Aussie Surfer Rescues Beached Great White Shark, Then Goes Surfing
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[release]If you were a surfer -- that is, someone whose hobby is dressing in black, going in the water, and doing your best impression of shark bait -- what would you do if you found your mortal enemy, a great white shark, stranded on a beach and struggling to survive? For two men in New South Wales, Australia, the answer to this moral dilemma was obvious: try and save it, while staying away from the teeth. Last week, Andrew Eckersley was enjoying a walk along Hungry Head beach when he came across a surfer trying to rescue a 10-foot-long juvenile male great white that had somehow become beached. Eckersley quickly joined in the effort, trying to lift the animal with a piece of driftwood.
Ruth Fahey, the photographer who captured the drama (above, and left), told The Coffs Coast Advocate:
[I]..they tried first to dig the sand away beneath it to refloat it but ended up man-handling it back into the water. It was still very sluggish when they got to knee deep water so the surfer waded it out until he was waist deep.[/I]
[I]The shark slowly swam away...much slower than the surfer exited the vicinity.[/I]
Unfortunately, the story didn't end well. The shark was discovered dead on the beach the next day, its jaws removed by someone looking for a grisly souvenir.
In Australia, it is illegal to possess parts of a great white, which is a threatened species. The penalty is stiff: a fine of AU$220,000 ($201,366), two years in jail, or both. With luck the perpetrator will soon turn in the teeth, or be brought to justice.
[URL]http://news.discovery.com/animals/surfer-saves-beached-great-white-shark.html[/URL]
[URL]http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/bold-beachgoers-save-a-stranded-great-white-shark.php?campaign=th_rss[/URL]
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[I]"It really did seem very menacing and yet beautiful at the same time. It was the first time I'd come that close to such a big shark, but what struck me as funny was that after helping it back into the water, the surfer then paddled back out to catch some waves."
[/I]What a badass.
:coolfish:
Damn fucking sweet
Awesome that they helped it, but it was killed by a poacher the next day... :smithicide: The world is cruel.
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that shark looks depressed as shit
'hey mang, leave me alone'
What a badass. I wonder what he thinks about what the poacher did. :geno:
[QUOTE=lolwutdude;23930379][IMG]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1699/surferrescuesshark2.jpg[/IMG]
that shark looks depressed as shit
'hey mang, leave me alone'[/QUOTE]
Could be tonic immobility. When sharks get upside down they become temporarily paralyzed. Also, shark's don't have rib cages. So when they lay out of the water they're basically taking the full weight of their body on their bellies. That could be why the shark died. Being out of the water for a 1 ton animal is not good, especially when it needs to move forward to breath. It's unknown whether the shark died, then got it's jaws cut out, or if someone killed it and brought it ashore.
What a badass. It's a shame the shark died.
Poor shark. I wish I had a pet shark that I could play with.
And now the shark goes on a killing spree.
[QUOTE=Haywood;23930819]And now the shark goes on a killing spree.[/QUOTE]
except it died
To say the truth, I would have done the same thing and I'm sure everyone else here would too.
[QUOTE=JDK721;23930862]except it died[/QUOTE]
And now the shark goes on a getting killed spree.
Aw :frown:
It's really a shame how people treat sharks.
Huh. Yet whenever there's a shark attack here in Australia an angry mob goes out into the water and kills every shark they see.
So much for it being illegal to kill them. Happens whenever somebody gets spooked by one.
Not illegal to kill them, It's illegal to possess any part of it, Teeth and crap.
Besides vigilantes do this shit all the time.
[QUOTE=sltungle;23931721]Huh. Yet whenever there's a shark attack here in Australia an angry mob goes out into the water and kills every shark they see.
So much for it being illegal to kill them. Happens whenever somebody gets spooked by one.[/QUOTE]
That's why it's illegal. Because people go out and hunt them everytime they attack someone who looks like something tasty.
In my opinion, Any killing of a shark for any reason should be illegal. And fishing should be on a strict catch and release basis.
[QUOTE=OvB;23933608]In my opinion, Any killing of a shark for any reason should be illegal. And fishing should be on a strict catch and release basis.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flake_(fish[/url])
Tastes good man.
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that shark looks depressed as shit
'hey mang, leave me alone'[/QUOTE]
He's not depressed, he just drunk.
[QUOTE=Testabar;23934401]He's not depressed, he just drunk.[/QUOTE]
"Oh man, How did I get here, Oh fuck my head... I knew Tequlia was a bad idea."
Nooo! The poor shark was killed the day after. :saddowns:
Fun fact: Less people get injured or die from shark related incidents than from falling coconuts.
He makes me proud to be Australian.
The ending depressed me a little, but what a great guy.
[QUOTE=Xion12;23930557]Poor shark. I wish I had a pet shark that I could play with.[/QUOTE]
God damn poacher had to ruin the D'awwww.
Shark fins anybody?
Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.
I respect these men.
[QUOTE=JDK721;23930862]except it died[/QUOTE]
Jaws 5: the Ghost of Jaws
Only thing that would have made this better is if he surfed the shark.
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