QuickDraw 0 #1 September 26, 2003 Don't try this at home kids. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifeandstyle/articles/6902431?source=Daily%20Mail -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #2 September 26, 2003 some people never learn....I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #3 September 26, 2003 It made a great special on the Discovery Channel. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatmissile 0 #4 September 26, 2003 Not a very convincing demonstration, I would say. Poor guy. -- ZZZzzzz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MyOwnWay 0 #5 September 26, 2003 i wouldn't consider him a darwin candidate, i can see his reasoning behind it. yet, i am going into marine biology. . . . . so, i'll just bite my tongue_________________________________________ all good things are wild and free - Henry David Thoreau Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coconutmonkey 0 #6 September 26, 2003 Bet he runs with siccors too....Hearts & Minds 2 to the Heart- 1 to the Mind- Home of the Coconut Lounge, Spa, & Artillery Range Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casie 0 #7 September 26, 2003 Ok....that's just eeeewwwww! Poor guy, he was trying to prove a point & it bit him in the a$$!~Porn Kitty WARNING: Goldschlager causes extreme emotional outbursts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #8 September 26, 2003 Sort of reminds me of that couple, Ron and Valerie Taylor. They are the husband/wife diving team who work primarily with large dangerous sharks. They constructed that "shark-proof" suit made out of steel mesh. While demonstrating the theorized effectiveness of the suit, Valerie Taylor was out off the California coast with Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca). These sharks do not fear divers at all. The suit was only covering half of her body and protected the skin on her upper body from being torn by the shark's razor sharp teeth but did nothing to protect her from the crushing power of the shark's jaws (duh!). Also, that same day, she ended up getting bit in the leg as the suit only was protecting half of her body. In the meantime, she also got to experience what it was like to watch a Blue Shark try and take off her arm. She got to look into the fish's eyes as it's nictitating membrane flicked back and and stared into her eyes with eyes "black as ebony". This shark was 6 and a half feet long. She claimed "Being pulled back and forth by my elbow was uncomfortable, but while it looked agonizing, it wasn't." It is my understanding that sharks are actually attracted to the electric fields produced by metals like steel. I think I read or heard somewhere that there are "real" shark repellents out there which utilize a "reverse" electric field or something to actually use electric force to repel their senses. I have not done much reading about this topic, has anyone else heard of this?Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #9 September 26, 2003 I believe they use a system in South Africa that uses electricity to repel sharks. I don't have any links i'm afraid. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SublimeBreeze 0 #10 September 26, 2003 Meee meeee I know one. My friend wants to build a wingsuit and jump without a parachute and land in water. (dont worry he isn't gonna do it) but he's working out the physics as we speak. lol he wants to get it so it is the equivalent of jumping from a 50 foot bridge. He might be next for the award =P Peace Sean Sean Sean In Thailand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeedToJump 0 #11 September 27, 2003 QuoteIn the early 1990's, South African inventor Norman Starkey demonstrated that a wire loop immersed in a shark tank and energized by a 12-volt direct current (DC), would invariably cause Dusky and Bull (Carcharhinus leucas) Sharks to flinch and dart away, apparently in a highly agitated state. More information can be found about 2/3 of the way down here.Wind Tunnel and Skydiving Coach http://www.ariperelman.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #12 September 27, 2003 QuoteMeee meeee I know one. My friend wants to build a wingsuit and jump without a parachute and land in water. (dont worry he isn't gonna do it) but he's working out the physics as we speak. lol he wants to get it so it is the equivalent of jumping from a 50 foot bridge. He might be next for the award =P Peace Sean Just make sure he says "Here, hold my beer while I do this". Postal Rodriguez-- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canuck278 0 #13 September 27, 2003 Owie....although considering the amount of time he has spent in the water working with sharks and it taking this long for somethinglike that to happen, i think it just validates the point that sharks are not as big of a killing machine that people make them out to be.....i'm a diver..have come across 2 sharks...had to get out of the way of ones mouth...but it was more or less just wondering what the hell i was i'm sure...i pushed out of its way and it just carried on...there is only around 100 shark attacks a year....attacks..not deadly attacks....sadly though humans kill 100,000,000 sharks a year......So who really is the killing machine? the sharks or the humans? Steve Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pds 0 #14 September 27, 2003 Quote100,000,000 hey, are you sure of this number? it seems to be an arbitrarily inflated number and i am not able to verify it via web searches. whuts the 411?namaste, motherfucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #15 September 27, 2003 Hey... i'm on the sharks side here too, but i think baiting up the water & standing right in it was questionable, kudos for his research and his passion though, i got to admit the guy has got balls. