http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...518690165.html
How lucky can you be?
Matt
One lucky Guy
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...518690165.html
How lucky can you be?
Matt
Geez.....what a lucky guy!
Hopefully the shark has moved on - I am diving there next month - not something I want about while doing deco - although it would make an interesting photographic subject.
Dont worry with all the bad vis weve been having lately youll never see it coming. I did Steamers Beach seal colony a few years ago when that tagged one was swimming up the coast. It was at Steamers half an hour before we were. As fun as seals are to dive with and watch im not getting in being the plumpest slowest seal swimming around. Even with the stink and noise they make.
Matt
talk about feeling like Jonah and the whale, man o man.
The article doesn't say, but I wonder if he was spearfishing.
The article also did not mention anything about scuba gear, no tank on his back, so perhaps no noisy bubbles, perhaps looked like a seal? perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.....
Most shark bites happen under those circumstances!
It's very, very rare for a scuba diver to be bitten by a shark!
Oviously the heli crew weren't scuba divers:
"When you dive you have got to a minimum of two hours adjusting ... it's decompression.
The oxygen in your lungs need time to readjust or you get the bends.''
I am a great believer of It's always best to stay out of a White's mouth!
Cornel
Last edited by seafox; 01-30-2007 at 12:39 AM.
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I think he was abalone diving. I have photos of his wetsuit with teeth marks through it.
I think the shark did not bite down hard or he would be dead.
Abalone diving! now that makes more sense!
Most likely in it's black wet suit, looked like a seal to the White, which is it's prefered snacks.
iDiveChick, your are perfectly right; he was just testing to see if it was a seal and just tested with what to him was light "nip", but somewhat more than that to the diver. Otherwise, our friend the abalone diver would not have been back on the boat!
Oviously not enough blubber to make him happy and he spit him out.
Sharks need a high blubber diet for energy.
They occasionally attack humans by mistake but spit them out as they are too "skinny"!
Still major damage to us frail humans, but generally not death.
As I said earlier "best to stay away from the White's mouth"
Cornel
Last edited by seafox; 01-30-2007 at 01:36 AM. Reason: spelling
Protect SHARKS!
Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards!
NEVER STOP LEARNING
Here is his wetsuit after the attack:
YAP! lucky guy
Protect SHARKS!
Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards!
NEVER STOP LEARNING
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