Marine Life 10 year old attacked by a shark - Bahamas

[clownfishsydney]

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.

Your memory is probably of a bloke who got bitten at an eastern suburbs beach in Sydney. He could not get it off and had to swim/walk to the beach and up to the lifesavers. It was a wobbegong shark and it had bitten him on the leg when he presumably stood on it. Wobbegongs are vicious but sort of harmless, have only grabbing teeth. However, they will not let go. The only way they got the wobbie off was to cut off its head!

Moral of the story, never touch a wobbie, even its tail, as it can reach all the way back and bite you!

 

[MB NZ]

Your memory is probably of a bloke who got bitten at an eastern suburbs beach in Sydney. He could not get it off and had to swim/walk to the beach and up to the lifesavers. It was a wobbegong shark and it had bitten him on the leg when he presumably stood on it. Wobbegongs are vicious but sort of harmless, have only grabbing teeth. However, they will not let go. The only way they got the wobbie off was to cut off its head!

Moral of the story, never touch a wobbie, even its tail, as it can reach all the way back and bite you!

Here's one from WA. It seemed compliant, but I wasn't getting any closer!

 

[trygon]

Bites, yes, but what about fatalities? Where do most shark fatalities happen?

2023 Australia 4, USA 2. Death by cows average around 20 per year, so I would recommend staying away from pastures, corrals and other places where bovines are found.

 

[billgraham]

How about we stop making attractions involving wildlife?

 

[Seaweed Doc]

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"?

In my experience, 10 year old males are generally idiots. (I was one and I raised one, and saw many friends of both....)

 

[agilis]

2023 Australia 4, USA 2. Death by cows average around 20 per year, so I would recommend staying away from pastures, corrals and other places where bovines are found.

Never trust a cow. To make a fair comparison you would have to factor the number of cow/human interactions with the number of shark/ human interactions. There have been close to 30 fatal shark encounters in Australia over the past 10 years; not a horrendous number, but a lot more than the US.

 

[MB NZ]

Comparing shark attacks to death by cow or falling coconuts or whatever is also confounded by the factor that most humans spend much less time in the water than on land.

 

[MB NZ]

In my experience, 10 year old males are generally idiots. (I was one and I raised one, and saw many friends of both....)

Agree, I was one too and I own one

 

[DandyDon]

Comparing shark attacks to death by cow or falling coconuts or whatever is also confounded by the factor that most humans spend much less time in the water than on land.

Well, how many humans spend time with cows? I was working closely with them when I was 4 or 5, but most have never been in a pen with one.

 

[MB NZ]

Well, how many humans spend time with cows? I was working closely with them when I was 4 or 5, but most have never been in a pen with one.

Yes, that needs to be known too before any of these comparisons are worthwhile making.