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Re: Color has little to do with it
By:Bris Paul
Date: 10/24/2007, 11:05 pm
In Response To: Color has little to do with it (Carl H)

I can remember an account of an attack on a ski by a Great White at a popular beach in Perth ,Western Australia a few years ago.
From memory the Ski was nearly bitten in half, not sure if the paddler survived or not.
I'm told a local girl who paddled a Sea Kayak from Brisbane to Torres Strait just under New Guinea ,was attacked several times by sharks going for the rudder.
Oh no !
I hope I hav'nt started the "rudder verus no rudder "debate again !

.: At least for great whites, anyway. Sharks identify surface-dwelling prey by
: contrast with the surrounding water. When a shark on the bottom looks
: upward toward a swimming (or paddling) body at the surface, it sees a
: shadow where the sunlight is blocked. The shark strikes by swimming upward
: underneath. An example is in the way California great whites hunt for sea
: lions. A big violent splash is followed by a splotch of red and that's all
: there is.

: To design a kayak to not draw that kind of shark attacks, you'd have to
: eliminate the shadowing. But not all sharks strike that way, anyway.
: Sharks like makos and tigers usually patrol nearer the surface and swim
: really fast to catch what they want.

: But how often do you hear of sharks attacking kayaks? That story is the first
: I've seen.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Punching Shark Butt *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 10/20/2007, 12:01 am
Re: Other: Punching Shark Butt
Bill Hamm -- 10/21/2007, 11:40 am
Re: Other: Punching Shark Butt *LINK*
Bruce Moffatt -- 10/21/2007, 5:52 pm
Re: Other: Punching Shark Butt
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2007, 1:55 am
White attracts predators??? HBN Thoughts
Robert N Pruden -- 10/23/2007, 12:53 am
Re: White attracts predators??? HBN Thoughts
Mike Savage -- 10/23/2007, 6:06 pm
Re: White attracts predators??? HBN Thoughts
Bryan Hansel -- 10/23/2007, 10:26 am
Re: White attracts predators??? HBN Thoughts
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/23/2007, 11:41 am
Re: White attracts predators??? HBN Thoughts
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2007, 1:50 am
Re: White attracts predators??? HBN Thoughts
WaTiger -- 10/23/2007, 9:37 am
Re: White attracts predators??? HBN Thoughts
Bruce Moffatt -- 10/23/2007, 8:58 am
Re: White attracts predators??? HBN Thoughts
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2007, 1:46 am
I know I am safe in Edmonton but...
Robert N Pruden -- 10/23/2007, 6:44 pm
Re: Other: Punching Shark Butt
Acors -- 10/22/2007, 9:43 am
Color has little to do with it
Carl H -- 10/24/2007, 8:32 pm
Re: Color has little to do with it
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/26/2007, 3:03 pm
Re: Color has little to do with it
Bill Hamm -- 10/26/2007, 1:29 am
Re: Color has little to do with it
Bris Paul -- 10/24/2007, 11:05 pm
Ski Chomped by Great White *LINK*
Bris Paul -- 10/24/2007, 11:18 pm
Re: It's Australia......
TOM RAYMOND -- 10/25/2007, 12:52 pm
Re: Other: Punching Shark Butt
Bris Paul -- 10/22/2007, 4:22 pm
Re: Other: Punching Shark Butt
Acors -- 10/20/2007, 12:34 pm
Aussie girls are tough ;) *NM*
David, Tasmania -- 10/20/2007, 4:07 am
She doesn't look at all like 52 years old!
William Cruz -- 10/30/2007, 10:23 am
Re: She doesn't look at all like 52 years old!
Robin Boys -- 10/30/2007, 2:01 pm
Re: She doesn't look at all like 52 years old!
William Cruz -- 10/30/2007, 2:10 pm
Re: She doesn't look at all like 52 years old!
Scott Baxter -- 10/30/2007, 9:53 pm
Re: She doesn't look at all like 52 years old!
William Cruz -- 10/30/2007, 11:20 pm
It was a Hayden Fiberglass ski *LINK*
Reg Lake -- 10/30/2007, 11:39 pm
Funny, she doesn't sound Australian.
Kris Buttermore -- 10/31/2007, 12:56 pm
good taste = tastes good?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/31/2007, 8:01 pm
Re: good taste = tastes good?
Reg Lake -- 10/31/2007, 8:41 pm
Re: It was a Hayden Fiberglass ski
William Cruz -- 10/30/2007, 11:44 pm