Woodo said...Hamsta said...
Leave the sharks alone. If I get nibbled by a shark I will have to accept that I chose to enter their domain. I accept that I do not have 'control' over the situation.Yes, it could be viewed as gambling with life, but realistically we all do this, to varying degrees, every time we venture outside the front door. I am not making light of the pain suffered by those who have lost someone because of an attack or have been injured by a shark, but at the end of the day we all have a pretty simple choice. Surf and accept the risk/relinquish control or don't surf and retain control/find something else as a means of keeping fit etc. I don't get how surfers, kitesurfers, wind surfers, SUP riders, wave skiers, swimmers, and anyone else I've missed seems to believe that it is their 'right' to be able to surf without a twitching asshole and demand that the Government take action. Kind of like an ugly form of localism.
If it is that scary, don't go in the water. Either accept that the danger exists or don't and behave/adapt accordingly. I cannot speak for others, but I honestly get more angry at the attitudes of people in the water on some of the better days.
The good thing about SB is that everyone can put forward an opinion, even if it is 'WWWWWrrroooonggggg'
Just out of curiousity and sorry to go off topic but what are your thoughts on when Crocs, Dingo's, Bears, Lions etc attack and seriously maim or kill people.
Leave them be or look for the culprit?
Serious question BTW.
Crocs. There is also evidence that Crocs have taken people, some who were tourists and others who were intoxicated and those who were right place/wrong time. Crocs lifecycle is different to sharks (shorter) and they have eggs with a relatively high rate of survival.
Dingos. I think that the rouge Dingos could be captured and released away from areas popular with tourists etc. Educating people who may come into contact with Dingos may/may not work as some people would still like to feed them etc.
Bears. Apart from the 'piddling and stinking' variety that gets high on leaves, we don't have Bears here (although Wombats look a bit like a Bear that never learnt to walk and they can be aggressive little fu%&ers) In Canada and the US, Bears that become overly agressive are either moved or shot, which is a shame as it is typically the pressure put on their habitat by humans that causes interactions and sometimes aggression. I'm no Bear expert but I do know quite a few Canadian folk who are outdoorsy types and are pretty astute regarding Bears. (yeah, I know, weak anectdotal evidence)
Lions. MMMMmmmmm. Again, I suspect that it is the pressure being put on their habitat that causes the interactions that lead to fatalities.
Hippos. Fark me these things can be sociopathic and I am so glad they don't live in the oceans. Again, the pressure put on their habitat by 'progress' is why I suspect Hippos come into contact with humans. Either that or they are just evil mutherf(^*rs who suffer constantly from the pain of projectile diarrhea.
The one common link between Man v's Wild is that Man has usually f*(cked something up somewhere that has lead to an imbalance which has further compounded the problem of interaction in non controllled environment ie. Man outside cage and animal inside cage.
Only my opinion and I am not offering empirical support for what I am typing. I'm not a vegetarian, nor a vegan, I simply hold animals in pretty high regard, like most people. EDIT I figure my dietry habits come at the expense of animals (bacon especially) so perhaps I am 'compensating' for that with my views regarding sharks.
