Sometimes it really isn't safe to go in the water.

[TinTrump]

he can use those spring things like that athlete

Are we talking Zebedee from The Magic Roundabaout?

[shaunbhoy]

After all, worse things happen at sea.

And from here on in, he'll be legless every night.

[shaunbhoy]

If he survives then he's been lucky. Lack of legs isn't that debilitating these days, providing he can use those spring things like that athlete competed with recently.

He can also get some flipper attachments for when he's feeling brave enough to go back in the water.

With all the advances in medical science, that event might only be a short hop away for him.

[PAH]

If he survives then he's been lucky. Lack of legs isn't that debilitating these days, providing he can use those spring things like that athlete competed with recently.

He can also get some flipper attachments for when he's feeling brave enough to go back in the water.

[Arturo Bassick]

South Africa shark attack: Michael Cohen fights for life after Great White bites off legs | Mail Online




There's no telling some people.

Maybe he read the same book as I did that mentioned that there's more chance of being killed by a falling coconut than by a shark, citing 150 deaths per year by coconut and 10 by shark.

The odds change a bit when a shark has been sighted and warning flags abound though. No coconut trees on the beach either according to reports. i.e. they don't mention any.

He hasn't got a leg to stand on then has he!


Too soon?

IGMC

[PAH]

South Africa shark attack: Michael Cohen fights for life after Great White bites off legs | Mail Online

The 43-year-old is said to have swum regularly at Fish Hoek beach, notorious for Great White sightings, even telling fellow beachgoers: ‘If a shark takes me, then blame me, not the shark.’

Witnesses said he parked his car and then walked right past a flag indicating that the beach was closed.

At least two people warned him that a shark had been seen, but he strode into the water anyway.

There's no telling some people.

Maybe he read the same book as I did that mentioned that there's more chance of being killed by a falling coconut than by a shark, citing 150 deaths per year by coconut and 10 by shark.

The odds change a bit when a shark has been sighted and warning flags abound though. No coconut trees on the beach either according to reports. i.e. they don't mention any.

[northernladuk]

He was stabilised at the scene and then airlifted to Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic in a critical condition

With two bricks under one leg and only one brick under the other?

[Arturo Bassick]

I've never understood why, after these events, the shark invariably gets hunted and killed. It's in it's own environment, doing what sharks have been doing for millions of years.

Theory is that once it becomes a man eater it will actively hunt humans which is not normal behaviour, thus that individual becomes a threat. There is a possibility that other sharks will "learn" this behaviour. Better to remove that one than have a demand to kill all.

[wobbegong]

I've never understood why, after these events, the shark invariably gets hunted and killed. It's in it's own environment, doing what sharks have been doing for millions of years.

[Arturo Bassick]

He can not possibly be a real accountant! Sharks don't attack accountants (or agents) out of professional courtesy!

[TimberWolf]

"I shouted to a man standing near the shore taking pictures to go and help the victim."

http://www.iol.co.za/mercury/shark-a...mmer-1.1147046

[Pondlife]

It's got "Darwin award" written all over it if he snuffs it.

[zeitghost]

Shark horror Briton fights for life - Yahoo!

Feckwhit.