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Title: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Raffine on January 15, 2010, 10:43:24 PM
A shark as big as a minibus apparently ate a man in Australia.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/twitterer-posts-as-dinosaur-huge-shark-eats-man/story-e6frf7jx-1225819256402 (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/twitterer-posts-as-dinosaur-huge-shark-eats-man/story-e6frf7jx-1225819256402)

As of yet nobody has reported seeing the shark's mortal enemy, the giant octopus, lurking nearby.

Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: paula on January 15, 2010, 10:57:37 PM
Quote from: Raffine on January 15, 2010, 10:43:24 PM
A shark as big as a minibus apparently ate a man in Australia.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/twitterer-posts-as-dinosaur-huge-shark-eats-man/story-e6frf7jx-1225819256402 (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/twitterer-posts-as-dinosaur-huge-shark-eats-man/story-e6frf7jx-1225819256402)

As of yet nobody has reported seeing the shark's mortal enemy, the giant octopus, lurking nearby.



I thought the report said it was South Africa....if so....we should to to our man on the scene....trevor?
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Raffine on January 15, 2010, 11:08:30 PM
Woops-South Africa.


Trevor, any insider insight?

Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Psycho Circus on January 16, 2010, 08:54:58 AM
If it was a white I can understand. They get freakishly big down in 'ol SA.
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Trevor on January 18, 2010, 01:38:09 AM
Quote from: Raffine on January 15, 2010, 11:08:30 PM
Woops-South Africa.


Trevor, any insider insight?



I heard that this person lost both an arm and a leg in the attack.  :buggedout: :buggedout:
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Raffine on January 19, 2010, 11:18:47 AM
Quote from: Trevor on January 18, 2010, 01:38:09 AM
Quote from: Raffine on January 15, 2010, 11:08:30 PM
Woops-South Africa.


Trevor, any insider insight?



I heard that this person lost both an arm and a leg in the attack.  :buggedout: :buggedout:

That reminds me: I gotta pay the Comcast cable bill today!
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Joe the Destroyer on January 19, 2010, 02:34:37 PM
There appears to be footage of this attack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nzd0R_OeOc

It was worse than I thought.
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Allhallowsday on January 20, 2010, 01:44:49 AM
I don't think the smart remarks are appropriate.  This man lost his life.   :bluesad:
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: indianasmith on January 20, 2010, 07:24:18 AM
I have to agree.
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Leah on January 20, 2010, 12:21:40 PM
me to  :bluesad:
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Joe the Destroyer on January 20, 2010, 04:26:41 PM
My apologies.  I didn't mean any offense.   :bluesad:
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on January 22, 2010, 05:46:45 PM
First, of all my regrets on the loss of life, but, if the witnesses are not exaggerating the size of the shark, we may be seeing a new species of shark. While the largest shark known to attack man is the great white, it is no where near the size of the typical dinosaur. And if it was a great white, and was "larger than a minibus," it may be one of the largest great whites ever seen. Again, I regret the loss of life.
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: Psycho Circus on January 22, 2010, 05:51:59 PM
I think one of the largest ever caught was in Australia, that was about 25ft. Records of actual attacks and size didn't begin that long ago, so my guessing is that sharks were horrifyingly huge a couple hundred years ago...
Title: Re: Twitterer posts as 'dinosaur huge' shark eats man
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on January 22, 2010, 06:48:20 PM
Quote from: Circus Circus on January 22, 2010, 05:51:59 PM
I think one of the largest ever caught was in Australia, that was about 25ft. Records of actual attacks and size didn't begin that long ago, so my guessing is that sharks were horrifyingly huge a couple hundred years ago...

Thank-you for that information, Circus Circus. Depending upon the size of the minibus the witnesses were talking about, the shark most likely was a great white and not some new species. Still, if not the largest great white ever seen, it must come close. Again, my regrets about the loss of life.