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Title: lmMlCMbAgx

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Posted By: Beth On: 12/3/2011

Title: Do Not Kill All Sharks

If you want to really upset the balance of the ocean, killing sharks will do that. Go to The Project Aware website. Learn more about the Eco-system. Man is more dangerous to man.

Posted By: soulsrfndad@gmail.com On: 10/17/2011

Title: What about the land sharks

It's a shame to blame the animal. The truth be told,the water is still safer than the streets after dark. Read your local paper at least you know what the shark will do.

Posted By: SALLY On: 7/23/2011

Title: SHARKS HELL NO

SHARKS ARE THE GARBAGE CANS OF THE OCEAN. THEY EAT EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING. CUTTING OPEN ONE SHARK FOUND TIN CANS AND CHAINS INSIDE!
PARTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND INSIDE OTHER SHARKS. THEY CRUISE THE SHORLINE IN WATER JUST TWO FEET DEEP LOOKING FOR AN EASY MEAL. STAY OUT OF THE WATER! IT'S AN OPEN ZOO!

Posted By: living things On: 5/18/2011

Title: searching god creatures

It remind me in the bible when johna got eaten by the whale and he prayed and god delivered him from the fish belly, it was so amazing to hear about that story. but to put yourself in the shoes of someone who was eaten how horrible you would feel to know that if we pray and ask god to forgive us for our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. He will forgive us. you never know what the outcome would be like. Keep the faith and help people to get out situation that they face today.

Posted By: shark disposer On: 1/4/2011

Title: kill all the sharks

kill all sharks

Posted By: drudown On: 11/21/2010

Title: Rogue Nation

Last night I had a dream that an entire gene pool of Caribbean Tiger sharks (and Oceanic Whitetips?)- I mean, that flow through Caribbean waters year after year, like hemoglobin adheres to the blood. Maybe these Tiger sharks are more apt to consume humans (e.g., in the open ocean) stranded in present times because attendant economic circumstances has historically provided a steady diet of seafaring mishaps, i.e., maritime disasters. Stated differently, the human behavior has created a phenomena that the Tiger shark (and, of course, the Oceanic Whitetip shark) MUST respond to, i.e., it is their ecological niche to "clean up" surplus fauna. No "mistake" there, right? The notion the respective gene pool is becoming more "open" to human predation coincides with the retention of a favorable behavioral trait with virtually no risk of injury to the shark.

Posted By: drudown On: 10/26/2010

Title: Another one bites the dust...

Erasmus Folly, ol boy, looks like we can't even finish our debate before, lo and behold, another human predation event occurs.
Let's see.
Right about now mature sharks are returning to the coast of CA after long migratory journeys.
And they are not only hungry.
But able.

Posted By: Just Natural On: 10/22/2010

Title: Menstruation and Sharks

Go to:
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/isaf/mens.htm
Menstruation and Sharks
Any bodily fluid probably is attractive to sharks. Blood, in any form, may be at the top of the list. The sharks' ability to detect even minute amounts of blood and scents of other organic material is amazing. Several years ago in the Bahamas I observed juvenile blacktip sharks cruising in waist-deep water. We placed a carcass of a filleted fish in the water and watched as several sharks caught scent of the fish and rapidly made a bee-line to the carcass from long distances away. Obviously no movements from the carcass were involved - only smell was used as the sharks weaved back and forth catching the scent of the small (less than a pound) carcass.
Menstrual blood almost certainly can be detected by a shark, and I'm sure urine can be as well. Do we have positive evidence that it is a factor in shark attack? No, and until some menstruating and non-menstruating divers volunteer to take part in a controlled test we'll never prove it. In my opinion it likely is attractive to sharks in certain situations.
Certainly menstruating women are attractive to such smell-oriented animals as dogs. Sharks, with their extreme olfaction abilities, surely are capable of detecting at similar low levels. Does that mean a menstruating woman is setting herself up? No, but if one is attempting to maximize reduction of risks it is one thing that can be avoided.
As of this writing there have been a male:female ratio of 9.2:1, or more than 90% attacks have occurred on males. This reflects a historic pattern of more males engaged in marine aquatic activities, especially those that put humans most at risk, e.g. surfing, diving, long distance swimming, warfare. It in no way can be attributed to sharks "preferring" males over females. In recent years proportionately more females are being attacked because more females are engaging themselves in riskier, formerly males-only activities.
My advice? Don't worry about it. Lots of women safely dive while menstruating. Although we haven't got solid scientific data on the subject, so far we haven't seen any obvious pattern of increased attacks on menstruating women.

Posted By: Just Natural On: 10/22/2010

Title: Advice to Divers Encountering a Shark

Go to: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/isaf/diveradvice.htm
To Read:
Advice to Divers Encountering a Shark
If a shark is sighted, stay calm and maintain your position in as quiet a manner as possible. Most sharks merely are curious and will leave on their own accord. Enjoy your opportunity to see one of nature's most magnificent predators. If you have been spearfishing or abalone gathering and are holding your catch, release the catch and quietly exit the area. It is likely that the shark has been attracted to the sound and smells associated with your activity and it is aroused and interested in consuming your catch. Let it have it - no catch is worth the risk of personal injury.
If a shark begins to get too interested in you by coming closer and closer, the best strategy is to leave the water - swim quickly but smoothly, watching the shark all the time, with your dive partner close at hand. Sharks are less likely to attack a "school" of divers than a solitary individual. If a shark is acting overtly aggressive - making rushes at you, hunching its back, lowering its pectoral (paired side) fins, swimming in a rapid zigzag course, or swimming with rapid up and down movements (sometimes rubbing its belly on the bottom) - look to back up against whatever structure (reef, rock outcropping, piling) is available, thereby reducing the angles with which the shark can approach you. If you are in open water, orient back-to-back with your dive partner and gradually rise to the surface and the safety of your boat. If you are shore diving, gradually descend to the bottom so you can find cover.
Use whatever inanimate equipment (speargun, pole-spear, camera) you have with you to fend off the shark (when diving in known shark-inhabited waters, it is always good to carry a pole or spear for this purpose). If a shark attacks, the best strategy is to hit it on the tip of its nose. This usually results in the shark retreating. If the retreat is far enough away, then human retreat is in order - again, swim quickly but smoothly, watching the shark all the time, with your dive partner close at hand. An aggressive shark often will return, however, and each subsequent hit to the snout will be less effective, so take advantage of any escape opportunities. If you do not have anything to poke with, use your hand, but remember that the mouth is close to the nose, so be accurate!
If a shark actually gets you in its mouth, I advise to be as aggressively defensive as you are able. "Playing dead" does not work. Pound the shark in any way possible. Try to claw at the eyes and gill openings, two very sensitive areas. Once released, do all you can to exit the water as quickly as possible because with your blood in the water, the shark very well could return for a repeat attack.

