North Sea shark attack confirmed ...probably

[Broosta]

...on a seal that is!
Reports are going on about a dead 4ft long seal with shark bite being washed up in Sheringham, Norfolk.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article643371.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7169415.stm

I don't know why they all assume it must have been a Great White when none have ever been seen anywhere near here and Porbeagles and Makos have. 1ft bite radius means its a bloody small Great White.

Also why did the shark not eat the seal? I always thought when a surfer gets bitten its the shark's way of testing if the surfer is food or not, and after the shark takes a bite it knows the surfer is not a seal so it lets the surfer go.

Why did it let the seal go? I mean thats what sharks eat isn't it?

[RJD]

Could have been full. shaks have been known to kill for the fun of it.

And as for the great white , its good press, sells papers...

[Aloha]

Porbeagles don't eat seals as far as I know. Plus it looks like a kill bite and not a scavenging bite. If a shark's going to do that to a seal then a shark like that is dangerous to man, either way you're all doomed!

Mate, go with the story it does wonders for crowd control. But is there any surf in that part of the world anyway?

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

its about time they started picking you guys off

[flyingvee]

Imagine the TV/media if that was Cornwall at the height of holiday season!!

[joem]

theres some surf there fickle tho

[PapaW]

So thats where my lunch went...

[Phil]

but this seal was hit from below which is how sharks attack their prey

so do seals swim sideways then? looks like that bite mark isnt from the bottom more towards the side, how can you say for sure it was attacked from below anyway?

[SDgrom]

hungry surfer maybe

[Sillysausage]

somehow i'm not sure that it was a great white

[joem]

unless its inveted its own wettie sharks are cold blooded

[surferdude_scarborough]

i couldnt care less about this. yes there are things in the sea which might eat me but its not very likely. id rather die being eaten by a shark than get hit by a car or something.

[essex sucks]

yep asme here don't care about it i love surfing so a small chance of getting eaten will not stop me

[Sillysausage]

lol its not likely that you would get eaten by a shark in the uk, you're more likely to die from sewage in the sea or something

[details]

I know the sun says and expert has confirmed it's a shark bite but I'm sure I saw a program about 'shark attacks' that said sometimes a small wound can be picked at by scavengers and made to look a lot worse than it initially was!

Still a good excuse to put a picture of jaws in the paper though!

This is what the seal might have looked like before the attack.



Taken at my local break a couple weeks ago.

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

that seal is so cute. our monk seals are big and ugly and mean.

[essex sucks]

nice pic

[Aloha]

unless its inveted its own wettie sharks are cold blooded

Errmmm you get sharks even in Antartica, like the Salmon Shark. Plus you have this.....

From http://news.softpedia.com/news/8-Amazin ... 2836.shtml

"What makes the great white shark and its relatives from the Lamnidae family (another two species of mako shark, porbeagle shark and salmon shark) different is their circulatory system. The blood temperature of these sharks is 3-5' C higher than that of the water. This accelerates digestion and increases muscular power and stamina. For example, mako sharks, which feed on rapid oceanic fish like tuna (which have a similar circulatory system) on short bursts can reach 100 km (62 mi) per hour."

This is another reason why the GWS needs to eat prey with a high fat content, like seals, because it burns up a lot of energy.

[details]

Yep he was well cool, just sunning himself on the beach.

I called the SSPCA just incase he was injured or anything but the girl that came down said they'd had loads washed up/beached over a few days due to the big sea's and she already had a baby seal in the back of her van that she was taking down to the rescue centre.

So this little fella was just having bit of a rest, well, either that or he was avoiding all the sharks!

[pkbum]

i couldnt care less about this. yes there are things in the sea which might eat me but its not very likely. id rather die being eaten by a shark than get hit by a car or something.

same with me!