known as the Turkeys of the sea"
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No, I love the ocean, I just have a realistic perception of my exclusivity rights to its use. I have an agreement with the sharks; Don't eat me in my living room, but if I venture into yours, I understand I'm a canape.You sound like the type of person that hates the ocean? Am I right? lol
Have you explained this to the sharks? Is there adequate signage at the 50m point to inform the sharks of this universal law of nature? Seriously, if its wet its theirs, if its dry its ours. Remind me how many people have been taken by sharks above the tide line?Last Christmas I was visiting WA, there were daily shark sightings around the beaches where I was staying. It was a 3m tiger shark only approx 50m off the shore. The helicopter buzzed over me on 2 seperate occasions only to hover (a little ways down the beach) above the water which drives the sharks off. This was close, really close if you know what I mean.
Now, the shore line is not the sharks backyard, never has been, never will be. While I don't think a global culling is a good thing, cull of the largest sharks aint a bad thing.
I agree with that statement whole heartedly :thumb:Personally I think the tools who dress up in neoprene, and lie on seal shaped pieces of foam are to blame for the unusually large quantities sharks closer into shore and the spike in attacks.
The east coast of Australia has a few shark attacks and a lot of sightings each year. I'll admit it isn't the numbers or the severity of the attacks in other areas of our country but we still get it.It's easy in the safety of the east coast to sympathise with the shark.
I wonder how well people would go if they lived in esperance, and owned a motel or something . Fuck me, who is their rot mind would want to go swimming in an area with some where's around a thousand times greater shark risk than any of us have to deal with ?
Think of it more in terms of defending the seal population if you must.
Sharks aren't all that pleasant .
Exactly, but they still do??Fuck me, who is their roight mind would want to go swimming in an area with some where's around a thousand times greater shark risk than any of us have to deal with ?
I'm sure the seals are eternally grateful, however the penguins will be pissed the sharks are no longer defending theirs.Think of it more in terms of defending the seal population if you must.
Neither are reality show participants, unfortunately my application for a permit to cull their numbers has been repeatedly denied.Sharks aren't all that pleasant .
Did they catch it on CCTV perhaps? Or find fingerprints?catch the specific shark and may consider putting it down.