Large Shark Kills Man in New Zealand

[enterthemadness]

....First a joke, then I be serious.

Guess he was Shark Attack and Casper Van Dien wasn't there.

Now seriously...

That sucks. Didn't read the story, but I wouldn't want to be attacked by a shark or a great white. As for the animal be killed, well, it's a predator, but it attacked humans and that is a no-no it seems like. At same time, it's not a swimming pool, it's the ocean. Not only are you swimming in human piss, you be swimming in ocean animal piss. So yea.

 

[Schlosser85]

I have no desire to swim in the ocean. Don't want to be eaten, don't want to step on a stingray, don't want to get stung by jellyfish....just too many things that can happen in there.

 

[Mad Love]

Scary stuff. They shot the shark trying to save the guy and the shark may still be alive.

 

[James]

Scary stuff. They shot the shark trying to save the guy and the shark may still be alive.

No they didn't. They shot at the shark after the attack was already over.

 

[Venom75]

Sadly,I think most humans just treat the ocean like a giant wave pool. But when you enter,you become part of the food chain. I really feel bad for the man who was killed,of course,but as alot of you have already said,the shark was just doing what it does. You can't blame it for that. The shark is one of the very few creatures that causes nightmares. After all,tigers and lions kill wayyyy more people a year that sharks even attack,but you never see dozens of hunters out there killing all the tigers. That's because the shark in probably the most feared(and misunderstood)animals on the planet.
I will say,however,that I'm so tired of hearing all these scientists repeating the same old song and dance stories about sharks mistaking people for seals. I believe that sharks do not like eating people,or at least,aren't used to it but we're still food. How the hell do these people know what sharks are thinking?

 

[Mad Love]

No they didn't. They shot at the shark after the attack was already over.

"Police attempting to save him raced out in inflatable boats and fired gunshots at the enormous predator".

ORLY Sharkhugger

 

[James]

"Police attempting to save him raced out in inflatable boats and fired gunshots at the enormous predator".

ORLY Sharkhugger

Yeah, after the attack.

The article linked in the OP heavily implies that there was some sort dramatic gun-totting rescue, but if you read it carefully you'll notice they don't actually outright say that. Read more than one piece about it with less sensationalism and you'll find the actual timeline of events, not the cool Hollywood version.

From MSN.co.nz:

He was dead by the time lifeguards and police, one of whom was firing shots at the shark, reached him.

 

[Mad Love]

He was dead by the time lifeguards and police, one of whom was firing shots at the shark, reached him.

"was firing"

That means he was firing before he reached him and found him dead, and they still had to retrieve the body.

 

[KevanG]

I can't even imagine being eaten by a shark.

That's what SHE said!

We still miss her

 

[James]

"was firing"

That means he was firing before he reached him and found him dead, and they still had to retrieve the body.

Yeah, he "was firing" at the shark, but the guy was already dead. Egro, they fired at the shark after the attack.

 

[Mad Love]

The guy was dead, but the sharks were still attacking. That's why they shot so they can retrieve the body!

 

[James]

The guy was dead, but the sharks were still attacking. That's why they shot so they can retrieve the body!

Oh, it's multiple sharks now? This story gets better and better! I can't wait until it turns out the police were actually firing rockets.

The facts are there if you want them. If you don't, that's your choice. Either way, I'm done trying to explain it.

 

[Mad Love]

Firing rockets? LOL, you're a traitor to your specie.

Here are facts that you can't seem to deal with:

"It is understood that when the inflatable got to Mr Strange, the shark still had him in its grip. He was already dead.

The officer used a M4 Bushmaster rifle to shoot at the shark to get it to release the body"

 

[Pink Ranger]

Oh, it's multiple sharks now? This story gets better and better! I can't wait until it turns out the police were actually firing rockets.

The facts are there if you want them. If you don't, that's your choice. Either way, I'm done trying to explain it.

I'm surprised that nobody has quipped this yet:

"It looks like we're going to need a bigger boat. And more boats. And rockets, I think."

 

[James]

Firing rockets? LOL, you're a traitor to your specie.

Here are facts that you can't seem to deal with:

"It is understood that when the inflatable got to Mr Strange, the shark still had him in its grip. He was already dead.

The officer used a M4 Bushmaster rifle to shoot at the shark to get it to release the body"

Uh huh. But that isn't what you said. What you said was:

Scary stuff. They shot the shark trying to save the guy and the shark may still be alive.

Which is false, because you cannot save someone who is already dead.

And a "traitor" to my species? I'm advising people to avoid the water. But, you know, continue making up more 'facts' as you see them. Reality hasn't stopped you so far.

 

[Mad Love]

you cannot save someone who is already dead.

Yes you can. You can save their body which is what they did.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

To any and all hungry sharks "humans are a valid form of prey."
Humans are fair game, no matter where they are. That is natural.

By your logic, you'd have to kill all sharks and all wild predators

And just in case before this escalates I'm disputing the above logic, NO I'm not advocating they shouldn't have killed the shark to save the dude, as sad as it is, they should have done what it took.

No, it's not natural. We are the dominant species. Sharks must learn their place out our feet. If a group of hyenas attacked a defenceless, lone lion, you can bet your ass that the pride would hunt down the hyenas.

Sharks know not to **** with people - that's why they stay the hell away 99% of the time.

 

[Mad Love]

Honestly, it pisses me off that they shot the shark.

They shot at the shark after the attack was already over.

False. Clearly, the attack was not over as the shark still had its grip on the man even though he died. They had to shoot the shark to retrieve the body. You know, so his family can have a proper burial.

I didn't make anything up which is why I used quotes (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10868239). You just don't know how to check other sources and deal with facts. lol

 

[TheBat812]

James, you act like they knew the guy was definitively dead as they were shooting at it. Come on, their job is to try to save the human, not stop worrying about it because he he looked like he might be dead.

 

[James]

False. Clearly, the attack was not over as the shark still had its grip on the man even though he died. They had to shoot the shark to retrieve the body. You know, so his family can have a proper burial.

I didn't make anything up which is why I used quotes (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10868239). You just don't know how to check other sources and deal with facts. lol

As I said, I'm done trying to explain it.

We can go back and forth all day telling one another the other doesn't know how to check facts or warps reality to their own ends, it gets us nowhere if neither concedes. If we disagree on something again in the future, hopefully you can do it without the pointless name-calling. I kind of feel silly for carrying on the conversation after that nonsense started.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Honestly, it pisses me off that they shot the shark.

I don't go into a cave and then blame the bear when it attacks me. Now don't get me wrong, it's tragic the guy died -but that's the risk he took. If you go in the ocean you knowingly accept the risk that you might be killed or injured by any number of things that live there. By my way of thinking the solution isn't to freak out and kill the shark, it's to stay out of the water. Swim somewhere else for a while, it's not like New Zealand is short on beaches.

I hope the shark lived.

It won't be more like, you're at a park on the outskirt of the city and get attacked by a bear. I would blame the bear. He'd have to COME to the City and attack you. That's dileberate on the part of the Bear, and I'd hope that people would kill the bear so that it doesn't attack another human, and so that it doesn't raise cubs to see humans are food. It's essentially natural selection - you don't try to over assert yourself in the animal kingdom. We are the kings of the animal kingdom.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

James: defender of hungry sharks and middle-aged people living in parents' basements.

 

[James]

I'm on a roll, JJJ

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I'm still baffled at how people are attempting to defend "animal rights" in a case like this. It's insolence on the part of the shark. I say, **** 'im - stupid shark.

 

[Piper Maru]

Will there be a funeral for the shark?