Musings on sharks vs surfers

The death of a surfer from a shark attack in SW Australia has sobered up the surf community worldwide, but especially in the those areas where good surf and warm waters coincide. Which is strange really as Great White Sharks [hereafter called GWS or whitey] tend to follow their prey items, seals in the main. These prefer the colder waters and so therefore does whitey - so such an extent that it has developed a way of controlling it's internal temperatures. Yes folks Whitey is warm blooded [sorta]. So really it's those surfers who frquent spots with lukewarm temperatures, seals and deep water who need to lookout.... err, like the UK.

However we don't have GWS here so we are ok, and neither do we have reefsharks or especially bull sharks, which are responsible, it's thought, for the majority of shark attacks.

No all we have is crap weather, poor surf and occasionally weaver fish which although painful to tread on, at least leave you whole.


piccie of the day... to stay on the surfing theme:




green crystal squeeker




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