"the danger is in your mind" - unquote
Submitted by bod on Thu, 2009-11-05 14:46
Smile!
By Mail Foreign Service 3/11/09
The 14ft great white was snapped off the coast of Guadalupe island, Mexico, by scuba diver Amos Nachoum in August.
Daredevil Amos regularly swims with the monsters and even takes divers on expeditions to meet them.
The 59-year-old boasted: ‘I have a 100 per cent safety record.
'These sharks aren’t the ferocious creatures we see in Jaws.
‘The danger is in your mind.’
Nevertheless, the image is a little too close to the jaws of death for most people's comfort.
Fortunately sharks are believed to be short-sighted.
Scientists have claimed that attacks on humans are usually a case of mistaken identity.
Who's smiling now? The shark seemingly tires of posing
bod
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Bruce
Bruce, the grinning shark from Finding Nemo
Colin Hay
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Lol Bod
I was thinking exactly the same thing.
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chrisp
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That gob looks big enough to fit a car in!
How did they get the camera back out afterwards.
scotto
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kill them all
every single great white should die.
mako magic
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great mentality there scotto
great mentality there scotto mate
Tony Halliday
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I agree Mako
Sharks have never come out of the ocean to hunt us, yet we go into their world to hunt them.
Even Brian Guest who was taken by a great white said before that he had no issues with sharks and his family respected that.
If your scared of sharks, stay out the water. Same as for bees in the flowers, snakes in the long grass, red-backs in the shed, go hide in North Bridge, you may find it safer Scotto!!!
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Frank F
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Great Whites
Thinking about going for a dive in the sound on sunday to take a look at the D9, But all these reports of Whites and pictures keep showing up. Maybe they are telling me something. Looks like I will be hugging my new shark shield tightly. LOL
bod
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Frank F-nothing to worry about!
Hold it right there: The shark prepares for his close-up
danno
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god dam you gotta hav some
god dam you gotta hav some balls to do that.
they are still wild creatures and i dont think i could trust them but if he can thats great and makes some good pics.
cheers danno
Alan James
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Pectorals down
I see the pectoral fins are pointed down in that last shot. That means get out of my space in shark body language.
roberta
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I haven't got any you-know-whats
still wouldn't get in the water with them,
"Oh what big nice teeth you have."
Wonder if they floss?
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Feral
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nice to see you care about
nice to see you care about nature scotto ... why kill natures best predator ?? if you dont like them then just stay in your boat ... no need to kill them.
jersey
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Feral,
Thats excellent advice,and I agree to a point,but man is still the top of the pile for killing,each other and every thing else,but I think that when you have a creature of that type in the area of man then they should be removed from the threat to man,after all,if someone walked around with a weapon capable of maiming/killing people the law would do there best to stop them before a life was ruined or lost,so why not put the same attitude on other predators (sharks),if a dog bits a person,it is often put down,so if a shark bits a person,unprovoked attack,such as at Cottesloe and Safety Bay,to me you get ride of it, besides I enjoy diving and I am selfish enough to think that the lives of those I dive with and my own are more important that a shark.but some will think differently no doubt.jersey
Tony Halliday
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does that mean cause every
does that mean cause every man has a penis, he is a potential rapist and should be castrated too??? ( or should we lock-up all viral men..??)
Same logic mate.
I grew up in an area with more GW per square kilomter than anywhere else in the world. False Bay South Africa. In fact Fish Hoek, my home town in that bay, is renowned for it's three resident GW that cruise the area.
Every weekend in Summer close to 400,000 ( yes thats right) people flock to the beaches of False Bay and maybe one attack happens a year. Yet every weekend, 20 or so get killed by cars on their way home.... ( yip they safer in the sea)
JMO
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Feral
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yeah i think a little
yeah i think a little differant to most ppl i suppose .... there are billions of ppl in this world and im not sure it can support us all ... there are a hell of a lot less sharks killing us than we are killing each other .. more ppl die in car crashes - is it then a good idea to stop every one driving just on the chance that they die ?? all im suggesting is a common sense approch.
bod
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With you Feral.
Sharks have not succumbed to evolution in 40,000 years because they haven't needed to. They are the ultimate hunting and killing machine for their survival. We're in their space and that about sums it up for me. Same with crocodiles.
As the superior race on this planet, we are the only inhabitants blessed with the ability to make choice. If we get it wrong, our bad choice. Take your chance by all means, but understand that is exactly what it is.
