Another Shark Attack In Florida

I'd still go swimming without a problem

I guess people love risks

thats crazy i wonder what the chances of it being the same shark are

Very sad I have never gone in the ocean myself.

said news..

That's exactly why I stay OUT of the water! The movie JAWS was enough for me!

you're idiots

do you stop crossing the street just because someone was killed in a car accident?

There are far more dangerous animals than sharks. They are called insects and they are all around you!

Somehow getting hit by a car just doesn't seem as bad as being eaten alive!

Drowning and other beach-related fatalites 1 in 2 million
Drowning fatalites 1 in 3.5 million
Shark attacks 1 in 11.5 million
Shark attack fatalites 0 in 264.1 million

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks...s/relarisk.htm

XOXOXO
*Krystal*

Im not asking you to choose either one, Im telling you its silly to stay away from the ocean because of sharks.

Well that's your opinion, I'm sure the third victim felt exactly the way you did! Why don't you go for a swim in that area, I'll sit on the beach and watch!

Why they go swimming when they know

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http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Galler.../bullshark.htm

Most of the shark vicitms do not get eaten alive, they get a limb torn off (usually a leg), and die from the loss of blood and the shock.

Btw don't they have nets on the beaches in Florida?

You shouldn't go skiing either, I've heard people have been killed in avalanches.
Don't forget that there's 1000's of casualties per month on your motorways, don't move outside!
Home is the #1 place of fatal accidents, watch out!
I heard sun causes skincancer, get away from the sun!
There's more robberies and violent attacks during nighttime, don't move around then.

ugh...

robberies and violent attacks in Finland?
when did the last murder take place in Finland, in 1972?

Considering this was in Fort Myers which it's doubtful. Like there is only one shark in the Gulf of Mexico. Also this guy got bit on the ankle and he still has his foot so this was a small shark.

WOW 3 attacks in a week. Let's see probally at least 3 million people are on Florida beaches everyday at this time of year( probally much higher actually ) So 3 million X 7 days is 21 million trips to the beach and 3 ended in shark attack. Good odds I say.

I'm not talking about finland..
..and besides the last murder in my part of Helsinki was in 1997.

..what I was trying to say is, that it IS dangerous to live here.

When I was 18, me and my buddies use to roadtrip to Sebastian Inlet from Miami on weekends. Sebastian Inlet is probably one of the most popular spots to surf in Florida. The water at the inlet is dark murky water and as I remember it you couldnt see your hand when you stuck it straight down to your elbow in the water. The Inlet on many occasions had clean waist to head high surf and we would be out in the lineup, waiting for the next set to roll in, with dozens and dozens of people all around us. Definitely there is a shortage of surf for the amount of people wanting to catch waves in Florida.

So after one session, we drive north to Indialantic and are sitting at the pizzeria that is oceanfront facing the boardwalk (mmmm Bizarros) and we strike up a conversation with this guy dressed in coast guard fatigues. This guy flew in the helicopter team for the Coast Guard and he asked us if we were surfing today. Sure, we replied and we just came from Sebastian.

His left eyebrow raised and he leaned in close and said, "Do you have any idea of how many sharks are there?"

"Oh man please, we could get killed by walking to our car today as much as sharks..."

He then proceeded to tell us how in the last week his job was to fly over the beaches and photograph the water using some sort of camera that made it easier to see below the water. On any given day at Sebastian Inlet, there were two to three times more sharks than surfers swimming in the general area where the lineup to catch waves was. Big sharks too, like over 6ft he said.

We left Indialantic, drove home to Miami and it was quite sometime before I went back to Sebastian and everytime thereafter I got creeped out easily and found myself sitting as much out of the water as I could.