Oops !!

[Capmaster]

[g_shocker182]

heh

[teegee420]

I would SO be shitting bricks if that were me!

[devinemi83]

The tail kinda reminds me of a dolphin more than a shark, but yeah seeing that I too would shit a brick. The wetsuit would have to be tossed LOL

[shoozleboy]

Hey Cap - don't you have some thermo-nuclear devices you should be watching??

[Capmaster]

Hey Cap - don't you have some thermo-nuclear devices you should be watching??

I brought 'em home and I'm playing with 'em in the garage, hee hee
If I were that surfer, Jesus wouldn't be the only one walking on water. I'd be running across the surface

[jeex]

this is a completely worthless thread.. if you have trash to post put it in the word association thread.

[Capmaster]

this is a completely worthless thread.. if you have trash to post put it in the word association thread.

I wouldn't want to lower the already high standards here in the off-topic forum

[pacmania_2001]

Looks more like a dolphin to me. If you go swimming on the Gold Coast at certain beaches you'll sometimes see packs of dolphins riding the waves close to the beach. If it was a shark though I'd be shitting my pants and hoping it wasn't one of the types that doesn't have a problem taking a bite of humans.

Is it true that in America you don't use shark-nets to prevent sharks from coming into your beaches?

[Capmaster]

You could tell by looking at the tail ....a shark has a vertical tail and a dolphin, like other mammals like the whale, has a horizontal tail. But would you want to get close enough to inspect it?

[BobV]

jeex, loose your signature it makes you look 12. Or are you trying to tell us that you are our soon to be baby brother or baby sister??

(really if your a kid I'll drop this right here)

just another meaningless off topic post

[BobV]

teengee, from what move is your signature?

[hech54]

Is it true that in America you don't use shark-nets to prevent sharks from coming into your beaches?

As far as I know.....NO shark nets. We don't have the shark "problems" that Oz has. Well at least NOT to the extent Oz has. We also have very few Great Whites on our East Coast beaches. The majority of those that inhabit waters near The U.S. are on the West Coast.
We also don't have Box Jellyfish or the Fear Snake either.
The funniest Crocodile Hunter episode I ever saw though was his visit to Rattlesnake country here in the U.S.....he accidentally found himself surrounded by rattlesnakes and got very panicky all of a sudden. He actually swore at the cameraman to get the hell out of the way. The cameraman was blocking his only way out...
What was that line in Absence of Malice?...It's a shark that walks up and bites a cop on the ass...all the rest are just fish. And the girl writing the article jokingly says "Ok...FISH infested waters"...

[pacmania_2001]

As far as I know.....NO shark nets. We don't have the shark "problems" that Oz has. Well at least NOT to the extent Oz has.

Damn, another thing Baywatch misrepresents.

We also don't have Box Jellyfish or the Fear Snake either.

Box Jellyfish are a small problem because they only affect a small area of our coastline, the same I believe with most other dangerous marine life we have like the Blue Ringed Octopus and the Stone Fish.

The scariest thing I've been close to in all my years of swimming was when I was on Stradbroke Island (ferry ride from the east coast so not far off the coast) with mates and trying to show off that I was the best swimmer I swam out to the shark nets. As I was just about to touch the buoy this big shadow passes just on the other side of the net.

Needless to say I made it back to the jetty in record time. I think it was either a giant turtle or a medium sized shark.

The funniest Crocodile Hunter episode I ever saw though was his visit to Rattlesnake country here in the U.S.....he accidentally found himself surrounded by rattlesnakes and got very panicky all of a sudden. He actually swore at the cameraman to get the hell out of the way. The cameraman was blocking his only way out...

Good old Steve, nice bloke but not a brain cell to be seen.

[shoozleboy]

The last problem I heard of with sharks in the US was the Bull Shark (not sure of that name, but I think that's what it was called).

Around the Florida coast, from the Gulf all the way around and up to the Carolinas... There was a large amount of them being detected and some of them were swimming real close to the beach line. There were a number of bite incidents and even a death or two, if I recall... Someone who lives in that area would know more about it....

I heard something about this particular shark can swim in as little as 18 inches of water, thus explaining why they were so close to the shore line....

It was a couple of years ago that they were making a big fuss about it.. I don't remember all the details...

Honestly, I never knew that anyone used shark nets to keep them away from the beaches.... they would have to be pretty big nets or setups of nets to be effective... that's interesting.

[pacmania_2001]

http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/2920.html

That explains how shark protection works for the Australian state of Queensland.

[hech54]

When I was in Melbourne....the woman who was "putting us up" for a week came into the living room with this can of spray CRAP stinking up the whole room. I asked her what the hell she was doing. She tells me she saw a spider run under the entertainment center. So I go get a Kleenex...grab the spider and flush it.
She looked at me in horror after I told her I took care of the spider and she replied "We don't just go and grab spiders here in Australia".
Maybe it was a paranoid woman talking....not sure....but she seemed somewhat serious. There aint much that is NOT poisonous in Oz....but on the other hand...one of the most poisonous spiders in America is also one of the most common ones....the "daddy long-legger"....but it's mouth is too small to bite a human. If more people in America only knew that..

