They got shark experts in to investigate how and what and if there indeed was a rogue shark or not.
Another shark expert researches if there is a 'why' that is causing this as it used to be one of Australia's safest bays to swim.
While that is going on the police manage to kill 3 tiger sharks.
Me thinking, "Great! Have we learnt nothing yet over the last centuries? One animal kills a human, let's just kill as many of that type of animal as we can!! Stupid idiots!"
Sorry, but I can't stand that kind of knucklehead behaviour. It's the same with wolves. Also P me O.
It didn't help as after that 2 more people were attacked.
Anywho... turns out that the reason sharks are suddenly attacking in that bay is... human behaviour!
1) lots of boats in the water and people on the boat:"
--- throw leftover food & garbage in the water
--- deliberately throw food in the water to attract a shark
2) On other boats people are fishing and...
--- throwing bait in the water
--- throwing waste from cleaning the fish in the water
All this attracts sharks, of course. Sharks are very smart and quickly learn where there is a 'McSwim-through' for food, much easier than hunting in the wide open oceans. They get used to hearing/sensing a splash and there being food in the water (leftover/garbage/deliberately thrown in) so they go for it in full force to have a meal. Most sharks don't even attack humans. Thing is the waters in that bay are very unclear, poor visibility. So if then there's a splash and movement in the water they take it to be another "McSwim-through" meal. WE taught them that ourselves. But if it then happens to be a human that jumped off a boat with a splash for a swim...
So it's human behaviour that causes this. One 12 year old girl lost her leg, 1 woman's leg could be saved with extensive surgery but she cannot feel the leg at all anymore. Another didn't make it, and the 4th I cannot recall them saying what happened.
All because humans don't think and act like idiots, and as punishment for things going wrong innocent animals get killed.
It doesn't make sense at all and is so effing sad!
When I was in Townsville Australia I was about to take a boat trip that would have you swim with fish etc. I decided against it. I don't go swimming in waters when there's quite the chance of shark presence. There was an area accessible from the beach with a shark net in the water. But this is not a 100% guarantee. I did not go in there either. Sod it. It's the sharks' home, not mine! And I respect that.
They said to not go fishing where people are swimming. Personally I wouldn't get off a boat for a swim when there were quite a lot of other boats in the area either, but that's me. The reason being people throwing food overboard that attracts sharks.
All victims were bitten within seconds of jumping in the water so I think it's pretty safe to say they are just waiting in the vicinity of boats for food to be thrown in. They mentioned that too, that the boat and its shadow make a good hiding place.
This kind of plural attack can happen anytime anywhere in the world where sharks occur if people do the same stupid thing there.
Edited by
SparklingCrystal ππ
on Tue 01/25/22 09:41 AM