I get a little suspicious of the accuracy of a story from a TV station in Cincinnati, Ohio, whose source is a story from a New Zealand newspaper, about something that happened to a Canadian tourist in the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean. Truly a globe spanning story.
EDIT: Going to the New Zealand Herald, their story just seems to be a copy of the story in the Daily Telegraph of London, England, written by one of their U.S. correspondents. That is at least a British territory, so it sort of works. Information seems largely the same as in the Turks and Caicos Weekly, so maybe the story is accurate.
This is the exact route Ethan Hunt takes in Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
Don’t know how he didn’t make it to Cincinnati in the first film
So I heard from Joe’s best friend’s brother-in-law that Bill lost $600 in a one handed chainsaw competition…
Thank you Simone.
Sorry, but I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who fucks with an animal; wild or otherwise.
are you vegan?
IIRC Cardassians are fungivores. I. E. they only eat mushrooms/ fungi. Not sure if that would qualify as Vegan though since those aren’t “plants.”
Wait, really? I don’t remember anything about Cardassian cuisine from DS9.
It has been determined that the tourist had attempted to engage with the animal from the shallows in an attempt to take photographs
The information is pretty scant but it sounds like maybe she was splashing around trying to get its attention.
It’s really sad honestly. She’s a double amputee now, and later in life so not likely to get a fancy new prosthetic.
Bull sharks are no joke. They’re not as huge and scary as great whites but they’re aggressive, and can operate in fresh water as well as salt water. Jeremy Wade did an episode on them in river monsters. Artificial canal estates tend to be infested with them.
I think the local authorities have some culpability in this. If you have sharks literally prowling around beaches full of clueless tourists then you have to close the beach. That’s what we do at popular beaches in Australia when a shark is spotted.
So do they just say you can’t go in the water, or do they close the beach sandy area because people are idiots?
They close the sandy area in most cases.
here’s a predator that has existed for many many many millions of years because they’re so good at killing. I’m gonna try to take a picture of it! That seems like a great idea! /s
Other beachgoers saved the woman from an even worse fate, with her husband scaring off the shark after the attack and strangers gathering around her and using their clothes to slow the bleeding.
I dunno, I think I’d rather die than spend the rest of my life with no hands.
I’m pretty certain you’d get accustomed pretty quickly
Humans are amazingly adaptive
I don’t know about that. I have a chronic medical condition which affects my muscles; I’ve adapted, but it took a long time and I still hate it.
How traumatizing for everyone involved.
To be fair, aside from approaching a bull shark, she did everything correct. Low heart rate, calm, etc… If prosthetics were only 20 years more advanced, she wouldn’t be permanently crippled by this injury.
From what source are you basing the detail “low heart rate, calm”? The OP article mentions nothing about the woman’s state other than her immediate trauma.
Only took an hour for someone to question my believable, but entirely unsubstantiated, claim. You win the prize!
That is a response, not an answer. What is the source of your information concerning the woman’s heart rate and demeanour?
Check out the username.
(You also win the prize)
(Thanks, I dig your game)
Having checked, am awaiting answer.
I understand that Gullible@sh.itjust.works/IndescribablySad@threads.net is operated by someone with nothing to give the world other than sugar-spun wit.
It doesn’t answer the question though.
OMG, is the phone ok?
And that, my friends, is why you need a selfie stick. <insert 90’s commercial end sound>
🎵 Get your selfie stick
Grab a stick of juicy fruit
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“Sure, let’s get to the hospital, but first? Lemme take a stumpy.”
People need to leave wild animals alone. Especially if they have zero knowledge of what kind of animal they are engaging with. Reminds me of that video where this dude picks up a blue ringed octopus. The animal looks cute but is very very dangerous. He was very lucky that he didn’t get stung. The venom would have paralyzed him and stop his ability to breathe. Wouldn’t even be able to close his eyes.
What a total asshole! For a selfie!
It’s a simple fact of human nature that some of use will never learn to leave shit alone.
It’s honestly kind of horrific