Posted By: Fred Schaefer On: 10/17/2010

Title: Fred

I have lived in the Bahamas over 55 years and watch the area in front of my home on
the beach like someone looking for a lost friend. It is a fact that the loss of fish
populations in the oceans have drawn the big sharks in behind the reefs and closer
to our Bahamian shores. As far as killing too many sharks let me suggest from my experience with them - kill the big ones and leave the nurse and reef sharks to clean the bottom. I now have a 11 ft bull shark that roams the flat channel near my shore and keeps me completely on edge while I try a swim - gone are the days of twenty years ago when we only saw an occasional four or five foot reef or nurse shark.

Posted By: drudown On: 10/15/2010

Title:

"So hot? My poor little sir." - Emerson
If you don't agree with the truth, that is your choice; I find it humorous you cannot see how your self-perceived morality taints your reality.
(sigh.)
"So be it." - the Emperor

Posted By: Erasmus Folly On: 10/12/2010

Title: @drudown

Since you are clearly thick.
Please refer to this university web page, since you don't know how to do real research of your own in the digital age.
I tire of 'debating' obviously stupid and ignorant people like you.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/isaf/isaf.htm
Wake up Bahamas! Ignorance will destroy this country!

Posted By: JIMBO On: 10/3/2010

Title: TO FOLLY

BOY FOLLY YOU ALWAYS ON TOP OF THINGS, BUT FIVE FATAL, NO WAY I'M NOT SURE BUT I KNOW OF COUPLE IN AUSTRALIA. I WORKED AS A SCUBA DIVER FOR MANY YEARS CLEANING AQUARIUMS, WE HAD LIKE 9 SHARK ATTACKS BUT NONE WAS FATAL.

Posted By: tb On: 10/3/2010

Title:

I thought every "Bahamian" knew that sharks only attack live bait?

Posted By: drudown On: 9/27/2010

Title:

@erasmus folly
Gee, looks like another instance of human predation off South Africa this week. Doesn't it seem silly your "facts" are not real facts. Or did the South African poacher drown first and then get eaten by the White shark like you claim here? Just asking.

Posted By: jennifer H On: 9/19/2010

Title: Shooting shark im outraged

why did they have to shoot the shark? theres ways they could empty the sharks stomach without killing it. did even before body parts were discovered. who knows how many sharks this knuckle heads. we are slaughtering sharks at an alarming rate. and there needed for the ecology of the ocean. sharks play a hugh roll . we need sharks in our oceans and we need to stop carelessly killing sharks. we kill alot more sharks that attack us. A tiger shark is being known for being a scavanger. they have found liscense plants in tiger sharks.there saying the man drowned and the shark took the opportunity for a meal. PtlEASE STOP THE KILLING WE NEED OUR SHARKS!!!!!!

Posted By: Erasmus Folly On: 9/18/2010

Title: @drudown

It is still unclear whether the shark ate the man after he had drowned or not? The term 'killer' refers to an act of 'killing'. If the ocean killed the man and then the shark ate his corpse, the shark in question is not a killer. Last year, over the whole world, there were 5 fatal shark attacks. Humans killed hundreds of thousands of sharks. We are the killers. Get some facts straight.

Posted By: drudown On: 9/18/2010

Title:

@Julie
Let me point out some of your glaring misstatements and erroneous views. As a threshold matter, I don’t have to “prove” that sharks are man-eaters any more than I have to prove a jar is a jar. Tiger sharks have ALWAYS been documented to eat people. This story provides direct evidence that Tigers sharks eat humans. That is evidence that irrevocably disproves the opposite, i.e., sharks are not man-eaters. Surely you cannot “disprove” that Lloyd Skinner was attacked and eaten by a man-eating shark. So, you are like a religious person prating on and on that the Bible proves the world is flat. Second, I find it disheartening you think a dispassionate acceptance of the Tiger shark’s man-eating propensities (i.e., as an opportunistic, generalist feeder) is somehow mutually exclusive with conservation. That is absurd. Equally inapt is your suggestion that statistical infrequency of a known, observable phenomenon (human predation) somehow “proves” sharks “don’t really want to eat us when they eat us because there are so many instances that they don’t eat us.” Riveting analysis, but hardly factual or scientific. You are trying to condition the readers to see sharks in a misunderstood light to improve their “public image”. Lady, you do what you feel your calling is. But to try to “call me out” as being “uneducated” for refusing to drink the psuedo—scientific agenda that (the argument goes) must be advanced to “save” the sharks. Do you really expect me to believe White shark populations are “down 90%” because you say so? That is just flat out false. Either way- conservation, public policy, moral duty- none of this affects (infects?) my sociobiological analysis. As an aside, if someone spent their professional lives championing the theory of “mistaken identity”, from a “scientific” perspective, considering it is not even subject to the “scientific method” it may very well be a waste of time. The very premise is foolish. Tell me, does it not render the shark’s lateral lines, ampullae of lorenzini, smell, hearing and bumps a nullity? I forgot. Sharks don’t know what humans are! That makes perfect sense. If attempting to impugn my credibility by such means advances your “cause”, so be it, but you know what I say is true.

