Shark attacks in W.A news articles from 1900- 1960

I got emailed this, very interesting read. Looks like there has allway been and allways will be attacks.

 

One thing i noticed was out off all these attacks i dont think any were great whites. Looks like alot more around then back in them days....

 

 


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And i thought they only

Thu, 2011-11-24 09:53

And i thought they only turned up in Perth waters two months ago !!!!

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 Enough with the shark stuff,

Thu, 2011-11-24 10:29

 Enough with the shark stuff, Why not post how many humans got murdered today,  

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Im acually against the

Thu, 2011-11-24 10:37

Im acually against the killing of sharks. Just a very interesting read that i was emailed

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Yeah i actually enjoyed the

Thu, 2011-11-24 10:50

Yeah i actually enjoyed the read too. Having said that they could be sensationalized a fair bit too. Journos never change.

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Yep very true, looks like

Thu, 2011-11-24 11:11

Yep very true, looks like they were the same back then aswell

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Technically shark attacks

Thu, 2011-11-24 10:33

Technically shark attacks have dropped. If you look at the amount of people in water today compared to back then the attacks should have at least ski rocketed. But have they? No and most will argue that is because shark numbers have dropped dramatically.

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interesting

Thu, 2011-11-24 11:36

some interesting articles there mark.

They identified alot of the sharks as blue whalers

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Blue whalers = Makos?

Thu, 2011-11-24 11:42

Blue whalers = Makos?

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well, anything is possible

Thu, 2011-11-24 11:54

well, anything is possible when it comes to names. 

BUT, generally Blue Whaler = Blue Shark  and Blue Pointer = Shortfin Mako

 

Great collection!  shame the dates are not with the articles.

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 "Swimmers were advised to

Thu, 2011-11-24 12:32

 "Swimmers were advised to kick their legs strongly to scare the shark incase it should attack"...........hmmmm

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hahaha!!!

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hahaha!!!

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hows Tarzan at south beach

Thu, 2011-11-24 12:41

hows Tarzan at south beach ...who jumped in the water pushing the harpoon further into the shark, or the other one... where the shark is harassing the guys in their dinghy in the sound by bumping the boat around ..phark that ...

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back in the day

Thu, 2011-11-24 13:51

back in the day when men were men and kicking your legs strongly was another form of natural selection