cowboy8411;3336555; said:
Loved it . I had no idea Florida was shark attack capitol .
That shark expert who after losing chunk of his leg only to years later try it again was insane.
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Loved it . I had no idea Florida was shark attack capitol .
That shark expert who after losing chunk of his leg only to years later try it again was insane.
hithesnoozebutn;3339783; said:I guess for some reason some people just like to watch MONSTER sized things, with MONSTER attitudes and MONSTER teeth, eating and living as MONSTEROUSLY as they can be. Discovery channel knows this.
All the animal type channels are the same. Animal planet had one on wild boars which was great and similiar format.
Still better than most non animal type channels.
Louie;3340345; said:
In FL, more sharks where there are more people leads to more 'attacks'. What they didn't tell you was a vast majority of the 'attacks' are nurse shark bites from ididots trying to pet them while they are sleeping. They try to make it sound like they are all man eating monsters killing people and ripping off limbs. Most FL attacks are just cuts and scrapes that get treated on site with a bandaide.
Eric Ritter is a great biologist. We need more shows with people like him. His bull shark work is cutting edge and helping pave the way for the rest of us.
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His idea is that sharks don't attack unless provoked or hunting. What he had was an exploritory bite... the shark version of picking up something to look at it. In his case, the exploration bite lead to a second one.
His idea was proven with him in the water. If he was wrong, and sharks just attack for no reason or frenzy at any kind of blood, all of the other sharks would have attacked when his blood hit the water. Along those same lines, the shark that bit him would have continued to eat him instead of letting go like it did. Human blood is picked up differently than fish or marine mammal blood would be by sharks. It doesn't register as 'food' for them.
His idea is that sharks don't attack unless provoked or hunting. What he had was an exploritory bite... the shark version of picking up something to look at it. In his case, the exploration bite lead to a second one.
His idea was proven with him in the water. If he was wrong, and sharks just attack for no reason or frenzy at any kind of blood, all of the other sharks would have attacked when his blood hit the water. Along those same lines, the shark that bit him would have continued to eat him instead of letting go like it did. Human blood is picked up differently than fish or marine mammal blood would be by sharks. It doesn't register as 'food' for them.
I've been watching just as every year. Can't say I enjoy it too much this year. I found a few things intresting but not much. I would love to see more informational stuff then just all shows on attacks. Most of the show's this year though I've seen before.
As for FL, yes we are shark bite capital except the shark bites are usually not that bad. I used to surf all the time out in New Symerna and you would see sharks all the time, to me it is no big deal. New Symerna beach has a huge deep pit out at the tip of the jetty and it serves as a type or nursery for many sharks, that being said most of the sharks out there are 5ft and under. Also the fish tend to school a lot between New Symerna Jetty and Ponce Inlet, makes for great fishing but attracts a lot of sharks as well. Most of the shark bites are very minor and usually done by sharks that are no more then a few feet long and consist of minor bites, scratches and somtimes minor punctures. Common sharks that I am used to seeing out there include hammerheads, tiger's, bull's, blacktips and lemon's amoung many others. Most of these I've seen as baby's. I have seen a few that are larger (7-9ft range) but not that often and they still never made me feel uncomfortable. When I surfed out there you would feel brushes from some of the larger guy's which were still only in the 5ft range and never bothered us enough to want to get out or feel threatned. From my experience it seem's most of the time any of them do "attack" it's usually because someone was trying to mess with it, poke it, kick it, touch it or whatever else, what do you expect it to do. I guess it helps if people have a little common sense. It's an area that has a huge shark population as well as a huge human population.
Anywho I demand better shark week shows. A good show on tiger sharks would work.
As for FL, yes we are shark bite capital except the shark bites are usually not that bad. I used to surf all the time out in New Symerna and you would see sharks all the time, to me it is no big deal. New Symerna beach has a huge deep pit out at the tip of the jetty and it serves as a type or nursery for many sharks, that being said most of the sharks out there are 5ft and under. Also the fish tend to school a lot between New Symerna Jetty and Ponce Inlet, makes for great fishing but attracts a lot of sharks as well. Most of the shark bites are very minor and usually done by sharks that are no more then a few feet long and consist of minor bites, scratches and somtimes minor punctures. Common sharks that I am used to seeing out there include hammerheads, tiger's, bull's, blacktips and lemon's amoung many others. Most of these I've seen as baby's. I have seen a few that are larger (7-9ft range) but not that often and they still never made me feel uncomfortable. When I surfed out there you would feel brushes from some of the larger guy's which were still only in the 5ft range and never bothered us enough to want to get out or feel threatned. From my experience it seem's most of the time any of them do "attack" it's usually because someone was trying to mess with it, poke it, kick it, touch it or whatever else, what do you expect it to do. I guess it helps if people have a little common sense. It's an area that has a huge shark population as well as a huge human population.
Anywho I demand better shark week shows. A good show on tiger sharks would work.
haha that would be awesome. yeah ppl do some stupid things then wonder why they got bit. i bout died laughing they were showing how hard it was to get bit the other night then a show of attacks i was like if it is that hard to get bit who poked the shark lol.
