Marine Life Terrible shark attack TCI

[passedoutwookie]

No worries. Is that similar to the article you read?

Yes, that is the same account I had read.

 

[Mike_4635]

I have not seen any article on this whole topic that said that the person was scuba diving.. did I miss something? My understanding was it was a beachgoer

On another note, has anybody seen anything other than a reef shark, a gray shark or a nurse shark at Turks and Caicos? I only have about 40 dives there, but that's all I've seen.

I do love how every single shark bite article, they always post a picture of the great white shark... Bull crap.

I have been on 15 Aggressor Turks and Caicos and while I have mainly seen nurse and reef sharks, have seen a hammerhead, a tiger shark, and a couple of bull sharks. Seeing other than nurse and reef sharks were rare.

 

[Dan]

Thanks. I know it is a Sand Tiger in the image. My point wasn't that it was a Sand Tiger, it was that they knew it was a Bull and still got the wrong species.

The journalist just reported what he / she heard from the victim’s brother in-law, but may not necessarily know what a Bull Shark looks like and just pick a shark image.

 

[Centrals]

LOL.
To most peoples, a shark is just a shark. Whatever it is is irrevalent to the incidence.

 

[Pearlman]

The journalist just reported what he / she heard from the victim’s brother in-law, but may not necessarily know what a Bull Shark looks like and just pick a shark image.

LOL.
To most peoples, a shark is just a shark. Whatever it is is irrevalent to the incidence.

In today’s Internet age where Google can return a picture in mere seconds …? Well thats pretty stupid, no arguments there… what kind of journalist or editor cannot do a quick Google search?

 

[ginti]

In today’s Internet age where Google can return a picture in mere seconds …? Well thats pretty stupid, no arguments there… what kind of journalist or editor cannot do a quick Google search?

It isn't about what they can or not - but what makes sense. If the public is not interested in these details, why should they invest their time? Just makes no sense (at all)

 

[Centrals]

In today’s Internet age where Google can return a picture in mere seconds …? Well thats pretty stupid, no arguments there… what kind of journalist or editor cannot do a quick Google search?

What difference does it make whether it was a great white, white tips or whatnot.
A lot of journalists still believing that scuba diver breathing oxygen instead of compressed air(most of the time). Probably couldn't tell the difference between nitrox, heliox, trimix etc.

 

[TostitoBandito]

What difference does it make whether it was a great white, white tips or whatnot.
A lot of journalists still believing that scuba diver breathing oxygen instead of compressed air(most of the time). Probably couldn't tell the difference between nitrox, heliox, trimix etc.

I overheard a SCUBA diver on a recent trip while doing their paperwork just after arriving at a resort say "no I always use oxygen" in response to a question about nitrox. No, they did not have a CCR.

 

[Allen-1]

Yea you are right.

We do not have bison here.

But they are basically cows.

People in Germany do not endanger their lives by taking photos with a cow.

 

[Centrals]

I overheard a SCUBA diver on a recent trip while doing their paperwork just after arriving at a resort say "no I always use oxygen" in response to a question about nitrox. No, they did not have a CCR.

If I was there I would had laughed my head off but would certainly not correct the mistake. Others should have the fortune/misfortune of hearing something so ridiculous.