Posted By: Satmonger On: 9/17/2010

Title: Something is Fishey

I am a long time fisherman, fished the Bahamas for years. Was an oil field diver for 18 years, been attacked by numerous sharks. I have caught literally hundreds of sharks. I have caught 12' tiger sharks. The reporter may have incorrectly reported this story. If not then this story does not add up. If they are gouper fishing they are bottem fishing in a thousand foot of water? Bahamians don't travel 40 miles to bottem fish in a thousand foot of water. A 12' Tiger Shark takes a long time to land on rod and reel. There is no way he could reel in a grouper so fast that a 12' tiger shark could not catch him. A 12' tiger does not just feel heavy he will pull hard and take drag or break your line. It would take you 30-60 minutes to land such a brute. Their story of catching this Tiger is either reported incorrectly or it is a lie.

Posted By: Wilmore whenburon Fowler Jr. On: 9/15/2010

Title: Where is he?

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Posted By: me On: 9/15/2010

Title: I was ok with the story...

...until I read the part that they shot the shark BEFORE they knew he had eaten someone. Now I'm not ok with it. Very sad there are people just shooting sharks for no reason!

Posted By: Avando On: 9/14/2010

Title:

This is just a stroke of luck for the family of the missing fishermans family if it happens to be the family member that is missing . It will probably be determined by the dna. there willbe some kind of closure for that Particular family.

Posted By: Julie Wright On: 9/14/2010

Title: Facts?What facts?

All shark related articles interest me,but I was dubious about this one when seeing the "killer shark" headline,as the world media has a knack for exaggeration when reporting any human/shark incident.Let's face it,sensation sells newspapers!
After reading,I had mixed feelings:
-I found it unfortunate that this shark should be found in Bahamas' waters with human remains inside it,given the ongoing debate on possible shark fishing/finning activities there as outlined in another article in the same newspaper.
-I was saddened to learn that it was shot to death by fishermen.With up to 90% of the world's sharks having disappeared,each individual is important for the future of their species.
-I decided to keep an open mind about the events leading to a man being found in the shark.Police 'think' he may have drowned,but only a coroner can confirm this.Once he makes his official report,I'm counting on Eileen Carron to inform us of the results in keeping with her duties of non-partial news reporting,impartiality sadly lacking for this headline.
Then I read the comments:
-Obvious shark conservationists outraged by the killing of this animal.
-Compassionate people moved by the death of a man,whatever the circumstances.
-Pro shark people reminding us of the finning debate going down in the Bahamas.
-Others surprised by the biased headline given the relative infrequency of shark attacks worldwide.
-Drudown,who defends the headline & tries,post after post,to prove how sharks are 'man eaters'.
Drudown enjoys reading between lines,turning it around to suit his arguments,then in a mindstaggering flood of multisyllabic words and interminable pseudointellectual phrasing,proves... NOTHING!
He (she)demands facts yet provides none.In each post he calls sharks 'man eater'.This is dangerous provocation.Public awareness is important for a shark conservation campaign-this sensationalism only makes people want more sharks dead.The fact is that many sharks are meat eaters.Man,in his rawest,most basic state consists of muscle &viscera-all men are meat,not all meat is man.
He tells us there's "zero evidence that this shark consumed a dead person",but until the coroner tells us otherwise,there's "zero evidence" that it ate a living person.
Some readers commented on the number of annual shark attacks globally,numbers frequently published particularly by the ISAF,but Drudown sticks to his guns &refutes these "speculative shark statistics" and other "non scientific shark theories(mistaken identity)".Many hours of scientific shark behaviour observation permit the specialists to draw their conclusions-they'll be glad to know they've been wasting their time!!
Drudown's shark observation amounts to a cage-dive,the most artificial situation in which to observe sharks due to the chumming,baiting and regular feeding so caged thrill-seekers dangling off the side of a boat can get their snapshots.To be fair,he did observe one scientifically proven aspect of shark behaviour-a low frequency noise will awake predatory behaviour.To say they went from "'free meal...'mode to 'man eater' mode" again smacks of the sensational,he would have been more objective had he used the term 'predatory mode'.The humans were present all the time yet the sharks showed no desire to eat them.Only when our clever friend made that noise did their behaviour change,but it would-that's how they detect prey.
Drudown insists that we are shark prey:"Humans...naturally occuring prey in Tiger shark's domain"I don't know about him,but my natural inclinations would have me live on dry land,breathe air,that sort of thing!However,I dive.I have un-naturally entered the sharks' domain knowing the risks.I have dived amongst sharks(no cage) yet am here to post this.Not at any time did I feel like prey.
As if to drive home his point that "certain species of sharks are man eaters",he tells us "Tiger sharks are aware of every naturally occuring resource...observed to eat humans (e.g maritime disasters)"As most land & sea predators,sharks have been known to eat carrion-a free & easy meal.Survivors have actually stated that the sharks present took the dead & injured and ignored the healthy ones.This just proves sharks are meat eaters.Tiger sharks are notorious scavengers(proven) and swallow anything,even non edible items:car number plates,a tam-tam among other things.Of other incidents he says "probably 30 attacks","probably Tiger sharks","such an event is ...probable and natural.."even of the deceased human in the news story he says he was "probably trading(sic!)water,very tired.."and that sharks have eaten people "and presumably did so in prehistory" .Of prehistory we have no accounts(pre-before,history-recording of events by writing).Probably?presumably?These words don't convey FACT,yet Drudown is so keen to knock other facts on the head in his desperate attempt to portray sharks in the same way as Ms Carron.
Sharks are sharks,they hunt,kill & scavenge to eat and don't go out of their way to eat human flesh,as forcibly insinuated in this headline &Drudown's comments.

