Fact Or Fallacy - Animals Attract Sharks

[Derek_Bullock]

Yesterdays shark attack at Amity Point has raised an age old debate - do animals in the water attract sharks. Well known shark expert Rodney Fox today commented on it.


The fact the woman was swimming with an animal and late in the afternoon could have contributed to the shark attack, he said.

"It's known ... not to swim with animals - I don't know how much that contributed in this particular case but it's a certainly one of the guidelines," Mr Fox said.

What are your views ? ? ? ? ?

Cheers

Derek

[straddie]

Heya Derek

The details I have seen are very muddy, reports have had the attack ranging from the rainbow channel to flinders beach and there was also mention she may have been spear fishing.

I do know when I read a dog was swimming with her it got a response from me, it was something I was told to never do from a very young age. Is it an old wives tale? don't know but I do know quite a few dogs have been taken in a very short space of them entering the water in areas where people often swim.

[brentasauros]

Yes it made me wonder if the dog helped attract the shark also. The fact that their was potential victims outside her at the time. I feel sorry for the dog and all the family of the poor girl.

[thumps]

late in the afternoon?????

well known time for Shark attack...and more fish activity..(who doesn't fish low light options)


animals????

have a stronger odour than humans in the water...are smaller size and appear a better "mouthful" and make more subsurface noise due to their body shape and the way the move in the water..ie 4 legs make more noise than two


put them together...and i think you have an answer

[ssab1]

tend to agree with thumps, dogs swimming action is quite vibratory could send signals of distress to shark.who knows very sad event.

[Darryl]

If that's the case then why didn't it eat the dog?

[brentasauros]

because..there..was..no..dog

btw..no..spacebar...hence.......... ::)

[ssab1]

we will never know crestcutter.. maybe sighted girl first..never said sharks are partial to dogs only that swimming action likely to attract em.have you ever slapped the water to attract yellas or clicked metal to attract eels..try it.cheers alex

[robersl]

i was told never to swim with the dog as they attack sharks from a young age also know of a dog taken at clontarf ramp as well

[Darryl]

Yeah i know you didn't say they were partial to dogs Alex but was just wondering why wouldn't the shark concentrate on that particular noise or smell and not detour off to another target?Especially after swimming past swimmers that were further out?

Not having a go bud......


Rex.....It's.....All........good......mate.... lol :D

[rabbitohbill]

dog/ furseal with a tail?

[Skipsta]

You maybe right, but the victim did not have a dog at all. That is another example of the media who lacking the facts will latch onto any half snippet of anything that comes the way when the full story is not available to them >:(

[fourfingers]

When we went to cape york the locals told us to take a dog on our travels and when we wanted to cross a creek or river to throw a ball and let the dog retreive it to see if there were any crocs about. Crocs love dogs, so they say!!!

Tony

[skippa]

What are your views ? ? ? ? ?

Cheers

Derek


Fact or fiction Derek I dunno, but we where always taught from a young age never to swim with animals where sharks are know to frequent. Could be the way they swim, their smell or their size but it would be interesting to see some data.


cheers,
Tony 8-)

[bungie]

Last report I heard was it was three bull sharks. And the police are investigating ....... what they gonna do, snorkel and flippers interrogating the local cod father ??

[fishingnottake]

Yeah i know you didn't say they were partial to dogs Alex but was just wondering why wouldn't the shark concentrate on that particular noise or smell and not detour off to another target?Especially after swimming past swimmers that were further out?

Not having a go bud...... #


Rex.....It's.....All........good......mate.... lol #:D
dog could work like qa witch doctor for marlin, gets them in and excited.

[Darryl]

Lmao @ the Cod Father...It's a joke , they have one drum line out and expect to catch the exact three bullsharks that did it. :-/

Could be right Fishingnottaken...

[DICER]

even catfish take dogs in europe - beware of walking your poodle; one old lady had hers on a leash when it was taken... :o

[Jew_Chaser]

Its a taboo subject but menstruating women should not swim.

jeff

[Louis]

Just as a matter of interest.

I believe that quite a few dogs go missing each year from houses backing onto the canals on the Gold Coast.

Apparantly some of the dogs like to jump into the water and swim across to other peoples yards etc. and every year a percentage of them are taken by sharks.


Louis

[juicyfruit]

Considerable research has been devoted to finding out what stimuli attract sharks and incite them to attack. Results are mostly inconclusive, but some general principles have been advanced: Certain types of irregular sounds - like those made by a swimmer in trouble or a damaged fish - seem to attract sharks from great distances. Sound, rather than sight or smell, seems to be a shark's primary cue for moving into an area. Some scientific experiments indicate that sharks can distinguish light colors from dark, and that they may even be able to distinguish colors.

Yellow, white, and silver seem to attract sharks. Many divers maintain that clothing, fins, and tanks should be painted in dull colors to avoid shark attacks.

juicy

[Gbanger]

i always thought you couldnt have dogs at the beach because female dogs at that particular time of their doggy menstrual cycle could be dumping blood in the water, without their owners knowing

[MulletMan]

Yeh, there was NO dog involved!
Typical press and the public. there was a dog on the beach but not swimming in the water with the poor girl!

[thumps]

Its a taboo subject but menstruating women should not swim.

jeff



ohhhhhhhhhh pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

[Derek_Bullock]

As a matter of interest, is everyone aware that more people are killed by dogs in Australia than sharks.


Derek

[sf17fisherman]

and how many more on the roads than dogs???

[DICER]

and how many more by smoking....??

[Darryl]

And how many more by the mother in law :o

[skippa]

And how many more by the mother in law :o

I came close mate, but I survived ...... much to her dissapointment I supose ;D

[themisses]

love your work Bungie!!http://www.ausfish.com.au/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/grin.gif
Grin

[themisses]

OOps, meant to send a grin?? Havent got the hang of it all yet!!

[Mick]

Can't compare any other death to sharks attacks...

How many dogs do you see per week and how many cars do you see per week and how many sharks do you see per week? It's apples and oranges. There is no comparison.

As for the mother in law....