Shark attack confirmed - officials visit victim and announce counter measures

[snoop1130]

Shark attack confirmed - officials visit victim and announce counter measures

 

Image: Banmuang

 

It has been confirmed that the Norwegian man pulled from the sea at Sai Noi beach was indeed bitten by a shark.

 

An aggressive bull shark is believed to be the culprit.

 

In the first shark attack in memory in the area signage is being erected along with a safety net and other warnings, Banmaung reported.

 

A large entourage went to visit Werner Danielsen, 54, in Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin on Tuesday the day after the attack.

 

Leading the well wishers was deputy Prajuab Khirikhan governor Chotnarin Kertsom, officials from disaster mitigation, the military, the police, the public health department, department of coastal resources, the Hua Hin district chief, the mayor and, Banmuang reported, many others. 

 

It was just as well that Werner's room seemed like a large one. 

 

Werner was given some red roses and some other presents. He is being kept in under observation for now but is out of danger. His Thai wife Amornrat Phaengnga is in close attendance.

 

Image: Banmaung

 

A smiling Werner thanked everyone especially the hospital for their care.

 

"When I recover I'll be back in the sea," he said adding bravely: "No shark is going to stop me!"

 

Following the hospital visit the deputy governor went to see the abbot of Wat Tham Khao Tao who had filmed sharks circling. He observed that there were a good number of Thai and foreign tourists in the water as normal.

 

He said that it looked like a bull shark was the likely cause and suggested that the animals were coming close to the shore to breed and probably mistook the Norwegian's foot for a bit of food. 

 

Sharks don't normally attack people for no good reason, he said. 

 

Signage in Thai, Chinese and English is going up and a military and police task force is being set up to avert future trouble.

 

Swimmers are being advised not to go too deep, to avoid murky water, to swim in groups, not to swim at night and to avoid bathing suits or clothes with the color of red or orange or any coloring or design that closely resembles the scales of fish.

 

Originally doctors suggested that the Norwegian had slipped on rocks. 

 

No one is saying that now.

 

Meanwhile, Thaivisa this afternoon visited Wat Khao Tao, where footage of sharks was filmed earlier this week.

 

We too spotted what appears to be a shark in the water.

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-4-17

[evadgib]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

A large entourage went to visit Werner Danielsen, 54, in Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin on Tuesday the day after the attack.

 

Leading the well wishers was deputy Prajuab Khirikhan governor Chotnarin Kertsom, officials from disaster mitigation, the military, the police, the public health department, department of coastal resources, the Hua Hin district chief, the mayor and, Banmuang reported, many others. 

Known in some circles as 'the Hokey Cokey' (in-out-in-out-photo-all-about!), the primary purpose of which is not for the benefit of whoever happens to be in the bed when the door flies open...

[geriatrickid]

Because some  local politician now says it was a shark because someone has a video taken on another day doesn't make it a shark attack. The physicians who examined the injury say it wasn't a shark. The broken bones and absence of ripped or torn or shredded flesh suggest other than a shark bite.

 

How about asking a marine biologist who has knowledge of sharks, especially the alleged type, to review the documentation? There will have been close up pictures. Either there were tooth marks or there were not. So far no report of teeth marks. One other little detail not mentioned, when sharks bite, they can and do leave their teeth behind in the subject. They have rows and rows of teeth. No teeth were were reported as recovered. What's so difficult in asking an actual qualified person?

 

I have a hunch that this is just be an excuse to go wipe out the endangered shark population and to push back against the attempts to remove shark fin from menus.

[jvs]

It was a shark attack,do you think the authorities would say so if it was not?

Signs put up for no reason?

It was the first attack and maybe the last also but the government does need to warn the public.

 

[mortenaa]

55 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

Because some  local politician now says it was a shark because someone has a video taken on another day doesn't make it a shark attack. The physicians who examined the injury say it wasn't a shark. The broken bones and absence of ripped or torn or shredded flesh suggest other than a shark bite.

 

How about asking a marine biologist who has knowledge of sharks, especially the alleged type, to review the documentation? There will have been close up pictures. Either there were tooth marks or there were not. So far no report of teeth marks. One other little detail not mentioned, when sharks bite, they can and do leave their teeth behind in the subject. They have rows and rows of teeth. No teeth were were reported as recovered. What's so difficult in asking an actual qualified person?