Posted By: Erasmus Folly On: 9/14/2010

Title: @Erin

It is still unclear if the shark ate an already drowned man or not. People are in uproar not over the killing of one shark, but because shark finning has been suggested here in the Bahamas. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Killing sharks simply kills our own oceans. Last year, in the whole world there were 5 fatal shark attacks. Humans killed millions of sharks last year. We are destroying our environment at an alarming rate. The Bahamas is one of the few places that is still relatively pristine. New Providence, Abaco and Grand Bahama have a lot of development, but large parts of the country are still as God made them. But, we have idiots here who are harvesting sea cucumbers en masse. These same idiots want to start shark finning and exporting all the sea urchins for a quick buck. We have a sustainable business model already, it's called tourism. Why would we swap tourism, which can feed us, our kids and our kids' kids instead of a one off profit for one company and two or three investors? Why allow your own way of life to be raped and pillaged for greed and short term profit? It isn't just about one shark. Attitudes in this country need to change. These idiots now want to go for oil. Oil? Read and study about the impact of oil drilling on delicate ecosystems. We are the biggest marine breeding ground for countless species that populate the Atlantic, but our people think this will just be that way no matter what. It won't. We must change our ways or risk losing this beautiful country and beautiful paradise that we are all lucky to call home. Please educate yourself about your country, your environment and the role sharks play. It isn't just one shark. It's a way of thinking.

Posted By: erin On: 9/14/2010

Title: i would kill the shark

The shark ate a human. A life for a life. I pray for the family. The shark deserved to die. It ate their grouped too.

Posted By: Erasmus Folly On: 9/13/2010

Title: @Shark Killa

Your just another ignorant moron. Why are there so many in these beautiful islands? Can we please improve education so that the quality of life can improve here? The biggest annoyance at living in my home country that is a paradise, and the Bahamas is an ecological paradise, is the amount of absolute idiots one has to deal with on a daily basis. Rude, uncouth, ill behaved, ill mannered, uneducated, uncivilized, disgusting, vulgar, foul mouthed and very often inebriated asses. Why? Educate yourselves, elevate yourselves, uplift yourselves... God helps those who help themselves, right? Well, help yourselves my countrymen! Get educated, educate your kids and think, use your God given brains and reason. Stop being a whole bunch of ignoramuses and making all of us look bad in the eyes of the world. We are only third world because we allow ourselves to be that way! Forward, upward, onward, together takes education and work! It doesn't just happen. You don't just get to walk into 'the promised land'. You have to earn it, study for it, work for it and build it. Until we change our 'bad ways', we will continue to be dominated by foreigners and foreign capital, because we don't have our own act in order. Shark Killa, you represent the most ignorant attitude and the very worst of the Bahamas. I am thankful that there aren't more of you, but there are still too many who think like you.

Posted By: Tami Kannenberg On: 9/11/2010

Title: Shoot ot then let it go?

The good thing is someone's missing family member may have been found. But what I don't understand is if they had intended to let the shark go, why shoot it in the head? That was a waste of a life. If you don't plan on eating it, don't kill it.

Posted By: suzanne On: 9/11/2010

Title:

Wow, I can't believe how petty people can be. The shark was a scavenger in the ocean doing it's job, and when people choose to share the ocean they do run the risk of being part of the food chain. In this case the shark fed on a lifeless body, but that still won't make the family feel any better. I would feel better if the shark ate you.

Posted By: Misty hall On: 9/10/2010

Title:

That is so sad. My prayers go out to the family of the deceased. I pray that they find out the identity soon.

Posted By: Jillian Smith On: 9/10/2010

Title: @shark Killer

Your an idiot. Dont tell me about how my grammer is. This article isnt about grammer, who cares if someone makes a mistake, no one is perfect..but you sure think you are. Maybe your spelling mistakes were intentional but maybe 'Megans' were too, and you cant answer me by saying something childish like " no..its obvious she cant spell", well we could all say the same about you.
So shut up and get a life. Your a typical Bahamian.
Oh, by the way, when you mock someone its word to word. You dont mix up what they say.
The only 'joke' here is you.

Posted By: SHARK KILLA On: 9/10/2010

Title: @Jillian Smith

Oh, boy. You sure showed me...
Really? SERIOUSLY? You must be joking or something because I don't know how someone can be that stupid. It's like my entire post just went over your head. You should feel bad.
Sorry, but I disagree. Killing one shark is not a big deal, Jillian Smith, Almighty Champion Defender of the Sharks.
As for my reply to Megan, I know she didn't say that, I was mocking her...that's pretty obvious.
Congratulations, you win the blue ribbon at the Spelling Bee for realizing I spelled 'education' wrong...but once again it's obvious that I was mocking her. No ribbon for you.
'motherTRUCKER'...yes, I chose not to curse because the posting guidelines above forbid it.
'waaaahmbulance'...seriously? You don't get the joke here? Also, who in their right mind would actually think that 'waaaaahmbulance' was the proper way to spell ambulance? Didn't you for a second at least THINK I may have done that intentionally?
Good job, you're retarded. Also, your post contains several grammatical errors, while there isn't a single one in any of mine. How's that for irony?
All I'm asking is that people don't go off on these tangents about dangers to sharks. It has nothing to do with the article. Yes, the men killed a shark, but ultimately it's no big deal.

Posted By: ME On: 9/10/2010

Title: GET OVER IT

ALL OF YOU WHO THINK THESE MEN ARE WRONG MUST BE FROM Another PLANET OR MARINE PEOPLE . GOODBYE SHARK SURELY DIDNT MAKE ME CRY BESIDES THESE MEN WERE HEROS SO STOP RAINING ON THIER PARADE MY CONDOLANCES TO THE FAMILY .

Posted By: Chandra On: 9/9/2010

Title: Why did the Tribune Publisher/Owner Report This???

If a cub reporter did this article I wouldn't have been suprised. But this was written by the owner/publisher of the Tribune. Why is this worth spending your time to write on? Why couldnt a reporter do this? Why is this a headline story?
How is the shark a killer? Did it come on land and hunt down the human? I am very sad to know that we invade habitats for pleasure or hunting and end up causing animals to react to us as prey or defending themselves. Maybe your next headlne should be killer humans who go hunting coots and other creatures. We select what creatures we want to kill to consume. This shark was just looking for food. He didn't do a drive-by bite on the man. I agree. Why shoot the shark THEN let it go? He was not trying to release it. The story should be was the gun lisenced. Another thing Madam Publisher failed to add to her story was the fact that sharks that size take 2/3 days to digest food. So why wasn't there anything to say that since the body wasn't overly decomposed and not yet digested that you have someone who was alive at max two days before the capture? BTW will Mr. Simmons and his team be dealt with by the Dept of Fisheries for their creative way of fishing?

