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Old 02-15-2004, 10:34 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Is that a shark on your leg, mate?

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Bit by predator, Australian snorkeler has to drive to get it removed

Updated: 9:21 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2004

CANBERRA, Australia - A snorkeler attacked by a shark off Australia’s east coast swam to shore with the predator still gripping his leg and then drove to a lifesavers’ club to have it removed.

Australian Luke Tresoglavic, 22, was snorkeling on a reef off Caves Beach, about 75 miles north of Sydney, when a wobbegong shark about 2 feet long bit him just below the kneecap and held on.

“The shark just wouldn’t budge so he held onto it as it was thrashing around and swam to shore,” Tresoglavic’s mother, Caroline, told Reuters on Wednesday.

“It still wouldn’t let got so he got into his car and drove up to the lifesavers’ clubhouse nearby for help. Luckily he didn’t panic or he could have ended up in trouble in the water.”

Lifesavers removed the shark by hosing it with fresh water, but its minute, razor-like teeth left about 70 puncture marks. Tresoglavic then drove to hospital, but turned out not to need stitches, just a course of antibiotics.

The Tresoglavics buried the dead shark in their garden. Wobbegong sharks, are also known as carpet sharks because of their color, can grow up to 10 feet long and are unique to Australian waters, the national parks authority says.

Two species -- the banded and the spotted -- live in the waters around the state of New South Wales, and are known to scientists as Orectolobus ornatus and Orectolobus maculatus respectively. It was not known which type attacked Tresoglavic.

Amazing that he had the presence of mind to go get help. I'd have just freaked out.
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Old 02-15-2004, 10:41 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Oooooook. Holy shit that man deserves a tough man award.

I'd be so out of my mind its not even funny.
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Old 02-15-2004, 11:31 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I never would have thought to get help, I would have been thinking to hardabout how to get the shark off NOW!
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Old 02-15-2004, 11:31 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That story is unsettling and leaves open many questions in my mind:

1. Was he swimming alone with no one else around anywhere that could have driven him to the clinic?
2. What exactly killed the shark? The freshwater spray down, being out of the water or did someone murder the shark?
3. Why bury the shark; why not have it stuffed and mounted as a souvenir?
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Old 02-15-2004, 12:20 PM   #5 (permalink)
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He should get it mounted to his leg . Itd be an excellend conversation piece
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Old 02-15-2004, 01:52 PM   #6 (permalink)
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That story is unsettling and leaves open many questions in my mind:

1. Was he swimming alone with no one else around anywhere that could have driven him to the clinic?
2. What exactly killed the shark? The freshwater spray down, being out of the water or did someone murder the shark?
3. Why bury the shark; why not have it stuffed and mounted as a souvenir?

1:Yes.
2:Several hours out of the water uaually does the trick with most marine creatures.
3:Wobbegongs are ugly bastards.

Oh,and another thing.

It was only a foot and half long,so it would be no good to eat either.
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Old 02-15-2004, 02:23 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I'd like to think I would react the same way in such a situation, but the truth is.. I don't really know.

I know my sister would... she's got that kinda mentality.
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Old 02-15-2004, 04:52 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I probably would have freaked out, and been scrambling on the beach for a rock somewhere to beat the crap out of the shark

I think I could at least have made it back to shore, maybe...
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Old 02-15-2004, 04:57 PM   #9 (permalink)
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don't freak out people.

Wobbe's are NOT DANGEROUS... (note the line, he did not need stitches even after he had 70 puncture marks)

i'm surprised that it bit him at all. he must have been deliberately provoking it.
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Old 02-15-2004, 05:03 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Im terrified of sharks..I wont even go into salt water...So, I guess I wouldve freaked out and probably drown ..with other nasty sharks eating me..*shudder*
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Old 02-15-2004, 07:38 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I can see him now, in my mind's eye, lifting his trouser leg to show the scars to the cutey he's chatting up. Yep, he's gonna score big-time!
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Old 02-16-2004, 10:41 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Hey, Richard Hatch from survivor was okay after being bitten by a small shark. He had to swim to shore with it still attached to his arm.
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Old 02-16-2004, 12:51 PM   #13 (permalink)
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a GIS reveals the horror of the wobbe shark:





I, for one am scared out of my mind.
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Old 02-16-2004, 01:05 PM   #14 (permalink)
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cchris, thank you for the information

After researching the shark it's amazing how the snorkeler was even attacked. Wobbe's forage at night and sleep during the day. So was he night snorkeling? Had to have been.
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Old 02-16-2004, 05:53 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I used to spearfish quite a bit and saw the odd one now and then during the day and pretty sure this one happened in daylight too.

The big ones scare the shit outta ya when you don't see them coming and they just float underneath.
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Old 02-16-2004, 06:04 PM   #16 (permalink)
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If I were to get bitten by that shark, I would have probably started panicking and rather take it off ASAP isntead of going somewhere to get it removed.
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