October 28, 200917 yr Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Swimmers were warned that a "monster shark" was prowling off a popular Australian beach, one that nearly bit a 10-foot great white shark in half last week, London's Daily Mail reported. Based on the bite marks, experts say the larger shark must be twice its victim's size. The smaller - relatively speaking - great white was hooked on a baited drum line when it was attacked, and was still alive when it was hauled onto a boat off north Stradbroke Island in Queensland. The fatally wounded shark was found just a few miles away from the island's popular beaches, a haven for surfers and bathers. "That cannibal thing is what great whites do; they'll eat anything, including their own kind," Hugh Edwards, a local shark expert, told Australia's 7 News. "It would be sensible not to swim in that area for a little while." Though shark attacks worldwide dipped from 71 to 59 between 2007 and 2008, according to the International Shark Attack File, and few of them were attributed to great whites, the large shark had been vilified even before Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller. Speculation is that this "Jaws"-sized shark has been lured to the area by the rotting carcuses of three whales that were trapped in anti-shark netting surrounding the Queensland coast. But Queensland Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin told Australia's Courier Mail that the grisly find shows why those nets were still essential. Five people were fatally attacked in the late '50s, the Courier Mail reported, but only one since the nets were put in place in 1962. "Whatever attacked and took chunks out of this big shark must be massive," surfer Ashton Smith, 19, told the Daily Mail. "I've heard about the big one that's lurking out there somewhere. "We're all being very, very cautious." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/10/26/2009-10-26_10foot_great_white_shark_bitten_nearly_in_half_by_20foot_monster_shark_near_aust.html Later.
October 28, 200917 yr "It would be sensible not to swim in that area for a little while." You think? :ohbrother: Can anyone say “JAWS”? :scared:
October 28, 200917 yr "You're gonna need a bigger boat." Haha! Any chance the picture isn't real? If that is an authentic picture, it amazes me. I won't lie, I'm terrified of the ocean lol.
October 28, 200917 yr That's why I only swim in the Caribbean where you can see the bottom of the ocean the entire time you swim.
October 28, 200917 yr Haha! Any chance the picture isn't real? If that is an authentic picture, it amazes me. I won't lie, I'm terrified of the ocean lol. I won't lie, I'm terrified of the ocean past about where it goes up to my shoulders. Anywhere past that, even if I'm on a bout, I'm sketched out.
October 28, 200917 yr "It would be sensible not to swim in that area for a little while." You think? My first thought, as well!
October 28, 200917 yr The picture looks photo shopped. That's what I was going to say. This picture looks like a fake.
October 28, 200917 yr I agree, but I've seen it reported in several world news agencies. Those bites look pretty clean and symmetrical, though. Do you suppose the shark said "thank you sir, may I have another?" :lol:
October 28, 200917 yr I agree, but I've seen it reported in several world news agencies. Those bites look pretty clean and symmetrical, though. Do you suppose the shark said "thank you sir, may I have another?" :lol: I've seen it reported on Foxnews.com. The problem for me, is the water rushing through the bite. It almost looks as if someone Google'd a picture of a shark jumping out of water, then Photoshopped a rope and erased to make some bite marks.
October 28, 200917 yr I've seen it reported on Foxnews.com. The problem for me, is the water rushing through the bite. It almost looks as if someone Google'd a picture of a shark jumping out of water, then Photoshopped a rope and erased to make some bite marks. I think the shark's mouth being open makes me question the picture more than anything.
October 28, 200917 yr I think the shark's mouth being open makes me question the picture more than anything. Kind of my thoughts as well. I'm glad other had the same feelings as me about it.
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