Posted By: mikey dread On: 9/9/2010

Title: rasta from creation

Well mudda sick,da damn shark said," dat could eat"

Posted By: GK On: 9/9/2010

Title: Sharks are not Killers

The title of this article needs to be changed... It should be Killer Fishermen... Fishing is a sport with a rod, line and bait... NOT a SHOTGUN... I am saddened that someone would shoot a shark then notice the findings in its mouth. Shame on these men fishing...

Posted By: Jillian Smith On: 9/9/2010

Title: @SHARK KILLER

You are very callow and absolutley unaware, most of these comments are quite shocking, but i wish there were more people in the world like this..except for SHARK KILLER. Killing one shark is more than enough..especially if the shark was absolutely no threat to these fishermen.
All you seem to think, or care about is your self-you need to grow up.
Dont criticize someone for their grammer, because you are not one to talk;
If you can read..'Megan' did not say "DON'T BE FISHIN IN NO OCEAN, FISHERMEN, DON'T YOU KNOW PLENTY SHARKS IS LERKIN"...
"edumacation"?? i guess this mean education..
"motherTRUCKER" i believe this last word begins with an F
"waaaaahmbulance" I'm pretty sure this is supposed to say ambulance, wow, i think you need to go read a book also.
Let me also quote this from your meaningless comment
"so instead of wasting your time on here trying to sound smart" go get back in your jitney and run a route.
Save the Sharks

Posted By: trigun On: 9/9/2010

Title: he was found

you know some people is so simple a human was found we should be happy that the family will be relive that there loveone was found are we so selfish to notice this blessing he may be dead but hes found the family is relived imaging the familys wishing that that person could be daddy or husbund there suffing could end some people is so selfish to hell with the shark

Posted By: SHARK KILLA On: 9/9/2010

Title: @Erasmus Folly

I am not naive, I understand perfectly well the dangers facing the future of sharks' survival. However, that has absolutely nothing to do with these fishermen killing one shark. It is exactly about killing one shark because that's all that has happened here. You're very aware and opinionated about protecting sharks, good for you. Why don't you go protect the shark in the story? Oh, right, because it's dead. Good job there. Guess what, though? It doesn't make a difference because this shark was not solely responsible for the survival of all sharks. No where in this article does it mention anything about a firm proposing shark finning or anything of the sort. All that matters is what's in the article, nothing else. Nothing. Get over it and stop being so butthurt.
Sharks are worth protecting, so instead of wasting your time on here trying to sound smart talking about all the dangers sharks face today, and scolding a few fishermen for something that is ultimately trivial, you can go out and do something proactive about it.
@Megan
lol u mad? Okay, I know it's pointless to chastise someone on the internet for their grammar and spelling...but my God, man. Learn yourself a book and get an edumacation. I couldn't take you seriously. 'You are so ignorant'? Your entire post is a giant, bittersweet mess of self-humiliating irony. I did laugh, though, so thank you. DON'T BE FISHIN IN NO OCEAN, FISHERMEN, DON'T YOU KNOW PLENTY SHARKS IS LERKIN?? Get some SENCE, motherTRUCKER.
Get over it, people. It ended up being a good thing that they killed the shark. Someone call the waaaaahmbulance.
tl;dr - stick to the topic, no mention of dangers to sharks anywhere in this article

Posted By: Graham Thomson On: 9/9/2010

Title: Can't keep doing this

Sharks are dieing at such a rapid rate and we can't keep killing them at this rate. Hundreds of millions of sharks are killed each year and sharks are necessary for the ecosystems that live in the ocean, that we depend on for survival.

Posted By: Dale Sawyer On: 9/8/2010

Title: Food for thought.

Sharks are very important to the ocean.They eliminate the sick and the weak so that the ocean can maintain healthy and strong fish just the same as a lion is important to the jungle.This is natures plan to keep good genes and to keep the animals strong.Kill all the sharks and see how fast your quality of fish will go down.
Large or small,all of gods creatures play an important role here on earth.God said to love all of his creatures.Waste not ,want not.Kill only what you can eat.

Posted By: Mark Thorpe On: 9/8/2010

Title: Your headline stinks.

Sharks are scavengers, that's what they do. In general to clear up the gene pool therefore providing a healthy stock of fish life. To suggest this was a killer shark hell bent on its craving for human flesh is a clear indication that your rag needs to employ scare tactics and gutter reporting to get readers. As a species we need sharks so much more than they need us! Think about that.

Posted By: MK On: 9/8/2010

Title: Killer Shark?

I don't see anywhere that the shark killed this man except in the headline, the story says that its believed that the man drowned before, so why the misleading headline? to sensationalize the story? that is irresponsible.
There were no clothes on this man and where is the head? could very well be someone feeding him to the shark after being murdered. The fisherman saw the shark on the line and called up for a shotgun? shot the shark several times in the head ... before he spotted the foot in its mouth ... does that make any sense at all?
We kill these animals by millions, drive them out of their natural habitat ... yet once in a while an accident happens and it becomes a headline news without any investigation ... sensationalized headlines all over ... thats unfair, I don't think this was a killer shark ... maybe a starved shark, or a shark with shotgun holes in its head, but not a killer shark.

Posted By: Mike On: 9/8/2010

Title: Shark

Intersting!

