What are the chances of being bit by a shark? (82)
t84rodNaperville, Illinois USA5 Threads 1 Polls 108 PostsI do love swimming in lakes, waterparks, and my back yard pool, yet I am terrified of the ocean because of sharks. 
I once fell off a jet ski while on vacation, and just about had a feking heart attack. I literally experienced a full blown panic attack!
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Read the scammer info provided. 
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jac_the_gripper: Read the scammer info provided.
I don't have a response. I must be slow or brain dead. ------ This thread is Archived ------
t84rod: I don't have a response. I must be slow or brain dead.
Scammers, sharks, being bitten...
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jac_the_gripper: Scammers, sharks, being bitten...
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me, not a chance don't live anywhere around an ocean...oh wait...I have some ocean front property in Oklahoma for sale if anyone's interested 
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Years ago I spent a week on Grand Bahama Island and we went snorkling every day in the Gulf Stream which flows around the island. I saw many sharks cruising the bottom about 50 feet below me. None of them ever came up to have a look at me.
I was with another guy and we were dilly dallying around for hours about a half mile offshore when we noticed we had drifted to the west side of the island and the current was taking us out past the end of the island. If we allowed ourselves to get taken any further we would have been screwed. I never swam so hard in my life to get to the island before being swept away with the current. If I wasn't wearing flippers I never would have made it. I had to swim against a 3 knot current.
I was with another guy and we were dilly dallying around for hours about a half mile offshore when we noticed we had drifted to the west side of the island and the current was taking us out past the end of the island. If we allowed ourselves to get taken any further we would have been screwed. I never swam so hard in my life to get to the island before being swept away with the current. If I wasn't wearing flippers I never would have made it. I had to swim against a 3 knot current.
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In response to: I do love swimming in lakes, waterparks, and my back yard pool, yet I am terrified of the ocean because of sharks. I once fell off a jet ski while on vacation, and just about had a feking heart attack. I literally experienced a full blown panic attack!
According to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File you have a one in 11.5 million chance of being attacked by a shark. Unless of course you surf in Australia in which case you're shark bait.
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ooby_dooby: Years ago I spent a week on Grand Bahama Island and we went snorkling every day in the Gulf Stream which flows around the island. I saw many sharks cruising the bottom about 50 feet below me. None of them ever came up to have a look at me.
I was with another guy and we were dilly dallying around for hours about a half mile offshore when we noticed we had drifted to the west side of the island and the current was taking us out past the end of the island. If we allowed ourselves to get taken any further we would have been screwed. I never swam so hard in my life to get to the island before being swept away with the current. If I wasn't wearing flippers I never would have made it. I had to swim against a 3 knot current.
I was with another guy and we were dilly dallying around for hours about a half mile offshore when we noticed we had drifted to the west side of the island and the current was taking us out past the end of the island. If we allowed ourselves to get taken any further we would have been screwed. I never swam so hard in my life to get to the island before being swept away with the current. If I wasn't wearing flippers I never would have made it. I had to swim against a 3 knot current.
Besides, sharks do have a taste for gourmet food.
I was reading that for crocodriles though.
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justjim63: According to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File you have a one in 11.5 million chance of being attacked by a shark. Unless of course you surf in Australia in which case you're shark bait.
Yes, I think there's a better chance of being struck by lightning.
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I've never been the same, swimming in the ocean.....since JAWS!! 
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psygnar: i dont swim. i sink like a rock
You'd be great shark bait then...
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I used to swim in surf all summer. One day I was walking about knee deep and stepped on something odd. When the waters pulled back I looked down and my foot was in the mouth of a dead shark that had washed up.
The op said he liked fresh water in U.S. Bull sharks, by far the most aggressive species in U.S. can swin hundreds of miles inland. For some reason I've forgotten they tolerate fresh water.
The op said he liked fresh water in U.S. Bull sharks, by far the most aggressive species in U.S. can swin hundreds of miles inland. For some reason I've forgotten they tolerate fresh water.
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psygnar: i was thinking more like giant squid bait cz id sink all the way to the bottom
I'd rather be attacked by an octopus than a shark any day...
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raphael119: I used to swim in surf all summer. One day I was walking about knee deep and stepped on something odd. When the waters pulled back I looked down and my foot was in the mouth of a dead shark that had washed up.
The op said he liked fresh water in U.S. Bull sharks, by far the most aggressive species in U.S. can swin hundreds of miles inland. For some reason I've forgotten they tolerate fresh water.
The op said he liked fresh water in U.S. Bull sharks, by far the most aggressive species in U.S. can swin hundreds of miles inland. For some reason I've forgotten they tolerate fresh water.
Gawd....if that had happened to me, I'd be screaming, running, jumpin....doing a mental, really, all the way back to land
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BerrySmoothie: Gawd....if that had happened to me, I'd be screaming, running, jumpin....doing a mental, really, all the way back to land
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