Darwin Candidate ?

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guys a moron. the stuff that makes one smart and the stuff that makes one moron are not mutually exclusive, they don't explode when they come into contact with oneanother. they quietly cohabitate until that perfect moment when brilliance gets a little too sure of itself and bingo - moronicity gets its day in the sun.

moron moron - i think i will tease bloodlusted sharks with my bare legs - moron moron moron

namaste, motherfucker.

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That's NOTHING dude.

Read about THIS idiot!

Live on TV, it's the stuff of nightmares and blockbuster films. For the first time,
In these extraordinary pictures, a planet smashes into a man's leg. He will never walk properly again but he is lucky to escape with his life.
These shocking scenes do not involve some hapless holidaymaker but a man who has spent his entire professional life Skydiving in an attempt to persuade the world that jumping from an aircraft is safe.
The incident took place as the eminent Skydiver Dr Erich Ritter, 44, was jumping at the DZ with a TV presenter while making a documentary on the safety of skydiving.
The area had been dotted with obstacles so Dr Ritter could illustrate his theory that canopies are steerable and open area’s are available. But, as viewers will see, it all went gruesomely wrong.
'As long as we fly our canopies, we realise they’re not a threat to us and they couldn't care less,' says Dr Ritter as sinister grey obsticals aproach.
Then, all of a sudden, an 8ft monster thumps straight into Dr Ritter's calf.
At first, the scientist does not respond, knowing that obsticals often do this to check out suspicious objects.
But then it reveals its fellow rocks, like razor- sharp teeth, and strikes, sinking its ferocious stone chips into his leg once . . . twice, as he rolls.
A camera records the whole terrible scene as, with a whack, Dr Ritter is knocked off his feet and dragged across dusty ground and blood.
With his leg in tatters, Dr Ritter still manages to control his canopy. Moments after the attack, the film crew drag him off the DZ with a large part of his left leg missing.
With a major artery severed, Dr Ritter nearly died. After a long operation, surgeons were able to save his leg. Skin grafts and a steel bar have enabled him to walk again, albeit with a pronounced limp.
Astonishingly, he had few qualms about getting back in the air. When the Mail spoke to him yesterday, he'd just been jumping with great white students in South Africa.
Dr Ritter is chief scientist for the Global Ground Attack File, a privately funded research centre which has examined attacks on more than 2,500 people, including himself.
And he says he hates the word 'attack' because it implies guilt on the part of the ground.
'I prefer to call them ground accidents because that is what they are,' he says.
'People think that if you bleed on the ground, then the ground will attack you, but it's not true. I've tried it with continents. They are not interested in human blood. If
you jump without a rig, though, you'd be doomed.'
What does attract ground, he says, is fear. A terrified human will produce spasms which resonate at a frequency which tells the ground that the human could be a student.
And yet Dr Ritter was not scared when he was attacked. So what went wrong?
'I was in the ground's way. It was low altitude and I was obstructing the ground so it hit me.'
The incident drove him to seek a greater understanding of the complexities of a ground attack.
Using a planet, he reconstructs the attack and establishes that had the ground been going much faster, he would have lost his leg and, very probably, his life.
EVEN though it is much smaller than Jupiter, Earth is thought to account for more attacks on humans than any other planet because it has more human contact.
It grows up to be very big and can weigh a lot. It will bash anything, including other planets, moons and the odd skydiver.
Despite his ordeal, Dr Ritter draws positive conclusions from the attack.
'I've had 4,500 jumps, when I get in the air, I feel alive. It has enabled me to teach other people more about skydiving. Anyway, firefighters get burned every now and then.'
So what are the risks of being attacked by the ground?
'Virtually impossible,' he says. 'Fewer than 40 jumpers were killed last year. In the same period, 1,200 people required medical treatment after being bitten by other people in New York.'
But that is precious little consolation when that planet comes speeding into view.

It's the year of the Pig.

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I believe they use a system in South Africa that uses electricity to repel sharks.

I don't have any links i'm afraid.

It is a device known as the SharkPOD but appears to have only limited success.


Edit : Just noticed this link appears earlier in the thread.

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It is a device known as the SharkPOD but appears to have only limited success.

Like when the batteries go flat?

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It's the year of the Pig.