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Originally posted by TheEnforcer@Jul 4 2004, 08:31 PM
Hehehe..
Oh it's cool to look at them in a display and shit where I don't have to be in the water..... but the ocean is off limits as are coastal rivers and such now!!
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I read a long article a few months ago about the 1916 New Jersey shark attacks in a coastal river. It is mentioned here:
While the great white is the shark that most people immediately think of when shark attacks are mentioned, the bull shark may be responsible for the most attacks on humans. Part of the reason is that they often move up rivers for short distances. One of the most famous shark attack cases occurred in New Jersey along the coast and upriver. From July 1st to July 6th, 1916, five people were attacked by sharks, four of them fatally. The climax came on the 6th when an 11 year old boy named Lester Stillwell was attacked and pulled under. A 24 year old man named Stanley Fisher was one of those who dove into the water to try to rescue Lester. Fisher was bitten on the thigh and died in the hospital. A mere 400 m away, a group of boys were told of the attacks and were in the process of climbing out of the water. Twelve year old Joseph Dunn was bitten on the leg but recovered fully. A 2,25 m (7 1/2") great white was captured in the ensuing shark hunt and the stomach contained flesh and bones which were reported to be human, but a positive identification of this was never made. The attacks did stop after this, but many ichthyologists believe the shark that made the attacks was a bull shark.
http://encyclopedia.fablis.com/index.php/Shark