I saw the story on the news in Ca., about the Great White Shark attack that killed a 66 Year old man. Was wondering if anybody here is from the area & would offer any more insight?.............

 

Sharks don't like global warming That is scary though!

 

yea a man was attacked by a bull at S.P.I not to long ago.. SPI!!!!! (south padre island) i dont think its ever happend the 19 years ive been alive.

 

I use to do a lot of diving for lobster and scallops down in Florida and I always worried about sharks. I was mostly worried about the tiger sharks since they are plentiful in that area. They say there is only an estimated 5 great whites around florida but that was always in the back of my mind too.

One time when I was coming in from a dive and had just left the gulf and was heading up into a river when I spotted a manatee swimming, so I dove in and swam with it for a few minutes. That was most likely a dangerous situation since I was in prime bull shark waters. In all my years diving I only once spotted a shark and it was a smaller hammerhead.

I always told my mom that I wouldn't die from a shark attack because I would die from a heart attack first if I seen a large one coming my way.

Dying from a shark attack would be a horrible way to go.

 

i tell u wat.. if i would get attacked. id sh*t my pants but i wont go down without a fight..

 

He was in the water training for some event, with a group of other people. He had on a wetsuit; and, they speculate that he was confused for a seal. It let him go; but, he bled to death on the beach.

They say sharks don't like the way we taste... or something. Too bad for this guy and his family. I really don't like the beach or ocean swimming very much. Throw sharks into the mix, and I just don't go.

 

I like going to the beach and building sand castles with friends and playing Frisbee with women in bikinis I don't care for swimming in the ocean that much though.

 

They always say crap like that. I don't believe it for a minute. They aren't confused. They're hungry, they see something edible, they eat it. They find all kinds of stuff in the stomaches of sharks (especially Great Whites.) I don't think they really give a damn what it is they're eating.

 

same here, ****ting my pants would probably be the thing that keeps me alive. No shark would want to eat me if I had poo in my britches

 

Great Whites are in the ocean. That guy deserved to get mamed and killed.

 

I have been scuba diving for 15 years. I have dove in the carribbean as well as Florida many times. My last trip down in Florida I was snorkeling in about 3 feet of water off a beach in Key West when I saw a 5 foot hammer head swim about 15 feet away from me. THe shark didnt even acknowledge me being there. I have seen planty of nurse sharks but that was my only time seeing something that could do damage to me. Sharks aren't looking to eat people. 99% of the time its a mistake.

 

If God had wanted man to swim in the ocean he would have given us webbed hands & gills!........

 

Great Whites aren't stupid enough to come on land, yet we readily go in the ocean.

 

I say we nuke 'em!

 

ummmm Great whites can't go on land. We are the top of the food chain and we can go anywhere we want. The key is to be prepared.