Bull Shark hits man Brisbane ferry ?

[Sandman]

Has anyone heard about this? I was told by friends last night that last weekend (Sunday) they were waiting for the Bulimba ferry, mates wife said it was taking some time to come across in fact it had not left the terminal. Once the ferry had come over the driver advised that a Bull Shark had jumped out of the water and hit a passager no injuries occured to either the shark or the passenger!!!
Now that is not something that happens everyday although i often see the sharks jumping out around the place.

Mick
Can anyone shed more light on the story?

[two dogs]

I used to catch the cross river ferry there quite a bit and have often seem bull sharks feeding along that little gutter on the tennerieffe side...speaking to one of the drivers he said that hes seen them break the water quite often...there was a guy that used to collect glass bottles on the bulimba side, wading out to nearly chest deep but he stopped after a bully jumped 5-10m away from him.

[BaitThrower]

Seen a bully leap out of the Logan River with some strength, so its a possibility. Wouldn't that kind of thing be plastered all over the news though if it did happen?

[JawstheOriginal]

It certainly would not surprise me. They are an amazing creature. They can adapt their salinity levels so they can go into fresh water from the ocean. I think it takes about ten days. They take up salts and excrete them accordingly.

I wish the paper would report on this because everyone loves a good shark tail(tale).

[Sandman]

Seen a bully leap out of the Logan River with some strength, so its a possibility. Wouldn't that kind of thing be plastered all over the news though if it did happen?

I am actually suprised it wasnt plastered over the papers, i do not doubt the story as my mate and his wife are very honest up front couple, however it could be down to the driver of the ferry ( by the way i am not entirely sure if it was a city cat or the the little ferry)
But the driver said it was very common to see them jumping and that they have had close calls before.
Anyone who works on the ferries or knows someone would be good to hear from them.

Mick

[SeaHunt]

It was probably a big mullet.

[Pistol_P]

I have seen big bullies jump out of the water in the Noosa River.
So it is a possibility.
We had a big one Jump right beside the boat one day.

Pete

[Marlin_Mike]

I reckon its an urban myth. If it really happened it would be in the papers and news on TV.

Mike

[dogsbody]

I reckon its an urban myth. If it really happened it would be in the papers and news on TV.

Mike

Sort of like the peanut butter story maybe.



Dave.

[Marlin_Mike]

Did I miss something????? What peanut butter story???

Mike

Sort of like the peanut butter story maybe.



Dave.

[tigermullet]

Bull sharks jump all of the time - frequently seen and sometimes right near the boat.

After a period of calm weather when you see the first Bull shark jump it means that the south easters are three days away.

I used to think that was a fairy story but it does seem to work.

[Sandman]

Mike you could be on the money but the only reason i wont doubt it is that i have had them jump close near mud island, the only reason i have doubts is why didnt the media grab it ?

[TheRealAndy]

Sounds like a crap to me. My old deckie (sailing) works on city cats, will give him a bell shortly to confirm its all crap. Just remeber, that the bullies have had a bad rep in the press the last couple of years, so if it were true i reckon it would be page one of the courier mail.

[mattooty]

Its only going to hit the papers if someone who witnessed the accident cared to ring up the related media to try and sell a story. In all honesty, how many people have actually had something really rare happen to them and thought, "wait, i might call the press, hopefully they'll write up about me"
I don't doubt it at all. Freak jump that happened to end up quite close to the ferry.

[TheRealAndy]

Yup, its real. but only if your a tourist.