[shoozleboy]

http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/2920.html

That explains how shark protection works for the Australian state of Queensland.

I always love those "not to scale" disclaimers in the drawings !!

The shark looks like one from a cartoon!

Just out of curiousity - what sharks are most abundent in your part of the world?

[teegee420]

teengee, from what move is your signature?

Kill Bill Vol. I

[pacmania_2001]

Just out of curiousity - what sharks are most abundent in your part of the world?

Their is about 20 species of dangerous sharks in Australia but the most common to attack people causing injury or death are the Bull Shark, the White Pointer (Jaws), the Tiger Shark and the Dusky Whales Shark.

Source: Queensland Museum

Did some further searching on the internet and was lead to the photographers official site where he confirms it is a dolphin not a shark.

When I was in Melbourne....the woman who was "putting us up" for a week came into the living room with this can of spray CRAP stinking up the whole room. I asked her what the hell she was doing. She tells me she saw a spider run under the entertainment center. So I go get a Kleenex...grab the spider and flush it.
She looked at me in horror after I told her I took care of the spider and she replied "We don't just go and grab spiders here in Australia".
Maybe it was a paranoid woman talking....not sure....but she seemed somewhat serious. There aint much that is NOT poisonous in Oz....but on the other hand...one of the most poisonous spiders in America is also one of the most common ones....the "daddy long-legger"....but it's mouth is too small to bite a human. If more people in America only knew that.

"Spray crap" = Fly/Insect Repellent Spray. Don't you Americans have that?

As for grabbing the spider I wouldn't grab anything that has the potential to bite me, fatal or not. Their are only four venomous spiders that are commonly found in Australia, the Redback Spider, the Funnel Web Spider, the Mouse Spider and the Brown Spider. Even then, most bites from them don't cause death or even major injuries, usually the result is a blister, nausea, local pain etc.

Most people here just kill Spiders by squashing them with a rolled up book or a shoe.

The Daddy Long Legs Spider is actually a good spider to have around the house as it kills other spiders and pests. Alot of other Spiders also are useful when it comes to eradicating other insects and pests from around the house.

[Rookie64]

Damn, another thing Baywatch misrepresents.

They shot the series on location in Hawaii - my cousin used to be part of the crew.

I don't think anyone notices accuracy when it comes to plotlines, especially in a ridiculous show like Baywatch - give you one guess why that one has lasted as long as it has

[pacmania_2001]

Damn, another thing Baywatch misrepresents.

They shot the series on location in Hawaii - my cousin used to be part of the crew.

I don't think anyone notices accuracy when it comes to plotlines, especially in a ridiculous show like Baywatch - give you one guess why that one has lasted as long as it has

Is it the gritty, realistic, well written plots? What about the oscar-worthy acting? No..?

I remember the battle between Queensland and Hawaii into trying to win over the producers into filming the series in their state. Would have been good if Queensland had of won, would have only been a short trip for me to go have a perve on them filming the beach scenes.

[Capmaster]

Damn, another thing Baywatch misrepresents.

They shot the series on location in Hawaii - my cousin used to be part of the crew.

I don't think anyone notices accuracy when it comes to plotlines, especially in a ridiculous show like Baywatch - give you one guess why that one has lasted as long as it has

Is it the gritty, realistic, well written plots? What about the oscar-worthy acting? No..?

I remember the battle between Queensland and Hawaii into trying to win over the producers into filming the series in their state. Would have been good if Queensland had of won, would have only been a short trip for me to go have a perve on them filming the beach scenes.

Picture yourself sitting there on a lawn chair, sipping a Foster's, watching take after take of beautiful babes running down the beach in skimpy thongs. Could life get any better?

[pacmania_2001]

And I could have got a job applying sunscreen to the chicks.

Damn you Queensland government for not providing enough incentives.

[fmctm1sw]

Did some further searching on the internet and was lead to the photographers official site where he confirms it is a dolphin not a shark.

Dolphin or not, I'd be $hitting bricks as well....

[pacmania_2001]

If it was a dolphin I wouldn't be shitting bricks. I'd still stay away so that they don't get hurt though.

[hech54]

I saw a special on Baywatch aired in the U.S. which said that a town in Oz fought to NOT have Baywatch filmed there. I thought that was pretty cool....NOT giving in.
You guys do know that Hasselhoff is a HUGE hit in Germany right?....as a singer? It's true....believe it or not. If anyone wants me to send them a Hasselhoff CD or two let me know...

[pacmania_2001]

http://baywatchtv.tripod.com/articles/clippings1.htm

Pretty much tells the story of Baywatch moving from California to New South Wales to Queensland then to Hawaii.

[teegee420]

You know, I would say this thread has gone way off topic. But that would imply there was ever a topic to begin with. :P

[pacmania_2001]

Another close encounter.



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