Posted By: LMAO On: 9/8/2010

Title: JOKES

JOKES 4 DAYS AT THE COMMENTS

Posted By: Megan On: 9/8/2010

Title: @shark killa

You are so ignorant. What are you talking about "stop freaking out about the men killing a single shark? It's one shark. It's not like they were on a mission to kill every shark in the ocean" ??? Even though it may only be 1 shark..1 shark adds up, and believe it or not there are some people out there whos mission is to kill all the sharks. I dont understand why these KILLER FISHERMEN even had a shot gun, let alone shot the shark before it came out of the water. The shark was no danger to them..they were in the boat and the shark was in the ocean. if they felt at risk..cut the line, dont shoot one of gods creations. A shark is some what something like a human being,put urself in the sharks position- if we feel that someone is invading our teritory, then we will do what we can to protect our selves(some people get there shot gun, and shoot the human trying to break in their house, other call the poilce (thats if they ever arive!). These killer-men(fishermen) need to be charged, they were in no danger and had no right to kill this shark..WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU FISH SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU KNOW PLENTY SHARKS LERK?? Some people really need to learn to appreciate some of the finer things in life
Sharks can be dangerous creatures...but so can we. so think twice before you try to kill ANOTHER shark.
Also, whoever hired some of these journalists for the tribune, needs to think again...how immature and irresponsible for this journalist to name this article "MAN EATEN BY KILLER SHARK", when the article even mentions that they have no idea whether the man was dead or alive when the shark consumed this body. This is how rumors begin..the news.
Come on..get some sence.
KILLER MEN

Posted By: Sam Duncombe On: 9/8/2010

Title: Our lions and tigers

Fisrt of all what an irresponsible headline!
Almost 100 million sharks are being killed in related fishing industries as well as by-catch. 73 million of those in the shark finning industry. 30% of shark species are threatened with extinction. Shark-finning – the practice of catching a shark, slicing off its fins and then discarding the body at sea – takes a tremendous toll on shark populations and sold to the Asian market for the shark fin soup delicacy
Sharks are particularly vulnerable to overfishing. Their slow growth, late maturation, lengthy pregnancies and small litters.
According to Shark Alliance "Humans are the greatest threat to sharks. Humans are not the shark’s natural prey, so although incidents of sharks biting humans are well-publicised, they are extremely rare. Each year, more people are killed by dogs, deer, lightning or falling coconuts – even by vending machines – than by sharks. But by overfishing and shark finning, humans are depleting shark populations around the world at an alarming rate."
Sharks are our lions and tigers of the oceans - the fact that we routinely allow them to be killed in the sports fishing industry underscrores The Bahamas lack of appreciation for the natural world and the sharks important role in the ocean. They deserve their rightful place in the ocean as a part of the web of life. NO SHARK FINNING and NO MORE SHARK FISHING in The Bahamas!

Posted By: Andy On: 9/8/2010

Title: Indiscriminate Killing...

...by humans that is. It's disgusting that the sport fishermen here routinely kill sharks or other bycatch that they don't want. Why shoot the shark with shotgun before "letting it go"!? If you like to fish and would like to continue fishing in the future, be responsible for the health of the ocean!

Posted By: drudown On: 9/8/2010

Title: Myth v. Fact

Myth: humans aren’t on the Tiger shark’s menu. Fact: humans/h. erectus have been a naturally occurring prey item for over 2mm years in the Tiger shark’s domain. Myth: Tiger sharks do not like the taste of human flesh. Fact: Tiger sharks will eat anything, and human being is an edible thing- this photo shows Tigers will eat human flesh. Myth: sharks do not know what humans are and bite humans out of mistake and, unfortunately, often people die from these “investigatory” bites. Fact: Tiger sharks are aware of every naturally occurring resource in their environment and, throughout recorded history, Tiger sharks have been observed to eat humans (e.g., maritime disasters) and presumably did so in prehistory (e.g., early humans rafting to Java). Myth: sharks are unfairly depicted as ‘man-eaters’ because of horror films like JAWS. Fact: Tiger sharks have been documented attacking human swimmers and found with human remains inside of them before JAWS, before conservation and before WWII. In fact, many WWII survivors proffer direct evidence that Tiger sharks attacked and consumed other sailors right before their very eyes.
How then, is the assertion that “a Tiger shark is man-eating shark” not a Scientific fact? How can anyone- irrespective of their “credentials” – impugn the veracity of the Scientific fact that Tiger sharks are, indeed, man-eaters when, as here, a man is inside their stomach? Dead or alive, this shark ate a human being.
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.” - Aesop

Posted By: drudown On: 9/8/2010

Title: @erasmus folly

As a threshold matter, it is disingenuous for somebody to imply another is “beyond naïve” before citing speculative attack statistics that only the most naïve would believe are accurate. Tell me, does the source from which you cite even include the May 4, 07 attacks in the FL straits? There were probably thirty attacks in that incident alone and probably many Tiger sharks stuffed full of people just like this shark. Instead of dispassionately concluding that such an event is a foreseeable, probable and natural result in the open ocean where the generalist feeder Tiger shark patrols, you want to “debate” shark behavior by citing statistics that do not even support your arguments. Even assuming, arguendo, that the statistical infrequency is as low as you claim, it doesn’t “disprove” anything I write, nor does it have any scientific relevance to the threshold inquiry: are Tiger sharks man-eaters? As for your sentiments regarding “our shark policy”, unlike you, I have no vested interest in trying to condition people to see sharks as good, bad or misunderstood. I am simply stating facts and drawing reasonable inferences based on known shark science. As is so often typical of people who invest intelligence in speculative non-scientific shark theories (mistaken identity), you incorrigibly associate anyone who pokes holes in your science with people who want to “kill sharks”. As for going on a shark dive, I posted one of the most famous White shark photos of all time (google “Jaws of attraction”) from a cage dive I did off Guadalupe. I have grabbed a 16ft White shark’s pectoral fin after attracting it to a cage with a metal bolt. The two sharks that were drawn to the sound went from “free meal at the cage dive” mode to “man-eater” mode rather quickly. I recognized a clear transition and was quite amazed how the 2nd White shark came in right after the 1st swam by, just as the two White sharks converged in the famous attack in East London, SA caught on film. Not group hunting per se, but these sharks seem to anticipate that prey might be most vulnerable after an initial rush by a different shark. I mean, if humans were prey. But they aren't of course, er, in your make believe world where the world is flat, black is white, because you know you are wrong, and drudown is right.

