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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 496150" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>A couple of you have worried about sharks.</p><p></p><p>Don't - we don't and we swim in their waters. Marg said we've been here over 30 years and there's never been an attack on our beaches, and we have four beaches in regular use. In the same time period I've only even seen two sharks and they were a good ways off shore.</p><p></p><p>There HAS been a rise in shark bites over the last few years, mainly due to increased numbers as they are no longer legally hunted. They had been hunted to near extinction and anyone who understands ecology knows that an environment needs its top predator as much as it needs all the other plants and beasts.</p><p> </p><p>To a certain extent it's a matter of luck and losing on v-e-r-y long odds. Every summer weekend millions of Aussies and tourists hit the beaches; there's thousands of sharks and only one or two bites a season. If you could calculate those odds; your chances of being bitten must be tens of millions to one AGAINST getting hurt.</p><p></p><p>Over the weekend I was listening to a radio programme with a bloke studying shark attacks and he pointed out that the rogue shark of <strong><em>Jaws</em></strong> infamy is just a disproved theory from the 1950's. Sharks are like dogs. They 'feel' things with their mouths and when that mouth is full of razor sharp teeth, a delicate human skin is zero protection! Usually they don't like what they 'taste' when they bite a person and spit it/him/her out but by then the damage is done and the tabloid media gets all uptight.</p><p></p><p>So DON'T worry about sharks in our waters - we're in a great deal m ore danger crossing the road of our quiet suburban street.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 496150, member: 4085"] A couple of you have worried about sharks. Don't - we don't and we swim in their waters. Marg said we've been here over 30 years and there's never been an attack on our beaches, and we have four beaches in regular use. In the same time period I've only even seen two sharks and they were a good ways off shore. There HAS been a rise in shark bites over the last few years, mainly due to increased numbers as they are no longer legally hunted. They had been hunted to near extinction and anyone who understands ecology knows that an environment needs its top predator as much as it needs all the other plants and beasts. To a certain extent it's a matter of luck and losing on v-e-r-y long odds. Every summer weekend millions of Aussies and tourists hit the beaches; there's thousands of sharks and only one or two bites a season. If you could calculate those odds; your chances of being bitten must be tens of millions to one AGAINST getting hurt. Over the weekend I was listening to a radio programme with a bloke studying shark attacks and he pointed out that the rogue shark of [B][I]Jaws[/I][/B] infamy is just a disproved theory from the 1950's. Sharks are like dogs. They 'feel' things with their mouths and when that mouth is full of razor sharp teeth, a delicate human skin is zero protection! Usually they don't like what they 'taste' when they bite a person and spit it/him/her out but by then the damage is done and the tabloid media gets all uptight. So DON'T worry about sharks in our waters - we're in a great deal m ore danger crossing the road of our quiet suburban street. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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