Live and let live.
Paul H
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While were at it lets kill
While were at it lets kill all the bees too. After all they kill more poeple than sharks will ever kill.
The thought of being eaten by a shark has emotional conotations to us humans and many of us fear and go to great lengths to avoid the water as a result but I think its funny some/many of us have no problem with getting into a motor car and travelling at 100km/hr plus (which kills a hell of a lot more of us).
Sharks actually kill very few people, many claim they are killing machines but they are far from it. Most attacks occured in water with low visibility or near sunrise sunset. I also recall scuba diving under some surfers sitting on their boards waiting for the next set and looked up to note ther shilloette looks very similar to a seal which would account for a lot of attacks of surfers and swimmers. Scuba divers often have encounters with great whites however not many are attacked (look less like a seal i guess).
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Rodrat
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Nature and humans
When humans mix with wild animals there is bound to be attacks. I believe more people are killed by hippos in africa then cars! It's simple really, if you dont like sharks swim in a pool. If sharks are to be believed to be short sighted maybe that explains attacks? Maybe they arent 100% about what they are attacking.
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Tony Halliday
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CR@P mate, just in south
CR@P mate,
just in south africa alone, they kill 14,000 people per year on the roads, add in the rest of africa and you'd have over 200,000 deaths a year from vehicles... don't think that there is that many hippo's left in the wild. Christmas road death toll for south africa over the 30 days of the festive season is always around 1400 people ! out of a population of 48 million... I'd take my chances with the hippo mate, you never driven in africa before have you???
Yes hippo's kill the most people of all predators, but they not aggressive unless cornered, they just short sighted and when you between them and the water, you toast! simple..
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scotto
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well then,
south africans = crap drivers.
Tony Halliday
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100% correct, they bloody
100% correct, they bloody bad in africa...
Hippo's are safer..lol
( din't mean it to sound bad mate ( Rodrat), but having driven in all parts of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo!! I can tell you, you much safer amongst the wild beasts...lol)
Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
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Rodrat
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CR@P mate
1. I aint ya mate!!
2. I forgot that you know everthing about everthing!
3. Your a knob! JMO
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Tony Halliday
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1, you right you not one of
1, you right you not one of my mates,
2, next time check your facts
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_are_killed_by_hippos_each_day
( 33 people per day average, hippo kills)= +/- 12,000 per year for all africa.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/thirty-people-killed-in-south-african-bus-accident-834817.html
thats not including the rest of africa.
http://www.grsproadsafety.org/knowledge-facts_and_figures_of_a_global_crisis-18.html
3, yeah you can call me anything you like..
ps the biggest killer in Africa is not the Hippo in fact, but indirectly the mosquito with malaria deaths being the second highest killer to cars! if you exclude AIDS! then again that makes the pen!s the most deadly by far...
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Jim
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Awesomw pics, i got a
Awesomw pics, i got a love/hate relationship with white pointers.
this guy will probably end up being attacked if he keeps on doing it. If his happy with that then good on him.
If the danger is in your mind, is the shark taking your leg off in your mind too? :)
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Ganged
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In the end we are going into
In the end we are going into water knowing that a shark could be there. We have a choice. All animals have a reason for being around.
Still learning
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jersey
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You Win
I surrender to the wisdom of all the above commentaries,but in my mind,I will do all i could to damage any thing that tries to eat me,including hopping it chokes to death,or dies of food (lead weight belt ) poising,and of course the taste of huge amounts of Sh**t,as Im sure thats the last act of defiance I will have to spoil its meal.
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Cammos
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Can I just put it on record
Can I just put it on record then that if I get killed by anything in the ocean I do not want it killed as some form of weird justice. I go there knowing I could be eaten, but I just don't think about it.
The chances of dying on SCUBA are far greater from my own cock up than another animal anyway. Saying that, the chances of dying on the way to the ramp are probably 200 times greater.
couldntcatchacold
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Beautiful creatures bit
Beautiful creatures bit dissapointed that some people feel they should "kill" or "remove them" Have to remember as others have said were going into THERE terroitory they have evolutionised to live in the water and will always have the upperhand. Also animals dont have the brain capabilities we do, to predators all we are is another food source. Back on topic. That guy has balls beileve me if i was in that situation im damn near sure id prove you could walk on water!
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