It has been reported that a Teenager has been fatally injured as a result of a shark attack at Ballina, It was reported the lad suffered horrific lower body injuries, The injuries have been discribed as inflicted by a Large Shark.
It has been reported that a Teenager has been fatally injured as a result of a shark attack at Ballina, It was reported the lad suffered horrific lower body injuries, The injuries have been discribed as inflicted by a Large Shark.
poor fella, not a nice way to go
THATS THE SECOND in the last few years, maybe after all these fish kills ,food is harder to find,,,, POOR KID,, sympathy to the family and to the community of ballina,FLOODS NOW THIS,NOT GOOD FOR THE AREA..CHEERS BDOWDY..BRETT
Last edited by bdowdy; 08-04-2008 at 11:34 AM.
Poor bugger.....just read it was at lighthouse beach....close to the river mouth with dirty water around....
Here is a link to the story on ABC News;
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin
SMH have a report on it:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/...420345446.html
Very sad indeed.
Mate, are you joking?Originally Posted by smallunit
With the dirty water around ,the probability is high that the shark just mistook him for food.
Poor kid and what a tragic loss for his family noone deserves to die a teenager
Havnt heard any reports on the local radio as yet however if true it was only a matter of time. Lots of large sharks cruising close to the coast here. The po
Byron Bay has had plenty of close calls this year.
The charter operator caught and released several smaller (2.5-3m white sharks just outside the surf zone at Evans Head last year. They were following the schools of salmon.
I agree, it has beeen shown many times, even proven I think countless times too that sharks do not deliberately come and try and eat humans, even great whites. I'd say it would have had to have been a bully... River mouth, muddy water, lacerations. All signs and environment for a bull. Another case, unfortunately, of mistaken identity.
We should not be killing them because of it. It's unfortunate, but when we enter the water, we are in their domain.It's no way to go of course, but you have to respect the wildlife. Sure, if the same shark has been proven to be responsible for more than a few attacks on humans, then maybe time to do something.
I don't follow your reply?? Umm no one taught it... but humans are not there natural food choice. Proof is that most attacks are not, how can we say it, full consumption attacks. I.e. you get bitten once in most cases, then the shark has figured out you don't taste too good or are not a part fo their regular food type, then they let go. Most die from the resulting blood loss from the bites etc. So this is mistaken identity. If it wasnt mistaken identity, then I doubt they would be leaving anything behind.
Poor bugger i feel sorry for the family
what a bad way to go!
plenty big noahs around atm. My bro was paddling over to surf sth straddy the other morn'n and noticed a bloke in a tinny with the full game harness and rod n reel setup, doubled over fighting something big......bloke said he been fighting it for over an hour allready....bro got sik of waiting to see what it was and made it over onto the rocks, looked back to see the bloke with what was either a very large whaler or tiger shark up along side his tinny...said it was much longer than his 4m tinny.
Needless to say he had a very nervous paddle back across after his surf lol.
.......Ash
SmallUnit - Are you saying the sharks should be killed just for doing what they do naturally in THEIR natural habitat?
It is obviously a tragedy that this young guy has lost his life but at the end of the day, surfing, swimming or whatever in the water, you run this risk - It is not a reason to start slaughtering the sharks and is a very narrow minded approach.
Why don't we just wipe out all wildlife that could potentially kill a person - would that make your day better?
10 to 1 it was a bully..... dirty water , river mounth etc.......
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