Posted By: drudown On: 9/8/2010

Title:

@avidswimmer
What happened to Lloyd Skinner? That's right. He was an avid swimmer as well and was attacked and eaten whole by a White shark just like this victim. Lo and behold, White sharks and Tiger sharks have the same generalist feeder, apex predator ecological niche. I know it is hard to face reality: certain species of shark are man eaters. But if that causes you pain, imagine what it is like for Heather Boswell, losing her leg to a hungry, migrating White shark off Chile. Conspicuously, she was just another avid swimmer that was eaten by a White shark. Aside from the myriad of cases of total consumption, I don't subscribe to the nonsensical groupthink that if a White shark only eats a limb, it isn't a man eater. By analogy, if a person has a few beers they are a drinker. It is an all or nothing status. Orcas will kill humans; yet they do not eat people. As for this guy being dead or alive, doesn't the fact human remaines have always been found in Tiger, Bull, Oceanic Whitetip and White sharks categorically disprove the very premise of your argument? Of course it does. "You may return to your embroidery." - Longshanks

Posted By: Erasmus Folly On: 9/8/2010

Title: @shark killa

You are dangerously na?ve. A Bahamian firm is proposing shark finning for export to China as we speak. Humans kill hundreds of thousands of sharks each year, mostly for their fins, throwing the rest of the shark in the ocean. Check your facts before saying people are alarmist. Read the article about Sunco and their current practices. Sharks are important to our environemnt and our environment feeds our tourism. Don't trade short term gain for long term and sustainable prosperity. Sharks are worth protecting. This isn't about a few fishermen killing one shark.

Posted By: SHARK KILLA On: 9/8/2010

Title:

Can people stop freaking out about the men killing a single shark? It's one shark. It's not like they were on a mission to kill every shark in the ocean. Quit yelling that the sky is falling and that shark doomsday is just around the corner.

Posted By: Erasmus Folly On: 9/7/2010

Title: Post and Question

@drudown
You are beyond naive. Last year, there were 61 attacks in the whole world and only 5 were fatal. In this instance, no one knows if the man was dead or not before he was found in the shark. The autopsy may reveal that, but either way, it shouldn't determine our shark policy. Our tourism product makes way more by having a healthy ecosystem than allowing idiots to kill sharks, harvest sea cucumbers or go after sea urchins en masse. Stuart Cove's operation has brought thousands of happy tourists to our shores and they have operated virtually incident free for decades. Perhaps, you should go do a shark dive with them and educate yourself before opening your big, ignorant mouth.
If we kill our oceans, people won't come to the Bahamas for sun, sand and sea. These three are infinitely renewable resources if we protect our ecosystem. It is short sighted, profit seeking, greedy morons who want to shark fin our oceans, export all our marine life for profit and drill for oil in Paradise. That would be like bulldozing the Garden of Eden. Stupid is not quite the word. If you are scared of sharks, don't go in the ocean, but you are missing out on God's great and beautiful creation by making that choice. Sharks are scary, sure, and they are to be respected, but that doesn't mean they should be killed haphazardly. They keep the ocean disease free, by killing the weak, the sick and the surplus fish, keeping all marine life healthy in the process. It is man that has the disease and kills all things around him for pleasure or profit. The shark kills to eat and in this case, we don't even know if the shark killed the person.
Please, take your ignorance to a library or to real internet research sites and EDUCATE yourself.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/statsw.htm
www.nationalgeographic.com
@Laird Hamilton Are you really Laird Hamilton? I'm not asking because I want to meet you or anything (although that would be cool too), just think it's really, really cool that Laird Hamilton cares about the waters of the Bahamas. Thanks!

Posted By: Avid Swimmer On: 9/7/2010

Title:

"Tiger sharks have always had occasion to eat live human beings." - yeah, i have occassion to eat live human beings too. But I don't - and sharks don't either.

Posted By: Avid Swimmer On: 9/7/2010

Title: drown drudown

Drudown is retarded. Look at the statistics...
and if we had a half decent coronary team they could easily tell if he was dead post or prior to being ingested.
I'll be drudown believes the christian council is gods left hand too.

Posted By: drudown On: 9/7/2010

Title: Innocent Shark? Try Proven Man Eater.

There is zero evidence that this shark consumed a dead person. If we opened up the Tiger shark's stomack and found a turtle, Petrel or grouper, should we categorically conclude the shark was scavenging and not feeding? Of course not. Tiger sharks are voracious predators. This man was probably trading water, very tired and made an easy meal for this Tiger shark. We need not be surprised by these facts. That is the Tiger shark dispassionately performing its duties of its ecological niche. Tiger sharks have always had occasion to eat live human beings. Nothing has changed save your unscientific "crusade".

Posted By: Laird Hamilton On: 9/7/2010

Title: Humans Love to Kill

Sorry to contradict, but sharks "are" maneaters, but who cares?!!!!!!!!! It's their environment... their home... their world!... not ours!!!! Killing one shark is a crime. Killing millions of sharks, like the Asians do (to get shark fins) is a crime unforgivable. Do yourself a favor and stop being a selfish, arrogant, human. Get your *ss out of the water & then it doesn't matter what the sharks do. If you're not in the water, they can't eat you! So stop swimming in rivers. Stop swimming at the beach. Stop going into the water. You are the one who needs to make the sacrifice, not them!

Posted By: Elasmo-Research On: 9/7/2010

Title: Innocent Shark

Another innocent shark portrayed as an man eater. C'mon tribune and get your title straight. It's not a "killer shark". The man was dead before being consumed. Tiger sharks are like the garbage disposals of the sea, just cleaning it up & found an easy meal. What was the point for these men to shoot the shark? Should have just cut the line and been done. It's pathetic they shot the shark before they even noticed human remains. No point to their logic whatsoever, once again the wrong species is being portrayed as the "killer."

Posted By: Diver Dan On: 9/7/2010

Title: Boat kills man

according to the international shark attack file sharks killed a total of 5 people globally last year. In the US alone there were 3,000 deaths due to boats and boating accidents. Point is sharks are really not man eaters, but the media loves a shark story.

