This is awful, poor girl having to see that from the beach knowing she can't do anything. Sends a shiver down the spine. Just seen they're pics online, seems he was a mtber as well. Don't know if anyone on here new him at all so we can pass on condolences, best wishes etc
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Seychelles shark attack.
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It is rough.. Having dived/snorkelled in the Maldives I know it's a glorious place to explore underwater and sure you see some small sharks but never think your in danger in shallows. Awful. Is it really going to just be a rogue shark that has found ready to attack humans around the same spot and so returns? I kind of hope so. Then at least they should be able to find it.
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As someone who grew up watching Jaws, swimming/snorkling in deep water gives me the heebie jeebies.
We went to the maldives for our honeymoon, and we saw a few small black tip reef sharks but nothing big. Although the island was in a lagoon and had a reef surrounding it, and was only a few feet deep.
Although I cr@pped myself when a huge black ray swam past me as I was trying to take a picture of Nemo.
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Killer sharks in the water, man goes in for a swim. Not sure I'd not just consider that natural selection. Horrible for the family though
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I went snorkling in Mexico this year, amazing but being in the ocean make me realise how small I am. I even went swimming with Nurse sharks, amazing time but seeing how they react to feeding make me quite frankly sh*t myself.
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Years ago in the Seychelles, as kids, me and my brother used feed sea snakes in ankle deep water, not knowing then, how dangerous some of them can be!
We saw local fisherman going nuts when their nets brought in stone fish!
A set of beautiful stunning islands, with amazing sea life, never been anywhere else yet that gets anywhere close.
Such terrible news to read about.
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dangerous, this honeymooning lark: http://news.sky.com/home/article/16045355
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Sharks in tropical waters shocker.
Sharks coming into the beach to feed shocker.
Should be a law against it shocker.Got to be pretty rough on those that saw the incident though.
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Rough. I imagine that beach is a lot quieter at the moment.
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bikebouy - Member
Sharks in tropical waters shocker.
Sharks coming into the beach to feed shocker.
Should be a law against it shocker.Keyboard warrior in "smartarse" shocker.
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Not nice. Was on holiday in the Bahamas in the outislands and on one of the reefs you can snorkel from the beach. We are trolling along watching stingrays and someone reckons they see a shark. More often than not they haven't but this time they did. Visibilty wasn't great as it was so close the beach and the sand was stirred up but we have photo of shark! Closer inspection of the profile suggests it was a Bull Shark which are known to be more feisty with humans than others. Glad we went our own ways. All this within 150 yards of a poolside bar and a rum and tonic!!
Very unfortunate for the people in the Seychelles but there's still some very wild wildlife out there.
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In the context of the attack, ie it being their honeymoon, that shark needs to be made an example of.
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From the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14552788
The Seychelles Tourism Board's director Alain St Ange told the BBC the latest attack was caused by a "foreign shark" and was a "freak accident"
Bloody foreigner sharks.
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we're gonna need a bigger boat!
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Keyboard warrior with logical brain shocker.
Don't swim in tropical waters where sharks feed shicker.Posted 9 months ago # -
Bloody foreigner sharks.
Coming in and stealing our tourists...tsch.
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In the context of the attack, ie it being their honeymoon, that shark needs to be made an example of
As clubber points out, it's a foreign shark, so it should be deported.
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Don't swim in tropical waters where sharks feed shicker
It certianly shicked me.
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was it hungry or just a git?
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It certianly shicked me.
I certainly shicked myself just thinking about it.
Thoughts go out to the family of the MTBer.Posted 9 months ago # -
Keyboard warrior with logical brain shocker.
Don't swim in tropical waters where sharks feed shicker.I guess it's a risk you choose to place your self in...if you swim in waters where you're further down the food chain, then you run the risk of being eaten.
But these waters are 'usually' safe...although according to The Sun (the world renouned source of fact and accurate journalism), 'killer' sharks frequent British waters. So the next time you let the kids go paddling in Brighton...remember you might not see little Tommy again.
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Dreadful for those involved
.Holidayed in the Seychelles in late 1981 and having watched Jaws on TV the night before we left I was paranoid about snorkelling but was assured then that the waters were shark free.
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Don't swim in tropical waters where sharks feed shicker.
Taken from the online Dictionary.
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Don't swim in tropical waters where sharks feed shicker.
Thats the Med out for you then - one of the largest Great Whites ever caught was in Malta.
As for the 'its dangerous this honeymoon lark' I wouldn't suggest going to South Africa either, if the sharks don't get you the 'hitmen' might...Posted 9 months ago # -
I wouldn't suggest going to South Africa either, if the sharks don't get you the 'hitmen' might...
Only if you organise it first
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I bet there's either been some dodgy business going on (dumping food/ biological waste in the water) or the shark was severely malnourished. Clear seas mean there are fewer cases of mistaken identity so there would have to be some driver for the attack.
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I watched a programme about the shark attacks in Eygpt and they put it down to dive companies illegally feeding sharks to bring them closer to customers wanting to view/dive with them.
They said that the feeding practice involved holding out the food, fish presumably, and once the shark had taken, withdrawing their arm/hand and putting it behind their back. Which makes sense as you wouldn't want to leave your arm out there for the shark to nibble on.
Most if not all of the Eygpt attacks suffered loss of arms and bites to the back/@rse. Which is similar in this poor fellas case.
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so there would have to be some driver for the attack.
The poor guy might have just cut himself on some coral or even taken a leak in the water - both enough to attract the interest of something hungry. I seriously doubt this is a single 'rogue shark' - that's just a tourist board excuse so that they can produce some poor dead fish for the public to gawp at. Unless they find bits of both victims inside there's no way to be sure - I expect they're already checking forensic evidence to see if it's even the same species responsible for the two incidents.
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This was actually the second attack within 2 weeks. A French diver was a killed earlier in August. However the last fatal attack in the Seychelles was in 1963. Fact, more people are killed after being kicked by a donkey than are by sharks. Stranger fact, most parents happily plonk their kids on a donkey.
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The poor guy might have just cut himself on some coral or even taken a leak in the water - both enough to attract the interest of something hungry. I seriously doubt this is a single 'rogue shark' - that's just a tourist board excuse so that they can produce some poor dead fish for the public to gawp at. Unless they find bits of both victims inside there's no way to be sure - I expect they're already checking forensic evidence to see if it's even the same species responsible for the two incidents.
That sounds like the plot for Jaws...
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I've been in the red sea with a finger I'd cut on coral and came a bit close to a shark of some sort. It didn't seem as bothered as I was.
There doesn't need to be a reason or cause for an attack. It happens or it doesn't happen. No need to know why.
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