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #16 September 27, 2003 Canuck278, I was just wondering which species of shark you had this encounter with. I had the same type of experience with a few whale sharks off Bahia de Los Angeles in the Sea of Cortez. However, in that situation, we spotted them from shore with binoculars, grabbed our gear and headed off towards them in our boat so we could get close to them. We scoped them out for a little while and let them get used to our boat and it wasn't long before we were in the water with them. Those animals are HUGE let me tell you. Also, you don't want to be anywhere near its tail. My friend almost found that out the hard way ... their tails alone are at least 5 feet tall and are what they use to propel their massive bodies through the water. I just remember thinking to myself, they are "supposed" to be plankton feeders but ... I got in front of one at one point and thought it is a good thing they move pretty slow. I found the best way to approach them was from their dorsal side. We later heard about 2 weeks after we were there, a great white was spotted off in that same location. When I think back to all of the things we did at night out in that water ... our instructor even went through the trouble one night of setting up speakers all around the shore where we got into the water and played the theme song to JAWS. I would feel lucky to find or know where some species of sharks hang out (knowing that species ahead of time) and then tracking out to find them. I have seen lots of sharks snorkeling and diving, but none I would consider terribly dangerous. I've come across way more dangerous things underwater that wouuld kill you within minutes if you even touched it let alone a little shark. With all that said ... Great Whites, Tigers, Bulls, Blues and Makos are a different story altogether. Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymick 0 #17 September 28, 2003 I dont see anything wrong with it if the guy knew what he was doing. Its like a skydiver who busted himself up and then went back to jumping again. A whuffo who say that guy is an idiot but we all know why you would go back to it again. Same goes for this guy... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canuck278 0 #18 September 28, 2003 the statistic is from the august issue of sport diver, PADI's dive magazine. it works out to an average of 1 million shark deaths for every 1 attack on a human Steve Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canuck278 0 #19 September 28, 2003 I wasn't playing with anything as big as you! The kind of shark i was with grows to around 5 feet max. Don't know how to make this clicky..but here is a link http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/sharks/species/spinydogfish.html I would love to get in the water with a whale shark though, think it would be awsome...the largest fish in the world.. Steve Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #20 September 28, 2003 Living in Florida gives you personal experience with sharks. The attack statistics are crap because of the tourism dollar. The number of attacks is small, but it is larger than the reported number by a factor of 10, I will bet. You get deaths that are reported as "drownings" that have bites, but they say the bites occurred after death. There is only one source of stats, the govt, so magazines (like the PADI one) just repeat what the govt tells them. Most attacks occur by mistake or stupidity. Midnight swims are bad ideas in some places. My roommate was attacked while shooting fish and pulling a stringer (stupid). I don't fear sharks, but I definitely repect them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chronistin 0 #21 September 28, 2003 I definitely would not call him a Darwin candidate. Sounds to me like he knows what he is doing, and, like most skydivers, accepts the risks that cannot be eliminated. Like we know that the main can malfunction, right? And, in spite of all precautions, there is an ever so small risk that the reserve might fail, too. Right? Do we stop jumping when we realize that? I don't. So, am I - are we all - a Darwin candidate? Chronistin (Home @ http://www.fallschirmspringer.net/) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #22 September 28, 2003 QuoteSo, am I - are we all - a Darwin candidate? Yes. Each of us has the potential to be the next. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chronistin 0 #23 September 28, 2003 QuoteEach of us has the potential to be the next. Whhooops. That was not what I expected to hear! But somehow still right. Peace, Chronistin Chronistin (Home @ http://www.fallschirmspringer.net/) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #24 September 28, 2003 As you can see in the thread title, i used a question mark. I put it there to see if others thought as i did about this guy, on the whole, people seem to have respect for what he does (so do i) but i still think it was a bad idea. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #25 September 28, 2003 QuoteI definitely would not call him a Darwin candidate. Sounds to me like he knows what he is doing... Not to me. I have taken bait and thrown it into the churning water of an output pipe. It will cause bass to go into a feeding frenzy and bite a bare hook. To put bait and blood into the water to coax sharks, and then stand in it, is pretty stupid. After his attack, he still refuses to accept his mistake, and learn from it. Not too bright either. Common sense has to prevail sometimes. QuoteNearly half of the reported 79 shark attacks around the world last year occurred in Florida waters. clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
