People that are chewed or nibbled are usually those who are retrieved
by people around at the time with a fuss that puts off the shark.
Those who are washed off rocks, drown otherwise or just disappear -
little if anything is ever found. Most big fish don't have a refined
palate.
The favoured meal around Phillip Island is seal pups from the local
colonies and the whelping season is also White Pointer (Great White)
season. Pups are a fast mouthful and don't fight back. People tend to
get bitten by smaller sharks like bull sharks that react quickly to
movement - a dangling surfer's leg for instance.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 05/05/2008, at 8:39 AM, Moose wrote:
> * "They" are always saying that the sharks have "mistaken" people for
> their favorite meals, seals and sea lions. What a load of bollocks! We
> are mammals just the size they like paddling around in the water. They
> are supposed to know we are different and should be eschewed, reather
> than chewed, because of our special nature?
>
> Actually, I suspect we taste bad. Even in the cases where people are
> killed, the sharks usually eat little. An evolutionary survival trait?
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