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Scuba Forum / General / December 2003Severed hand points to shark attack on missing diver
Severed hand points to shark attack on missing diver http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2878686.htm > Severed hand points to shark attack on missing diver You sure it's a shark and not a puffer attack ?? > > Severed hand points to shark attack on missing diver > > You sure it's a shark and not a puffer attack ?? I'm getting in here late, but did anyone else note the unfortunate choice of words in the subject of this thread? It conjurs up quite an image... Gordon in Austin  SignaturePOPI Classification [ ]General Business Information [x]Motorola Internal Use [ ]Motorola Confidential Proprietary rwjg40 <identity.available@upon.request> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I'm getting in here late, but did anyone else note the unfortunate :choice of words in the subject of this thread? Perhaps it was an intentional choice of words. Dan Bracuk If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/ > I'm getting in here late, but did anyone else note the unfortunate > choice of words in the subject of this thread? It conjurs up quite an > image... Gordy, read the article. It says : "JOHANNESBURG, Nov 28 (Reuters) - South African police searching for a missing scuba diver found only his severed left hand, suggesting he fell victim to a rare shark attack, police said on Friday." That sure does stir up quite an image. The chances of it happening are very slim though. Salty schrieb: > "JOHANNESBURG, Nov 28 (Reuters) - South African police searching for a > missing scuba diver found only his severed left hand, suggesting he > fell victim to a rare shark attack, police said on Friday." > > That sure does stir up quite an image. The chances of it happening are > very slim though. Can porcupine fish count to five ? Are they gregarious eaters ? Matthias > Salty schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Can porcupine fish count to five ? > Are they gregarious eaters ? I hope not !! <grin> > > I'm getting in here late, but did anyone else note the unfortunate > > choice of words in the subject of this thread? It conjurs up quite an [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > That sure does stir up quite an image. The chances of it happening are > very slim though. I'm not sure that the chances are quite so slim in south Africa. > > rwjg40 <identity.available@upon.request> wrote in message > news:<3FCCF9C8.52163A44@upon.request>... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > That sure does stir up quite an image. The chances of it happening are > > very slim though. > I'm not sure that the chances are quite so slim in south Africa. IIRC, S Africa is actually many steps behind in the list for shark attacks on humans, whether swimming or scuba diving. In N America;, Florida, Hawaii and Calif seem to be the big contenders. And in the world picture, Australia seems to be the leader. Perhaps I'm wrong. >>> rwjg40 <identity.available@upon.request> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Florida, Hawaii and Calif seem to be the big contenders. And in the > world picture, Australia seems to be the leader. Perhaps I'm wrong. On the basis of the 2002 figures from the most comprehensive source I've found: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/Statistics/2002attacksummary.htm You'd be wrong: > Three fatalities occurred in 2002, down from five in 2001 and 13 in > 2000. The 5% fatality rate was significantly lower than the 1990's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > occurred in Australia (6), Brazil (3), South Africa (2), and Costa > Rica (1). Thus if you just want to be attacked North America is the place to go whereas Australia is the best place for getting fully worked over. In reality if you don't choose Australian sites known for potentially dangerous sharks and especially don't spearfish then the dangers to divers in Australia are minimal. Simon > > IIRC, S Africa is actually many steps behind in the list for shark > > attacks on humans, whether swimming or scuba diving. In N America;, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > found: > http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/Statistics/2002attacksummary.htm > You'd be wrong: Simon, am I confused while reading your post or...?? Please compare what I've said to the article for the website you posted here. According to your article, I'm not wrong. It says that Fla, Hawaii and Calif are leaders in the USA and that Australia is the leader elsewhere. Perhaps you thought I meant that Australia was the leader out of all of the world ?? Nope... I meant Australia was big on bites outside of N America, while the other locations were the leaders for N America. It seems to me that the article that you posted here supports my statements instead of contradicting them. Am I misunderstanding you ?? > > Three fatalities occurred in 2002, down from five in 2001 and 13 in > > 2000. The 5% fatality rate was significantly lower than the 1990's [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Simon >>>IIRC, S Africa is actually many steps behind in the list for shark >>>attacks on humans, whether swimming or scuba diving. In N America;, [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > ?? > In the paragraph I quoted, you were talking about shark attacks on humans. In the last sentence you say that in the world picture Australia seems to be the leader. Are you saying that the USA isn't part of the world? Perhaps what you should have said was that other than in the USA Australia has most shark attacks. Simon > >>>IIRC, S Africa is actually many steps behind in the list for shark > >>>attacks on humans, whether swimming or scuba diving. In N America;, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > my statements instead of contradicting them. Am I misunderstanding you > > ?? > In the paragraph I quoted, you were talking about shark attacks on > humans. In the last sentence you say that in the world picture Australia > seems to be the leader. > Are you saying that the USA isn't part of the world? Perhaps what you > should have said was that other than in the USA Australia has most shark > attacks. Ahhh. I see the problem. Yes. I made a distinction between the N Americans and said that Fla, California, and Hawaii were the top leaders there.... and then said that in the rest of the world was Australia. I certainly do not think that the USA isn't part of the world. I live here. LOL You are correct in that my explanation was not clear. I'm sorry. Thank you for the web site post though... that was very informative and I enjoyed reading it. :) ~Salty, CID~ > > I'm getting in here late, but did anyone else note the unfortunate > > choice of words in the subject of this thread? It conjurs up quite an [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > That sure does stir up quite an image. The chances of it happening are > very slim though. The image I was referring to was that of a severed hand pointing at something. Gordon in Austin > > > I'm getting in here late, but did anyone else note the unfortunate > > > choice of words in the subject of this thread? It conjurs up quite an [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > That sure does stir up quite an image. The chances of it happening are > > very slim though. > The image I was referring to was that of a severed hand pointing at > something. Ohhh.. dang. What a pun !! LOL Gordy... that's so bad it's good. :) Rumours here in SA, is that he wasn't a scuba diver, but a Spearo... Sakkie |
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