Did anyone watch Dirty Jobs during Shark Week when one of Mike Rowe's producers/camera man or whatever got half of his calf bitten off by a shark?

greatness


Sure, toss the nurse shark back in the ocean, but if it was someone's dog that was attached to his abdomen it would have been given a sleepy time shot.


/likes sharks

Nurse Sharks can be found lying on the ocean bottom.
Divers are unable to resist screwing with them.
If you annoy them enough, they'll latch on to you.
They have very tiny teeth but they have jaws like a pit bull.

"The shark was tossed back into the ocean and quickly swam away," the Sheriff's Office said.

That doesn't sound like a bad idea at all.

"locked on"

I assume they were talking about the lasers.

Darwin muses.
Yeah, swimming near free food in the surf next to a fishing pier - pure Darwin.

Butterflew: Sure, toss the nurse shark back in the ocean, but if it was someone's dog that was attached to his abdomen it would have been given a sleepy time shot.

Dogs have owners and can be trained. When you're in the ocean, you assume the risk...

TxRabbit: "locked on"

I assume they were talking about the lasers.

Win.

Classic:

"A well-aimed punch by a Broward Fire-Rescue lieutenant forced the 3- to 4-foot-long shark to release its grip..."

Nice punch!

// Glad we have Chuck Norris in our Fire Rescue department.

We're gonna need a bigger teenager!

Nom, nom, nom ....

i told u i was hardcore

/Let's get revenge by having sushi for dinner!

Finally something that teenagers are good for--shark bait.

Crikey.

Sensationalist media at work!
It's just a nurse shark, the kid basically got a big hickey.

But whatever, scare everyone out of the water - more reef for me!

/decided against petting the 7' nurse shark off Deerfield Beach
//wishes he didn't have to risk Miami traffic - facing death every day!

tortilla burger: ...I'M A SHAAAAAAARK!

BITE ME.

I call the big one "bitey"

"A well-aimed punch by a Broward Fire-Rescue lieutenant forced the 3- to 4-foot-long shark to release its grip before it could do any serious damage to the teen."

Nurse sharks are not Jaws, the filter seawater through tiny teeth. They sure do look like a shark though. I let my kids swim with one this summer near Stingray City in the Caymans and my little boy still talks about it in the same way Robert Shaw's character in Jaws talked about the Indianapolis - "Three kids go into the water, three kids come out."

They didn't have much for the Moray Eels though. Now there is something you don't want latched onto you, their teeth are reversed and positively locked once they clamp down.

We need a picture of this.

Imagine the photoshop potential.

Holy crap, if I had this guy about to punch me, I'd let go too.

Sorry, one more... this one has video goodness

nobodycaneatfiftyeggs: They said "Jews of Life" in the article.

How would that work?

"The power of Jehovah compels you! The power of Jehovah compels you!"

Shark locked onto abdomen?

Try Ron Popeil's Shark Key!^TM

He picked the shark up out of the water before it bit him??
Great idea.
Here, I'll just strangle you for a few seconds MrShark, now swim away after I let go, ya love me right?

JurassFinishFirst: TxRabbit: "locked on"

I assume they were talking about the lasers.

Win.

this.

HRPuffinStuff: We need a picture of this.

Imagine the photoshop potential.


It is not really rare.
This is how it starts:

Quick! Get the Shark Repellant Bat Canister?

And not one person at the beach was thoughtful enough to take a picture when the shark was still attached to the kid? That's farkin bullshxt

I'd rather be naked in a small swimming pool with 200 Nurse Sharks
than in a kayak when this guy is in the neighborhood.

pain heals, chicks dig scars, and glory lasts forever...

/instant chick magnet

Butterflew
Did anyone watch Dirty Jobs during Shark Week when one of Mike Rowe's producers/camera man or whatever got half of his calf bitten off by a shark?

Are you talking about this? Real link this time

*shakes fist @ Capn Sissypants*

HRPuffinStuff: Sorry, one more... this one has video goodness

"I think this one was just ascairt..."

I'm ascairt of my country's future.

Also from the video (paraphrased) "This was a case of a person trying to help an animal in distress... it was a panic reaction"

The kid stopped trying to help the shark and became an asshat when he carried a bottom-dwelling sea creature to the surface so he could "show his friends". Little braggart got what he deserved.

"Shark Bait!! OO HA HA!!"

Gypsy...are you on top of Mount Wannahockaloogee?

anyone else catch the irony of them using the jaws of life on a shark?

Humbero Brenes inconsolable

/NOOO NOT MY CHAAAAARK!!!!!

Link
This

Take that shark!

Spiffjiggins:

"A well-aimed punch by a Broward Fire-Rescue lieutenant forced the 3- to 4-foot-long shark to release its grip before it could do any serious damage to the teen."



Your shark-grip is useless against my eagle-claw!

Poopspasm: Finally something that teenagers are good for--shark bait.

Also jailbait.

Mart Laar's beard shaver: Nom, nom, nom ....

U O ME 1 keyboard!

Gladstell
Thanks for the (real)link

If humans can eat Shark Bites, I don't see they problem with a little reciprocity. I always held the great white flavor above all of the others (jawsome!). How about anyone else, wasn't there something thrilling about popping the mystery flavor into your mouth during recess that just didn't come from eating the lemon or cherry?