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Scuba Forum / General / October 2005Them salt water crocs are nasty
http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s051001.html A MAN killed by a crocodile on Thursday died from a single bite to the head and probably did not feel a thing. Ouch!  Signaturedillon Anyone who says grown men don't cry has never taken a differential equations final. > A MAN killed by a crocodile on Thursday died from a single bite to > the head and probably did not feel a thing. So? I've eaten alligator (only a single bite) probably killed from a single blow (or bullet) to the head by a MAN. That's Lizards 1 MAN 1. Doesn't sound very nasty to me. > > A MAN killed by a crocodile on Thursday died from a single bite to > > the head and probably did not feel a thing. > > So? I've eaten alligator (only a single bite) probably killed from a single > blow (or bullet) to the head by a MAN. That's Lizards 1 MAN 1. Doesn't > sound very nasty to me. From the article: "He was the second man to be killed by a crocodile in the Territory in five days." In any event, the incident sounds fairly similar to California/PNW incidents of freediver / Great White Shark: the divers know that they're in a higher-risk environment, and there's the occasional ambush by Apex predator that shows what the risk is. -hh > From the article: > > "He was the second man to be killed by a crocodile in the Territory in > five days." Obviously I didn't read the article. > In any event, the incident sounds fairly similar to California/PNW > incidents of freediver / Great White Shark: the divers know that > they're in a higher-risk environment, and there's the occasional ambush > by Apex predator that shows what the risk is. Not just freedivers. We SoCal scuba divers are putting ourselves at great risk as well, but it's well worth it so we can talk about it later and sound real manly. > Not just freedivers. We SoCal scuba divers are putting ourselves at great > risk as well, but it's well worth it so we can talk about it later and > sound real manly. Fool anyone yet? Curtis >> Not just freedivers. We SoCal scuba divers are putting ourselves at >> great risk as well, but it's well worth it so we can talk about it later >> and sound real manly. > > Fool anyone yet? So says the guy who only dives in freshwater holes so the sharks can't get to him. > So says the guy who only dives in freshwater holes so the sharks can't get > to him. Wrong-o... I dove with Curtis at Blue Springs (and nearly stepped on a manatee in the process)... If the manatee could make it up from the ocean, a shark could also... > > So says the guy who only dives in freshwater holes so the sharks can't get > > to him. > > Wrong-o... I dove with Curtis at Blue Springs (and nearly stepped on a > manatee in the process)... If the manatee could make it up from the ocean, a > shark could also... Not over many sharks that like fresh or brackish water. A bull shark comes to mind, not sure what others... George >> > So says the guy who only dives in freshwater holes so the sharks can't >> > get [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > George A small Great White was caught in a brackish lake in Australia a few weeks back. The scientists said it was probably lost and is not a common occurrence. Pat > Not over many sharks that like fresh or brackish water. A bull shark > comes to mind, not sure what others... Damn sure not lawyer/sharks, they find myriad excuses to avoid it. We do get alligators, but even without I suspect "our manly bragging rights" are there just for going under the limestone, if that's what one seeks. Greg cannot claim it for diving with sharks, professional courtesy & such. Personally though, I do it just for the love of diving the passages, and the total detachment from the surface world, get my adrenaline rushes in different ways. Curtis > Personally though, I do it just for the love of diving the passages, > and the total detachment from the surface world, get my adrenaline rushes > in different ways. I think it's because you have a grizzly bear somewhere up in your family tree, giving you an unnatural desire to inhabit caves (not to mention the obvious physical clues). > Not over many sharks that like fresh or brackish water. A bull shark > comes to mind, not sure what others... Yeah, that's what I was thinking of... I seem to remember a case where a bull shark was found quite a distance up a river at one time... Far enough that the water wasn't even brackish anymore... >>Not over many sharks that like fresh or brackish water. A bull shark >>comes to mind, not sure what others... > > Yeah, that's what I was thinking of... I seem to remember a case where a > bull shark was found quite a distance up a river at one time... Far enough > that the water wasn't even brackish anymore... That is why they are called Zambezi sharks somewhere else. Matthias > >>Not over many sharks that like fresh or brackish water. A bull shark > >>comes to mind, not sure what others... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > That is why they are called Zambezi sharks somewhere else. In July 1916, there were five shark attacks (four were fatal) in NJ in very quick succession which caused a local panic. There's two books, "Close to Shore" and "12 Days of Terror". I can't find which one I have (I might have both?), but it was a good read. My recollection is that one of the last attacks occurred several miles up one of the local rivers...the number that sticks in my head for some reason is 12 miles. "The" shark was reportedly 9-12 feet long, and there's been speculation on if it was a bull or a young great white, although the general conclusion appears GW, based on one that was killed nearby shortly after the last attack, as its stomach contents were analyzed and there were reportedly items within that matched some of the victims. http://www.njhm.com/matawanmaneater.htm -hh >> >>Not over many sharks that like fresh or brackish water. A bull shark >> >>comes to mind, not sure what others... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> > >> That is why they are called Zambezi sharks somewhere else. Zambezi shark and Ganges shark. Both after the estuaries they are found in. >snip< > > My recollection is that one of the last attacks occurred several miles > up one of the local rivers...the number that sticks in my head for some > reason is 12 miles. They have been reported being seen some 1800 miles up the Mississippi, in Illinois and even further up the Amazon. LD. > They have been reported being seen some 1800 miles up the Mississippi, in > Illinois and even further up the Amazon. That is definitely outside the range of brackish water... If they can make it that far, they wouldn't have a problem making it up to Blue Springs... Might be a problem if they developed a taste for manatee... > http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s051001.html > > A MAN killed by a crocodile on Thursday died from a single bite to > the head and probably did not feel a thing. > > Ouch! Not likely any time for ouch. I know alligators bite and spin. Do crocs do the same? If so, I would imagine he would also have suffered a broken neck making it a tossup as to cause of death. > Not likely any time for ouch. I know alligators bite and spin. Do crocs > do the same? If so, I would imagine he would also have suffered a broken > neck making it a tossup as to cause of death. They tossup the bodies into the air? That would make for good video. >> Not likely any time for ouch. I know alligators bite and spin. Do crocs >> do the same? If so, I would imagine he would also have suffered a broken >> neck making it a tossup as to cause of death. > > They tossup the bodies into the air? That would make for good video. Salt water crocs spin but they also have enormous jaw pressure. There was another attack the other day where a 10 year old girl was attacked but survived. Pat > Salt water crocs spin but they also have enormous jaw pressure. > There was another attack the other day where a 10 year old girl was > attacked but survived. She wasn't ripe yet. |
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