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re: Fatal shark attack in Australia
Posted on 2/16/22 at 1:49 pm to Mr Personality
Posted on 2/16/22 at 1:49 pm to Mr Personality
My buddy sent me this picture during Laura. Dang, could have been him…
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Posted on 2/16/22 at 1:57 pm to Mr Personality
But is the shark vaccinated? Is the real question.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 2:04 pm to Mr Personality
Replace the gators with sharks....
Posted on 2/16/22 at 2:36 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Recently learned Australia has a lot of saltwater crocodiles as well. Scary arse place to be in the water.
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Blue-ringed octopuses
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Tetrodotoxin causes severe and often total body paralysis. Tetrodotoxin envenomation can result in victims being fully aware of their surroundings but unable to move. Because of the paralysis, they have no way of signaling for help or indicating distress. The victim remains conscious and alert in a manner similar to curare or pancuronium bromide.
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Chironex fleckeri, commonly known as the Australian box jelly
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In common with other box jellyfish, C. fleckeri has four eye-clusters with 24 eyes. Some of these eyes seem capable of forming images, but whether they exhibit any object recognition or object tracking is debated
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In Australia, C. fleckeri has caused at least 64 deaths since the first report in 1883,[9] but most encounters appear to result only in mild envenomation.[10] Among 225 analyzed C. fleckeri stings in Australia's Top End from 1991 to 2004, only 8% required hospital admission, 5% received antivenom and there was a single fatality (a 3-year-old child).[4] 26% experienced severe pain, while it was moderate to none in the remaining.[4] Most deaths in recent decades have been children, as their smaller body mass puts them at a higher risk of fatal envenomation.[9] When people do die, it is usually caused by a cardiac arrest occurring within minutes of the sting.[4] It takes approximately 3 m (10 ft) of tentacle to deliver the fatal dose
Posted on 2/16/22 at 2:44 pm to LSUWoodworker
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Irukandji jellyfish
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Irukandji jellyfish have the ability to fire stingers from the tips of their tentacles and inject venom.[16]
Irukandji jellyfish's stings are so severe they can cause fatal brain hemorrhages and on average send 50-100 people to the hospital annually.[17]
Robert Drewe describes the sting as "100 times as potent as that of a cobra and 1,000 times stronger than a tarantula's"
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Irukandji syndrome is produced by a small amount of venom and induces excruciating muscle cramps in the arms and legs, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restlessness, sweating, vomiting, an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, and psychological phenomena such as the feeling of impending doom.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:01 pm to LSUWoodworker
Newly released photo of the attack
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:08 pm to Dubosed
The carribean is much safer
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:22 pm to Boo Krewe
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The carribean is much safer
Yea, go find a Bull shark....
This post was edited on 2/16/22 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:34 pm to LSUWoodworker
Better than saltwater crocodiles
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:41 pm to Boo Krewe
There is a second video of this where the guy's body is floating, clearly dead at that point because he has no legs, and the shark comes back to take the rest of him.
The experts tell that story sharks don't like to eat people and attacks are mistaken identity but this one sure wanted to eat that guy.
The experts tell that story sharks don't like to eat people and attacks are mistaken identity but this one sure wanted to eat that guy.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:41 pm to Boo Krewe
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The carribean is much safer
Currently there are 4 tagged great whites off the west coast of key west. Also a big one about 80 miles off cocodrie.
Ocearch.org/tracker shows all tagged sharks and locations. Pretty cool website. How many are really out there that we don't know about??????
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:42 pm to Boo Krewe
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Better than saltwater crocodiles
True
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:42 pm to TejasHorn
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That beach/bay looks pretty small, guarded and calm.
Crazy that a 14 footer was prowling around in there.
Check out where most are found
I once looked at this site and saw a 15+ ft female great white chilling in the intracoastal waterway....nope.
This post was edited on 2/16/22 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:43 pm to Nurbis
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There is a second video of this where the guy's body is floating, clearly dead at that point because he has no legs, and the shark comes back to take the rest of him.
The experts tell that story sharks don't like to eat people and attacks are mistaken identity but this one sure wanted to eat that guy.
The Australian Covid lockdowns have everything on the edge there, he was hangry.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:50 pm to Nurbis
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The experts tell that story sharks don't like to eat people and attacks are mistaken identity but this one sure wanted to eat that guy.
I wrote an argumentative paper in college about this. I think that in most cases people are around to rescue the victim. When great whites feed, generally on seals, they take a massive bite and allow the seal to bleed out before eating them. I believe if people weren't around to rescue a victim the sharks in most cases would return and eat them...this goes for when they make a predatory attack on a human.
Posted on 2/16/22 at 3:51 pm to Nurbis
Link?
Posted on 2/16/22 at 4:01 pm to SETH6180
Posted on 2/16/22 at 4:03 pm to bushwacker
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carribean
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key west.
Isn’t there a thread about this?
Posted on 2/16/22 at 4:06 pm to bushwacker
Humans are too bony for big predators
Boo krewe
Laid off animal kingdom food and Bev
Boo krewe
Laid off animal kingdom food and Bev
Posted on 2/16/22 at 4:23 pm to LSUWoodworker
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Irukandji syndrome is produced by a small amount of venom and induces excruciating muscle cramps in the arms and legs, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restlessness, sweating, vomiting, an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, and psychological phenomena such as the feeling of impending doom.
Pretty sure this aint just a pyschological issues but reality kicking you in the head.
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