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Offline MitchMiller

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Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« on: June 05, 2008, 12:56:17 am »
POZ mag ad implies if we switch meds, we become vulnerable to shark attacks!   Geeze what will these guys think of next!

Anyone else see this ad?
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Offline Matty the Damned

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 01:00:14 am »
Summon the SharkDiver!

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 01:14:34 am »
yessss?

oh goody!  Anything to attract more sharks the better (except a gal on her period...I do have my limits)

I am going on my annual scuba/shark pilgrimage in 3 weeks. This time to the Cocos Island aka The Shark Island.... and my doc and I are planning on doing a med switch....

mmmm I must investigate.

Oh Timmy, care to join me?  there is one spot left.....
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Offline Matty the Damned

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2008, 01:22:43 am »
The Cocos? You'll be in Australian Territory! :)

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2008, 01:23:16 am »
This never, ever gets old.

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2008, 01:31:52 am »
Here is where I will be 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/dispatches/19980923.html


the Cocos Island is off Costa Rica.  I will come back to Australia, PNG and Fiji soon though  Matty.

Mouse, I still luvs me that cartoon.

I can't seem to find this "teaser of an add" wtf

Sharkie
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Offline Matty the Damned

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2008, 01:40:03 am »
Well, ours are better.  :P

MtD
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2008, 01:43:42 am »
Quote from: matty.the.damned on June 05, 2008, 01:40:03 am
Well, ours are better.  :P

MtD

oooooo I need to put that on my list.  That looks loverly.  tanks  :-*
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Offline fearless

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2008, 02:17:58 am »
There is more chance of being killed in a car accident going to the beach than being eaten by a shark at the beach.

Sharkie,
I got excited when you mentioned your trip. Like Matty, I thought you meant our Cocos Islands. but, do put them on your list - I'll even come with ya. It's been on my list for ages - however, $ to get there is prohibitive - about $1500 return from Perth.

You ever thought about Lord Howe Island, Sharkie?
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2008, 03:53:17 am »
I think its a even break.

Ever since I've been on meds, I've had this terrific appetite for batter fried shark with a side of some fava beans and a nice chianti.   ;D
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2008, 09:10:10 am »
Quote from: randym431 on June 05, 2008, 03:53:17 am
I think its a even break.

Ever since I've been on meds, I've had this terrific appetite for batter fired shark with a side of some fava beans and a nice chianti.   ;D

ewww  I guess you eat cat too,  the other other white might.  ;)
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2008, 09:18:04 am »
Shark is commonly eaten in Australia. Cat, less so.

MtD
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2008, 09:31:58 am »
Quote from: matty.the.damned on June 05, 2008, 09:18:04 am
Shark is commonly eaten in Australia. Cat, less so.

MtD

As long as the whole animal is used, I'm ok with it.  The practice of stripping  its fins and dumping it back into the water is just terrible.


Shark is in fact tasty, but there is a huge mercury problem around these here parts so it isn't considered safe to eat.

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Offline Matty the Damned

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2008, 09:38:01 am »
As long as the whole animal is used, I'm ok with it.  The practice of stripping  its fins and dumping it back into the water is just terrible.

Absolutely. It's a ghastly death for the creatures; not just abominably cruel, but an obscene waste.

MtD
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Offline sharkdiver

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2008, 09:57:51 am »
yes it is terrible. I believe the amount of sharks killed a year is about 100 million. Sometimes it takes hours and even days before the shark dies at the bottom of the ocean. And for what? Some texture in some soup or some claimed male sexual enhancement?

http://www.sharkwater.com/

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Offline fearless

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2008, 08:04:15 pm »
I was in tears when I saw the trailer for that movie Sharkie.
Totally inhumane and cruel.
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2008, 09:01:05 pm »
As Little Steve will attest, Australia has a number of unique shark species including the Grey Nurse shark which is critically endangered because of the wanton greed of humans.

MtD
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2008, 09:45:33 pm »
Quote from: sharkdiver on June 05, 2008, 09:31:58 am
As long as the whole animal is used, I'm ok with it.  The practice of stripping  its fins and dumping it back into the water is just terrible.

I feel like this about every animal that's killed (deer etc.).  Good point, baby.
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2008, 02:20:36 am »
Yeah little Steve,  it made me tear up too.

They are awesome beautiful creatures.
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Offline komnaes

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #19 on: June 06, 2008, 09:20:36 am »
Attack me sharkie! ;D

But seriously, the first time I saw a shark while diving was a single 10 ft long whale shark. It of course won't bite and feeds itself by filtering. Some of us trainee divers wanted to approach it but our instructor stopped us, fearing that it might get scared and in a panic to swim away bump into us, which would be like getting hit by a small pick up. I have never seen one again!
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2008, 09:30:57 am »
A whale shark, ain't a shark honey.

But they are cool. I love whale sharks. :)

MtD
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2008, 09:48:09 am »
Quote from: matty.the.damned on June 06, 2008, 09:30:57 am
A whale shark, ain't a shark honey.

But they are cool. I love whale sharks. :)

MtD

Ain't it?! Wiki says it's:

Orectolobiformes: They are commonly referred to as the carpet sharks, including zebra sharks, nurse sharks, wobbegongs and the whale shark.

But it certainly didn't feel like a shark encounter... :D

Where are those ever scary shark programs on NatGeo when you need one!
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #22 on: June 06, 2008, 10:17:51 am »
yes whale sharks are classified as sharks.  I encountered a 25ft and 40ft one on a trip once. It was if  a big school bus was  passing. passing us.  I'll have to dig up the picture of my friend (who is over 6 ft) floating by its tail fin. my friend looked like a doll.

20 more days until I get my shark fix!
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Offline komnaes

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2008, 10:31:44 am »
Quote from: sharkdiver on June 06, 2008, 10:17:51 am
..I encountered a 25ft and 40ft one on a trip once...

So the one we saw was a baby whale shark! Rightly so, as we were still in Hong Kong/South China Sea, probably not enough foods to attract the bigger ones...

I am planning to join my first diving trip since my diagnosis to the Philippines later this month, hope it works out.
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2008, 10:34:58 am »
well damn baby, its about time.

Hopefully will get a trip planned together sometime. 

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« Reply #25 on: June 06, 2008, 10:38:21 am »
Well, when you do have your trip to Aussieland or PNG finalized do let me know sharkie buddy.
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #26 on: June 06, 2008, 05:32:03 pm »
See? This is what happens when you have a Catholic school science education. You end up thinking whale sharks aren't sharks. :)

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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2008, 05:38:40 pm »
Quote from: matty.the.damned on June 06, 2008, 05:32:03 pm
See? This is what happens when you have a Catholic school science education. You end up thinking whale sharks aren't sharks. :)

MtD

That's ok, I had to go to a Baptist junior high school and we learned that there were no such things as dinosaurs.
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #28 on: June 06, 2008, 05:56:24 pm »
kitty sharks are sharks


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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2008, 06:30:43 pm »
Quote from: chm02 on June 06, 2008, 05:56:24 pm
kitty sharks are sharks


my pussy thread was a few months ago  ;)
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Re: Now We're More Vulnerable To Shark Attack!
« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2008, 07:36:25 pm »
Quote from: sharkdiver on June 06, 2008, 06:30:43 pm
my pussy thread was a few months ago  ;)

Ah yes, I remember it well. ;)
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