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[TRIG]

Seal bites off woman's nose

TUESDAY , 01 NOVEMBER 2005


JOHANNESBURG: A seal has bitten off a South African woman's nose after she tried to help it back into the sea.

Elsie van Tonder, 49, is expected to undergo surgery this week after being bitten on a beach near George, about 400km east of Cape Town on Saturday.

Her nose was found but could not be reattached to her face, local media reported.

"The seal had been lying in the same spot since Friday, so the lady and a few other people were trying to take it back to the water," said Herman Oosthuizen, a marine biologist with the Department of Environmental Affairs.

"The young female seal then bit her in the face."

Cape Fur Seals are common on South African shores and many have become accustomed to humans. They are a popular tourist attraction and can be viewed playing in the sea by Cape Town's waterfront.

But they can be dangerous and sometimes attack people who venture too close, especially in fishing harbours where they come into close contact with fishermen offloading their catch.

"It's a predator, it's got vicious teeth and if it bites you in the wrong place, it could kill you," Oosthuizen said.


Was tring to figure out how to post this on SB...Thanks

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[almitywife]

http://www.sydneyharbourkayaks.com.au/pages/tours_eco.asp

going to buy sydney harbour kayaking tour for my nephew's Christmas present

 

[Supernal]

:05:

(replying to another post)

 

[RadRob]

(1) Robbin Doolin, 31, accidentally fell from her car while driving on U.S. 71 in Kansas City, Mo., in July when she opened the door to spit and leaned too far. (She quickly jumped up and chased her car, which left the road and ran down an embankment.) (2) In Amarillo, Texas, Bobby Reynolds, 74, and his son Gary, 43, were hospitalized in July after an incident in which their car got stuck on tracks at a railroad crossing. After unsuccessfully trying the move it, reported the Amarillo Globe-News, they somehow fell asleep in the car and were later hit by a train. [Kansas City Star, 7-30-05] [Amarillo Globe-News, 6-28-05]


(posting on a firefighter forum about NEWS OF THE WEIRD)

 

[NGT]

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43893

 

[fairybasslet]

Nevermind. It reminds me of a very recent message board argument.

 

[Baachus]

xs:string

ahhh code!

 

[Supernal]

well, gays aren't just in San Francisco

(part of an online conversation I just had)

 

[Ishie]

Heh heh; the list of similar personality types from the poll on the singles forum.

Socrates
Rene Descartes
Blaise Pascal
Sir Isaac Newton

U.S. Presidents:
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
John Tyler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
William Harvey (pioneer in human physiology)
C. G. Jung, (Freudian defector, author of Psychological Types, etc.)
William James
Albert Einstein
Tom Foley (Speaker of the House--U.S. House of Representatives)
Henri Mancini
Bob Newhart
Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator (D.--NM)
Rick Moranis (Honey, I Shrunk The Kids)
Midori Ito (ice skater, Olympic silver medalist)
Tiger Woods

 

[Supernal]

Description of the INFJ personality type:

Extraverted feeling, the auxiliary deciding function, expresses a range of emotion and opinions of, for and about people. INFJs, like many other FJ types, find themselves caught between the desire to express their wealth of feelings and moral conclusions about the actions and attitudes of others, and the awareness of the consequences of unbridled candor. Some vent the attending emotions in private, to trusted allies. Such confidants are chosen with care, for INFJs are well aware of the treachery that can reside in the hearts of mortals. This particular combination of introverted intuition and extraverted feeling provides INFJs with the raw material from which perceptive counselors are shaped.