Poor guy boogie boarding in an area known to have sharks and has his leg bitten off. 14-18 foot long shark - that's a big fish. I'd have seriously peed in my pants if I saw that coming at me. RIP. http://latimesblogs.latim...k-victim-identified.html
Shark attack
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I'd be having cold sweat nightmares the rest of my life if that happened to me. Reminds me of this dude that filmed the two great whites while paddling on
his surf board like he was at a freakin aquarium.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi33cBE27NI
his surf board like he was at a freakin aquarium.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi33cBE27NI
I don't know if you've ever been in the Gulf in Florida or not but if you have you've been in an area sharks are known to be. I live in Fort Walton Beach and go to the beach and diving often. Trust me if you've been in the water here you've had a shark not far from you.
it's 99% nurse sharks and they don't tend to bite people. The number of shark attacks on the Gulf when compared to this area is really no comparison. Sharks in general don't want to attack people, they are going after the activity they see on the surface. I'm not saying don't go there, I'm saying if you go someplace where sharks bite people a good bit don't whine if you get bit by a damn shark.
Not to be picky but I spend a lot of time off p'cola and navarre in a kayak and I see a ton more bullsharks, blacktip, spinners and hammerhead than nurse sharks. I've seen six foot bullsharks cruising withing ten feet of shore with folks swimming 50 yards away. For the most part, they're skiddish and will avoid people. I heard a stat that said more people are killed by vending machines than shark attack. But...they are out there and there are a bunch of 'em.
I see mostly bull sharks too. The biggest i've seen here is a Mako had to be atleast 10 feet. However, I agree and am very glad that there are not many shark attacks here in the panhandle. It's not cause of a lack of population though. My only close encounter came while diving I had about a 4 foot bull'sfin hit my leg. I've never made it out of the water as fast as I did that day.</p>
Top ten coastlines:
1 FLORIDA 1,350 miles
2 California 840 miles
Hell of a lot of coast in Florida that's not in the Gulf.
I scuba a lot near Orange Beach (not that's it's fun because it's boring as hell but it's better than nothing) and all I ever run into is Nurse Sharks. Maybe the Bulls are too skiddish. The visibility in the Gulf is crap but the Nurse sharks will come right up to you. Curious little bastards.
Again, if you point me to a place in Florida that is "known for having sharks" and I take my *** swimming in there and I get bit it's my damn fault. If I'm trolling around Orange Beach minding my own business and I get bit I might want some sympathy.
1 FLORIDA 1,350 miles
2 California 840 miles
Hell of a lot of coast in Florida that's not in the Gulf.
I scuba a lot near Orange Beach (not that's it's fun because it's boring as hell but it's better than nothing) and all I ever run into is Nurse Sharks. Maybe the Bulls are too skiddish. The visibility in the Gulf is crap but the Nurse sharks will come right up to you. Curious little bastards.
Again, if you point me to a place in Florida that is "known for having sharks" and I take my *** swimming in there and I get bit it's my damn fault. If I'm trolling around Orange Beach minding my own business and I get bit I might want some sympathy.
While bull & tiger sharks are known to be aggressive, there's a big difference between swimming in the Gulf and swimming out on the California coast in any known for the presence of Great Whites. Never swim or surf anywhere near seal or sea lion colonies out there. Most of the people bitten in California were in known Great White feeding grounds.