Shark attack!
12 February 2004 13:01![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
denNews services are full of stories about the latest shark attack, where the bloke drove to the surf lifesaving club with the wobbegong shark attached to his leg
Wobbegongs are not known for their attacks. They're better known as "hake" when they're encased in batter and deep fried. You really have to work at getting attacked by a wobbegong, almost to the point where you have to kick one in the face to make it bite you. People generally don't report wobbegong attacks. It's almost as embarrassing as being trapped in a wombat hole when the wombat presses its bum up against the roof and crushes you.
Australia is that kind of place.
Wobbegongs are not known for their attacks. They're better known as "hake" when they're encased in batter and deep fried. You really have to work at getting attacked by a wobbegong, almost to the point where you have to kick one in the face to make it bite you. People generally don't report wobbegong attacks. It's almost as embarrassing as being trapped in a wombat hole when the wombat presses its bum up against the roof and crushes you.
Australia is that kind of place.
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Date: 12 Feb 2004 03:10 (UTC)From now on it's *NOT* an Australian shark attack until an extreme athletic professional surfer or something (Like Tony Hawk, for example) is hauled dying onto the deck of a trawler and dies gasping "Had to beat the bloody thing off me with the stump of me severed left arm, matey, aaaaaaaaaargggh! Had eyes like dinner plates and four rows of gnashers! Oh the horror!" . Or something like that,and really winds up dead. and if they can prove the shark *didn't* mistake the person for a seal, then maybe they have a case. But how do you try a fish? That aside:D......
This sort of thing just scares people into killing off innocent members of safe shark species so other people can feel safe even if they have never been in water over their heads at the beach all their lives!
Ok, I'll quit ranting while I am ahead:).