Posts by Don Paul

  • Shark attacks and kills girl Runion Island

    A 15-year-old girl has died after a shark tore her in two while she was swimming off a beach on the French island of Reunion.


    The victim is understood to have been just three to five metres from the shore at the bay of Saint-Paul, northwest of the island, when she was attacked at around 2.30pm local time.


    "Part of her body was carried away by the shark," said Gina Hoarau, director of public safety in Saint-Paul.


    "The conditions of the attack are surprising. You wouldn't think that a shark would get this close to the shore," she added.


    The teenager, who lives in mainland France with her mother, was on holiday visiting her father who works at a yacht club in the area.


    She was snorkelling in an unsupervised area where bathing is forbidden due to high shark numbers, officials said.


    A friend who was with her at the time of the attack managed swim back to shore and emergency services including lifeguards, firefighters and a police helicopter were called to the scene.


    It is the second deadly shark attack this year off the French island, situated east of Madagascar, and brings the total of shark-related deaths there since 2011 to five.


    But it is the first time in at least three decades that a swimmer, rather than a surfer, was the victim.


    Local authorities this month renewed safety warnings after an increase in shark numbers.


    A mayor and French politician, Thierry Robert, last year described a marine reserve near the bay of Saint-Paul set up six years ago to safeguard coral reefs as "a shark's larder".


    There has been little shark fishing off the island since 2009 because of a toxin currently found in their flesh that causes food poisoning.


    Locals claim tiger and bull shark populations have multiplied as a result.


    In May, a 36-year-old French man on his honeymoon was killed off the popular beach of Brisants de Saint-Gilles on the west of the island while surfing.


    A spate of shark attacks last year off Reunion Island prompted France to hire a team of professional fishermen to kill around 20 of them but Paris has refused to mount a more widespread cull.


    Related Stories

  • PV Shark Watch

    A couple of sharks in the ocean..... who would have thought.:rolleyes:
    History Chanel needs to get out here with some body like my old friend Manny and we got a show.:):cuba::shark2:


    Cheers, Don

  • 2 little mid handle guns.

    Very nice mate, how about a couple larger pictures.
    I just had a flash back to some of the huge Kingies you Aussies used to land with a well placed pranger to the head, pushed by a heavy shaft with 1 fat band. :thumbup:


    Cheers, Don

  • UfC 162

    Quote from Marco

    Ali was my hero. And the Stones too...



    Mine too but more of a Hendrix fan.:thumbup:


    I still remember sitting with my dad watching the Clay/Sonny Liiston fight, my dad hated Clay so of coarse that's who I was cheering for.....well in my mind any way. I kept my mouth shut around my dad.....the nuns must have been mean to him as a kid. ;)


    Cheers, Don

  • Swirling and finishing ideas

    Dude, your a mind reader, I was about to PM you last night to ask you to start a thread as this is a topic I know little about. Thanks for your ideas, I love learning about artful projects. Those last ones look like abalone shell.:thumbup:


    Cheers, Don

  • RIP Big Johnny Carrol

    ''With Big John's passing, it is not just the loss of a pioneer, but of an era. Times pass quickly and there are very few of this time period who remain. The Fathomiers have lost too many in the last few years . These are the greats we should emulate from. Technology and gear have changed enormously, but we need to remember the spirit of the sport and what these men contributed and adjust our attitude accordingly! I will miss you Johnny!''

    Cody.



    My close friend just wrote this; and it is so very true, I'll share it with you.



    Don