Posted By: Jan de Boer On: 9/7/2010

Title: Learning

Being interested in the sea and especially the animals that live in it and living in Holland / Europe, I always envied people in places like the Bahamas. How great it must be to live in such an environment where you have so much so close by. In the years after I saw the movie Jaws in 1989 when I was 15 I learnt much more about nature / sharks and the importance of their preservation for the eco-system – even living in a country where we ourselves have nothing (left). Therefore, to me, it’s beyond my understanding that I read about people shooting sharks but even more about media reporting in this populist and irresponsible way, three and a half decades after this stupidity began.

Posted By: Let the sharks be On: 9/7/2010

Title: shooting from the boat?

Isn't it illegal to discharge firearms from any vehicle?
And these fishermen are saying they did it in the papers? They should be charged.

Posted By: topbanana On: 9/7/2010

Title: Killer shark eh? **rolls eyes**

How do you expect us to take your newspaper seriously with headlines that don't make sense?
Dead Body Eaten by Tiger Shark, Shot in Head by Fishermen.
Your job is to report the news, not glamourise it.
Ditto what Wolfgang Leander said.

Posted By: Wolfgang Leander On: 9/7/2010

Title: Man eaten by killer shark

The Tribune reporter should have said, "Human body eaten by a shark" - and not KILLER shark. The recreational fishermen were the killers.
As long as media people refer to sharks as 'killers', "monsters"and the like, they help perpetuating the bad image these fantastic animals undeservedly have.
If people fear sharks they want them dead. Homo sapiens (sapiens??).
The comments by "Saddened" are spot on.
You should report about SUNCO Seafood, an export company which is "studying" the possibility of "harvesting" fins from Bahamian sharks.
That company has to be stopped from doing what they definitely will do to satisfy their greed for money and the voracious appetite of Chinese shark fin soup slurpers.
The Bahamian government should protect ALL their sharks as other island nations have already done (e.g. Palau).

Posted By: Let's think! On: 9/7/2010

Title: Saddened

I'm disappointed in the Tribune reporting in this instance. There is no proof that the shark KILLED this man to earn the title of KILLER SHARK!! Even in the story, there are thoughts that it is a missing person who they expect had drown, and the shark was simply taking advantage of an easy meal. It is this type of 'hysteria' that give people the wrong opinion and attitudes towards sharks and the role they play in the aquatic food chain. What is even more alarming about this story, is it just so happens to coincide with another shark story in the same issue, where a company is looking to harvest shark fins in Bahamian waters. So you end up getting people all hyped up about deadly no good sharks, then they see an article of major consequence with someone wanting to fin sharks, and the mind is already in motion to say, Hey...shark finning can't be that bad, what's wrong with a few more sharks getting killed. Very interesting interview and commentary by the producer of Jaws, who regrets the negative impact his films have had on sharks as a whole.
Was this particular shark story worthy of being in the paper, sure it was, was it worthy of being the headline story of KILLER SHARK...hell no.

Posted By: the man On: 9/7/2010

Title: shark's do feed on anything

the shark's are here and the fisherman who r diving for grouper and crawfish need's to be careful. THE SHARKS ARE HERE! thhat foot could be that of hatian,that the route the hatian take to head north.

Posted By: Call it like it is On: 9/7/2010

Title: Stupid headline

How could the headline read "Man eaten by killer shark" I thought they said the man drowned? so the shark didn't kill anyone... the headline should have read "Shark shot to death by killer fisherman... body found"

Posted By: INDIRA On: 9/7/2010

Title: WTH

i aint ka lie whut da hell doin dat far in the water,u aint watch shark week ey ,BAHAMAS IS SHARK CAPITAL.

Posted By: blind On: 9/6/2010

Title: tiny text

whats up with the impossibly small print?

Posted By: Ross A. B 9/6/2010 On: 9/6/2010

Title: What is the Difference between the east and the central area of nassau?

(Sorry Not Related To Story). I work in the east and it may be just me but the garbage truck always comes around on Tuesday and Thursday. Am a resident of Bain Town and all the trucks park on Blue Hill Road and we don't see them for weeks on in. So i said to myself this must be a private company, so i asked one of the workers and he said no, so why is it that the people in the east garbage is picked up on time and not those in the central part of Nassau you know "Da Ghetto"?

Posted By: Hank Ferguson On: 9/6/2010

Title: SHARK ATTACK

I am annoyed that your commentators have completely missed the point! That area SW Reef back to the base is continuing to be used as a shark dive attraction - Logic tells me that humans baiting up the water to attract sharks must have a Pavlov type development - I fish there regularly and always amazed at the amount and size of the sharks that we come into contact with - ie The Sharks are associating humans with food - the attraction needs to be moved! Stuart Cove did 22 thousand dives there last year and use food (dog food) to attract the sharks - look out for more attacks - MOVE THE SO CALLED ATTRACTION !!!! Those using beaches in the SW should be extra vigilant - BTW Why cant anyone stranded in that area get assistance from the defense force - hundreds of millions later and BASRA is still a more reliable option - Lets give BASRA the defense force budget - I hear the environmentalist and of course the sharks play a roll but let them be free, wild and in there natural environment - curious tourist feeding them with dog food is not good for them nor is it for us -

Posted By: Carlesha On: 9/6/2010

Title: Man Eaten By Killer Shark

Well a few days ago a man was missing in the coral habor area but was he found. Is it possible that the body parts found was his? I think that the police should investigate and found out if that is the man that went missing so his family could get closure and not be wondering if that was their love one found in the mouth of that deadly shark

Posted By: Larry On: 9/6/2010

Title: .

Did the Tribune recently purchase some shares in a magnifying glass company or something.

Posted By: Let the sharks be On: 9/6/2010

Title: Fate of sharks

While it is tragic that someone has died from this shark, I found it pathetic that the fishermen shot the shark several times before they noticed the human remains. They were planning on 'releasing it after they already shot it up'???
Bahamians and the rest of the world need to wise up to the importance of sharks to our fishing livelihoods, even in the face of this tragic (although extremely rare) attack on a human.