NO POINT IN OVERREACTING
"It would be sensible not to swim in that area for a little while."
(Thanks to CJrun)
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Posted by: bonmot | October 26, 2009 at 05:21 PM
Well, I think that's pretty well cured me of going swimming in anything bigger than a hot tub ever again.
Posted by: Diva | October 26, 2009 at 05:25 PM
They're going to need a bigger boat.
Posted by: mixenfrixen | October 26, 2009 at 05:25 PM
They might want to try dynamite on the rotting whale carcasses.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | October 26, 2009 at 05:50 PM
maybe I'm a tad cynical(it was the 8 years of Bush that did it) but I smell something fishy.
Posted by: yellowdog granny | October 26, 2009 at 05:54 PM
It being Australia, I doubt that "sensible" is even on the table.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | October 26, 2009 at 06:04 PM
People fear the oddest things. One lady of my acquaintance if given the choice between the great white and a dentist would be in the water before you could say, "Jaws".
Posted by: Steve | October 26, 2009 at 06:10 PM
Don't disturb the water, please.
Posted by: Mitch | October 26, 2009 at 07:02 PM
"It would be sensible not to swim in that area for a little while."
Or ever.
I'd pay money to see underwear chafing guy try and get away from this monster.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 26, 2009 at 07:11 PM
Anyone other than me wonder why this showed up in "The New York Daily News" and not in some other news source I might have heard of?
Posted by: pogo | October 26, 2009 at 07:24 PM
The photo looks photoshpped to me. Tash?
Posted by: NotSherly | October 26, 2009 at 07:27 PM
*Candygram*
*CHOMP*
Posted by: Siouxie | October 26, 2009 at 08:19 PM
Sushi Aussie style.
Posted by: Loudmouth | October 26, 2009 at 08:44 PM
Big deal. We have mosquitos here in Minnesota who could do that.
Posted by: Clankazoid | October 26, 2009 at 08:50 PM
Actually, isn't it safe to assume that the bigger shark won't be hungry for at least a little while?
Shark meat is very filling, after all. Chewy, too.
Posted by: padraig | October 26, 2009 at 09:54 PM
I notice the surfer they quote says they "are all being very, very cautious", but doesn't say they are actually staying out of the water. Because that would be smart and cautious both. Can only be one.
Posted by: silver | October 26, 2009 at 09:58 PM
Photoshop, hmmmm, the foreground bite-water zone has a really weird edge. It's just a grainy, weird image. Hard to get those bitten-almost-in-half great white sharks to hold still, and you know you have to hold the button half-way down for the focus, and the dang thing MOVES again.
Posted by: Tash | October 26, 2009 at 10:05 PM
And don't get me started about the lighting issues.
Posted by: Tash | October 26, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Another reason not to go back to Australia.
Posted by: nursecindy | October 26, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I think it looks fake too.
Posted by: SW | October 26, 2009 at 11:08 PM
No worries!
Posted by: cowhand214 | October 26, 2009 at 11:20 PM
"Yeah, this 'un's ten feet long but ya shoulda seen the one that got away!"
Posted by: ScottMGS | October 26, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Similar article but with a brief video. Unfortunately they still only use the one picture of the shark, but one that is not as tightly cropped.
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | October 27, 2009 at 01:38 AM
Actually, isn't it safe to assume that the bigger shark won't be hungry for at least a little while?
Posted by: padraig | October 26, 2009 at 09:54 PM
I thought the same thing. You go in the water first, padraig. I'll look out for megashark from here.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 27, 2009 at 08:40 AM
Yep. Padraig. Go for it. Here, tie this rope around you and hold this package of raw ground beef. Nothing to worry about. Oh, and splash around a bit, please.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | October 27, 2009 at 08:46 AM
I'm with Annie. I don't have to outswim Megashark, I just have to outswim padraig.
Posted by: CJrun | October 27, 2009 at 08:46 AM
Unless there's more than one Megashark. Then we have to outrun pieces of padraig.
*waves @ Hammie!*
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 27, 2009 at 09:02 AM
Martini?
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | October 27, 2009 at 09:08 AM
Martini with lapband surgery?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 27, 2009 at 09:12 AM
That's not Sharkie. It's not holding a beer.
*WAVES @ Hammie!!!*
*gives pad some
Barry Manilow CDsshark repellent*Posted by: Siouxie | October 27, 2009 at 09:27 AM
*Waves @ Annie!!!*
*Waves @ Siouxie!!!*
Posted by: Hammond Rye | October 27, 2009 at 09:30 AM
Waves @ surfers
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | October 27, 2009 at 09:42 AM
CJ and Annie, I swim Masters. Youse guys better bring propellers if you think you're gonna go by me.
No splashing from me either. I am smooooooth.
Posted by: padraig | October 27, 2009 at 10:18 AM
*waves @ padraig!
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | October 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Not with all that sand in your shorts, padraig.
Posted by: CJrun | October 27, 2009 at 11:10 AM
If he's being chased by a Great White, that is probably not sand in his shorts.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | October 27, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Crikey.
There. Now it's been said.
Posted by: MOTW | October 27, 2009 at 01:20 PM
Great white sharks are cute and cuddly.
Posted by: MOTW | October 27, 2009 at 01:43 PM
Zounds! I say. Just Zounds!
Posted by: Cheesewiz | October 27, 2009 at 02:02 PM
I'm getting a whole lot of work done today. Let's just hope they don't expect this everyday!
; )
Posted by: Brian | October 27, 2009 at 02:03 PM
Speaking as someone who has dissected numerous sharks in preparation for a degree in anatomy, we should see a spine at the tip of the bitemark. It ain't there.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | October 27, 2009 at 02:05 PM
Oh, Pish and Tosh!
Posted by: Hammond Rye | October 27, 2009 at 02:14 PM
*tap* *tap*
Is this thing on??
Posted by: Siouxie | October 27, 2009 at 02:30 PM
I hope that something new get's posted soon. There's only so much I can say about a half eaten shark. So, how's everybody's weather today? It's raining here in N.C.
Posted by: nursecindy | October 27, 2009 at 02:35 PM