here’s a predator that has existed for many many many millions of years because they’re so good at killing. I’m gonna try to take a picture of it! That seems like a great idea! /s
“Sure, let’s get to the hospital, but first? Lemme take a stumpy.”
Other beachgoers saved the woman from an even worse fate, with her husband scaring off the shark after the attack and strangers gathering around her and using their clothes to slow the bleeding.
I dunno, I think I’d rather die than spend the rest of my life with no hands.
I’m pretty certain you’d get accustomed pretty quickly
Humans are amazingly adaptive
Sorry, but I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who fucks with an animal; wild or otherwise.
are you vegan?
IIRC Cardassians are fungivores. I. E. they only eat mushrooms/ fungi. Not sure if that would qualify as Vegan though since those aren’t “plants.”
Wait, really? I don’t remember anything about Cardassian cuisine from DS9.
It was mentioned in a book, but I may be confusing the Cardassians and another race
His tummy was making the rumblies… That only hands could satisfy…
Caaarl!
For the record, the picture is harmful unrelated BS, the shark in question was about 6 feet long and thought to be a bull shark, certainly not a great white.
Racism I understand, but shark racism? Why care?
Because people being ignorant and afraid of sharks in general but great whites in particular hampers conservation efforts. Sharks in general but big sharks like the great whites in particular are vital to the ecosystem and great whites are vulnerable globally and critically endangered in Europe.
I think the prevailing message here is more of a “human stupid” than a “sharks evil”.
Yes, I didn’t have a problem with the article, just the picture used.
I don’t think the picture matters tbh. The bull shark looks exactly the same. Maybe a little darker on the grey part.
It’s a wonder humans took over the world and not dolphins or some other reasonably smart animal.
Humans are 20% culture, progress, and innovation, and 80% tasty hands and dead weight.
Those hands aren’t just tasty, they also have opposable thumbs and allow complex tool use, and perhaps most importantly, complex tool creation.
I think the complex use and creation are probably the exception not the rule. I’m beginning to wonder if most people, especially in the US, could fish ants out of a colony with a stick. I am unfortunately doubtful.
Like a phone, which was part of the problem here
People need to leave wild animals alone. Especially if they have zero knowledge of what kind of animal they are engaging with. Reminds me of that video where this dude picks up a blue ringed octopus. The animal looks cute but is very very dangerous. He was very lucky that he didn’t get stung. The venom would have paralyzed him and stop his ability to breathe. Wouldn’t even be able to close his eyes.
It has been determined that the tourist had attempted to engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs
The information is pretty scant but it sounds like maybe she was splashing around trying to get its attention.
It’s really sad honestly. She’s a double amputee now, and later in life so not likely to get a fancy new prosthetic.
Bull sharks are no joke. They’re not as huge and scary as great whites but they’re aggressive, and can operate in fresh water as well as salt water. Jeremy Wade did an episode on them in river monsters. Artificial canal estates tend to be infested with them.
I think the local authorities have some culpability in this. If you have sharks literally prowling around beaches full of clueless tourists then you have to close the beach. That’s what we do at popular beaches in Australia when a shark is spotted.
So do they just say you can’t go in the water, or do they close the beach sandy area because people are idiots?
They close the sandy area in most cases.
OMG, is the phone ok?
It’s a simple fact of human nature that some of use will never learn to leave shit alone.
It’s honestly kind of horrific
And that, my friends, is why you need a selfie stick. <insert 90’s commercial end sound>
🎵 Get your selfie stick
Grab a stick of juicy fruit
The taste is gonna move ya 🎵
Did she get the pic?
She certainly had a hand in it
Yea but it’s hard to find
