Marine Life 10 year old attacked by a shark - Bahamas
- Thread starter DandyDon
- Start date
This Thread Prefix is for incidents caused by any form of marine life including large and small animals, algae or plant life, and biotoxins.
Please register or login
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
- Ability to post and comment on topics and discussions.
- A Free photo gallery to share your dive photos with the world.
- You can make this box go away
OP
- Messages
- 54,272
- Reaction score
- 8,400
- # of dives
- 500 - 999
John the Pom
Contributor
He was bitten on the leg - probably stepped on a carpet shark.Did you see the kid in the video posted above? Waving his arms, tickling shark bellies, just asking for a bit!
[snip]
That happened to a guy at a local surf club some years ago. He was bitten during an early morning swim and told a dramatic tale of wrestling a Great White! But when a shark expert examined the bite in his leg, they identified the shark as a Wobbegong, and said the most likely explanation was that he stepped on it!
I've witnessed two shark bites - both from "inoffensive" species that were manhandled by foolish divers - unfortunately, you run into idiots in every activity. Neither bite was serious, and it took a lot of provocation for the shark to bite. In both cases, they were trying to escape.
johndiver999
Contributor
Do you know what species are in the tank? Do you have any information that leads you to believe that the attack was associated with a carpet shark? Are you implying that the 10-yr old was being an "idiot"?
I'm pretty sure Australia has by far the most shark fatalities.Did you see the kid in the video posted above? Waving his arms, tickling shark bellies, just asking for a bit!
Good question. Aren't most Florida bites from less dangerous sharks? Great Whites are tracked in Florida waters, but South Africa and Australia get more I think.
MidOH
Banned
Did you see the kid in the video posted above? Waving his arms, tickling shark bellies, just asking for a bit!
Good question. Aren't most Florida bites from less dangerous sharks? Great Whites are tracked in Florida waters, but South Africa and Australia get more I think.
Waving arms is kinda stupid. But slowly reaching out to a normal shark is pretty harmless.
Sometimes they'll bump into us. No big deal. Friendly little reef shark ain't going to hurt anyone.
FL has great hammerheads, as big as a great white, on the west coast. Tigers on the east. Kinda warm for Great Whites.
OP
- Messages
- 54,272
- Reaction score
- 8,400
- # of dives
- 500 - 999
Yes, I was simply stating how stupid that kid was.
I remember a story of a fellow being bitten by one that wouldn't let go. He had to wear it to the lifeguard station.
johndiver999
Contributor
Barryattle
Contributor
U of FL attributes 36% to requiem sharks of unknown species, but they think more blacktips than anything else, 15% to identified blacktips, and 16% to bull sharks (which will also go upstream a ways into fresh water). Sorry, Jaws fans.
Florida
Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks (1882-Present) Victim Activity During Unprovoked Shark Attacks in Florida by Decade Species Involved with Unprovoked Shark Attacks in Florida 1926-Present Requiem spp. are members of the family Carcharhinidae. Examples of these include black
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Similar threads
