http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/16/shark.attack.africa.ap/index.html

swimming anyone?

another interesting tidbit !
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/18/cambodia.bigfish.ap/index.html

Fish Hoek looks like it is less than 20 km West of Seal Island, which I believe puts it right next to the "Ring of Death," that place where the Discovery channel filmed the footage for Air Jaws. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but it seems to me that a place called the "Ring of Death" might not be the best place to work on the old breast stroke.

Woah, that's a funky lookin catfish.... though i am disappointed they didnt mention the giant arapaima... that one gets about the same size (though i've heard it used to grow in excess of 20 feet before being overfished)

I always thought the arapaima was the largest. Longest I've heard of is close to 15 feet

Who needs huge fish, when we can have huge salamanders?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/09/amphibianf.ap/index.html

How about a real white water rafting trip?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/20/grand.canyon.flooding.ap/index.html

http://www.humormatters.com/darwin.htm

More news, this time about the 13,000 new marine species catalogued (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4033555.stm) in the past year.

"We're just skimming the surface," said Dr Ron O'Dor" LOL...good pun!
awsome article...great find!

Woah, that's a funky lookin catfish.... though i am disappointed they didnt mention the giant arapaima... that one gets about the same size (though i've heard it used to grow in excess of 20 feet before being overfished)

They have arapaima here in the Vancouver Aquarium and they freak me out! They look like they've got a raku finish.

Having been nailed by a black widow a few years back (on the bum, don't ask) this is of interest to all of us in the south:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1124venom24.html

There is a snake farm in Bangkok where antivenin is made and exported. Hard to imagine a BRO or a box jelly being "milked" for its venom. :bugout:
:bluering:

Melissa

"Now, fellahs...you just grab the little octo behind the head and...OH Crikey!!!"
Heheh. Lets see Irwin try that one!
g

ok...I know this is way off topic, but it is just too creepy to ignore...anyone wanna buy some land?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/20/silos.forsale.ap/index.html

http://www.itv.com/news/index_1070056.html

Why don't cephs ever save swimmers from sharks? Don't they love us? :cry: :wink:

From what I've read about Ceph's and dolphins, it sort of sounds like a dolphin is like a dog, all playfull and friendly, and will even save your butt when you're in a jam, like Lassie.

But a ceph (an octopus in particular) is sort of like a cat, where maybe it likes you, but probably the only thing keeping it from wishing death upon you is an offering of food. And it will kill anything it can, for reasons that seem to be nothing short of "mean spirited." They take after Cthulhu.

So if I got a tank with a ceph would it try to sneak out at night and eat my cat? :cthulhu:

farm raised shrimp ...all of us should support these efforts!!!!!!
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/1129shrimp29.html

This doesn't bode well either:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/30/australia.whales.reut/index.html

Hey, all this and in arizona too... :D
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1203petrifiedforest.html

For those of you working for the Man:
http://theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4049

here's one for you cthulhu! hot news for your marketing department!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5542420863

:roflmao: :cthulhu: :roflmao:

More fun in the surf:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/16/australia.shark.ap/index.html

And so they're planning on hunting and killing THIS shark? Uh, just how are they going to ID it?

:?:

The shark probably thought he was a sea turtle...

There is one species on this planet that cannot be controlled by us, human beings: the shark. One can argue that rats, flies, cockroaches, mosquitoes, fleas (et al) also qualify for this category. To that, my reply is: have you ever heard of a shark exterminator? The point is: sharks have been around for a gazillion years before us; they will be here a gazillion years after we are extinct. Further, their domain is the sea; ours is not. WTF can we expect? It is their dominion. JMO.. a.f.

PS. thanks to those posting links to news

A.F.,

At least one person is in near-total agreement with you, and he has every reason to think otherwise:

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/12/17/shark-australia041217.html

Still, this particular attack, well, I don't like to think about it.

Clem

Wow. sane humans...so sad that they lost a loved one, but happy that they carry no hatred...a lesson to be learned, there... :notworth:

Yes indeed, a very admirable sentiment.

It's easy for us to criticise any "eye for an eye" sentiment, but none of us, I hope, have had a relative killed by a wild animal. I'm not sure most people would be so objective and realistic.

Very sad and tragic story, but what a brilliant attitude from the father.

Clem: thx for the link. Mr. Peterson is noble. It is an extraordinary person who is able to be rational in the midst of unmitigated emotional pain, the kind that occurs when a parent loses a child.

Thom: thx for the link. IMHO a protest against fast food which includes the sacrafice of octupi is hypocritical at best; appalling at worst. But, I'm English.. So, don't get me started..lol jk ~a.f.

Yes indeed, a very admirable sentiment.

It's easy for us to criticise any "eye for an eye" sentiment, but none of us, I hope, have had a relative killed by a wild animal. I'm not sure most people would be so objective and realistic.

Very sad and tragic story, but what a brilliant attitude from the father.

I agree, having survived two "hits" I can sympathize 100%

the 1st was an unidentified insect, probably a cockchafer (spare the crude jokes, it's the Sabbath) hit me right between the eyes whilst I was steaming it on my Suzuki GT185 stroker, after 5 mins intensive care by the roadside & a roll-up I continued shaken but not stirred to the pub for plenty of sympathy & a Greene King IPA.

the 2nd was a blatant, full frontal attack that happened one frosty morning as I proceeded to work on my Honda (jumped camps, I've no shame) CB750 F2. The drake mallard jumped up straight in front of me,
so prior to impact I took a deep breath & deflected the assailant under the wheels of an oncoming artic. = duck mince !

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/20/bush.oceans.ap/index.html

I know this deviates from the aquatic bit, but seeing as how we have friends in these areas:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/quake.thailand.ap/index.html

Disturbing news from the desk at CNN regarding pollutants in our water...jeez, and I was worried about getting a beer belly !
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/21/potomac.fish.ap/index.html

Greg, it's been going on for years, 1st recognized in the Everglades gator population where plastics manufacturing effluent contains oestrogen mymics.
Plastic sales are far more important than peeps & our animal friends hence the lack of publicity. the result is an ever decreasing sperm count handed down over generations which is fine for humans as we are far too numerous but not on all other fauna, in my opinion anyway.

don't store fatty foods in plastic wrapping or containers or you'll turn Berty ! :bonk:

Keef