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Swimmer drives with shark on leg
Wednesday, February 11, 2004 Posted: 10:46 AM EST (1546 GMT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Lifeguards at a beach post north of Sydney couldn\'t believe their eyes when a man walked in with a small shark attached to his leg.
Luke Tresoglavic swam 300 meters (1,000 feet) to shore, walked to his car and drove to the local surf club with the 60 centimeter (23 inches) shark biting his leg and refusing to let go.
"I just realized I had to swim in like that, hanging on to it," Tresoglavic told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Wednesday.
Tresoglavic, 22, was snorkeling on a reef off Caves Beach near Newcastle on Tuesday when a wobbegong, or carpet shark, attacked his leg.
"Once I got on to shore, a couple of people tried to help me, but I could not remove it. It was stuck there, so I got up into my car and then drove to the clubhouse, and luckily the guys down there had a clue what to do."
A senior lifeguard at the clubhouse, Michael Jones, said he couldn\'t believe his eyes when Tresoglavic turned up -- shark in tow.
"He basically asked the question: \'Can you help me get it off?\' There\'s nothing in our procedure manual for that type of thing," Jones said.
The lifeguards flushed the shark\'s gills with fresh water, forcing it to loosen its grip on Tresoglavic\'s leg -- with blood oozing from 70 needle-like punctures. The shark later died.
"He\'s lucky he didn\'t get into difficulties in the water trying to swim with that thing thrashing around," Jones said.
But he said Tresoglavic remained in good spirits throughout the ordeal. "There was a side of humor to it," he said.
Tresoglavic was taken to hospital, but it was not immediately clear what treatment he received.
Wobbegong sharks can grow up to 3 meters (9.84 feet) in length, possess razor-sharp teeth, and are said to be moody and short-tempered.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/australia.shark.ap/index.html
couldn\'t of he just poked the thing off him with a stick ? :stick:
p.s.
:gman:
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From here, everyone in Australia is upside down. I heard that if everyone in the Northern Hemisphere all jumped up in unison, the impact would send Australians drifting off into space. That would be soooo cool! :D
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Why didn\'t he just poke it in the eye or something?
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That bites!
LO!L!LROLFMOA!
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it wasn\'t attached to my leg.
The shark died from death by deepthroat.
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Wow, how could anyone be calm walking around with a shark on their leg? and wouldnt it have let go after being out of water for that period of time?
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souly lives in that hole, melbourne. how in hell\'s name could he be bitten in sydney?
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He went on holiday!
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yea, i live in the most livable city in the world.. eh avvy.. so I’m in a hell hole, but not a shit hole like you.
btw. How’s all the 1 way streets goin?..
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hehe someone describes melbourne "livable" and suddenly it\'s the best city in the world.
:gman:
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/04/1033538761412.html learn alittle.. learn alot. .either way dood, just learn something. 8th place for sydney. ouch!
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the age is a dirty, leftist, commie publication anyway. who listens to those hippies?
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Hmmm, Ill probably have more credentials than TheAge.com
So Ill just say Sydney is better to even things out.
Yay...
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it was a international survey avvy.. think about it...
sydney sucks.. not my problem the world agrees....