 

I have a hunch that this is just be an excuse to go wipe out the endangered shark population and to push back against the attempts to remove shark fin from menus.

Weird looking rocks on the bottom there.. 

[lonewolf99]

Amazing, sharks in the sea...whatever next? Fish?

 

The row of tooth marks suggests this shark (if it is a Bull shark? ) is not very big. Also Bull sharks have a squarish jaw and this injury pattern seems oval shaped

Here is an interesting link.... on the sharks of Thailand

https://sea-bees.com/english-blog/8-shark-varieties-in-thailand/

 

 

 

 

[colinneil]

1 hour ago, geriatrickid said:

Because some  local politician now says it was a shark because someone has a video taken on another day doesn't make it a shark attack. The physicians who examined the injury say it wasn't a shark. The broken bones and absence of ripped or torn or shredded flesh suggest other than a shark bite.

 

How about asking a marine biologist who has knowledge of sharks, especially the alleged type, to review the documentation? There will have been close up pictures. Either there were tooth marks or there were not. So far no report of teeth marks. One other little detail not mentioned, when sharks bite, they can and do leave their teeth behind in the subject. They have rows and rows of teeth. No teeth were were reported as recovered. What's so difficult in asking an actual qualified person?

 

I have a hunch that this is just be an excuse to go wipe out the endangered shark population and to push back against the attempts to remove shark fin from menus.

 Why not just admit you were wrong?

[worgeordie]

"When I recover I'll be back in the sea," he said adding bravely: "No shark is going to stop me!" I think a Great White would !.

regards worgeordie

[mercman24]

post 4 keep of that ganga man ha ha

[Fish Head Soup]

2 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

Because some  local politician now says it was a shark because someone has a video taken on another day doesn't make it a shark attack. The physicians who examined the injury say it wasn't a shark. The broken bones and absence of ripped or torn or shredded flesh suggest other than a shark bite.

 

How about asking a marine biologist who has knowledge of sharks, especially the alleged type, to review the documentation? There will have been close up pictures. Either there were tooth marks or there were not. So far no report of teeth marks. One other little detail not mentioned, when sharks bite, they can and do leave their teeth behind in the subject. They have rows and rows of teeth. No teeth were were reported as recovered. What's so difficult in asking an actual qualified person?

 

I have a hunch that this is just be an excuse to go wipe out the endangered shark population and to push back against the attempts to remove shark fin from menus.

You were wrong. Get over it.

[Yme]

1 hour ago, lonewolf99 said:

Amazing, sharks in the sea...whatever next? Fish?

 

The row of tooth marks suggests this shark (if it is a Bull shark? ) is not very big. Also Bull sharks have a squarish jaw and this injury pattern seems oval shaped

Here is an interesting link.... on the sharks of Thailand

https://sea-bees.com/english-blog/8-shark-varieties-in-thailand/

 

 

 

 

Um, that would be the same source that says "In Thailand, there has only been a single confirmed case of a shark attack in the last 500 years!"

But Shark Attack: Norwegian Man Mauled at Thai Beach (video) says:

"In 2015 a 37-year-old Queensland, Australia woman, Jane Neame, suffered non-life threatening injuries when bitten by a shark at Karon Beach, Phuket, and in 2013 a 38-year-old German tourist, Stephan Kahl from Hamburg, died after suffering two major bite wounds which cut an artery on his right calf at Tharn Sadet Bay, off a small island near Surat Thani Province."

"the shark having totally torn away his Achilles tendon; a similar injury to that suffered by Ms Neame in 2015."

 

 

[neeray]

Some areas of Thailand (like Pattaya) like to compare themselves with Miami Florida. This now brings them one “foot” closer. 

[lucjoker]

Sharks have very good eyes........even in the poluted water of a Hua Hin beach.(video)

For us ,it is more difficult to see through those murky waters........

I would not swim in poluted water ,shark or no shark.

[BEngBKK]

I am not a shark expert .. But would it not be normal to expect sharks around here ?

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[Hummin]

1 minute ago, BEngBKK said:

I am not a shark expert .. But would it not be normal to expect sharks around here ?

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yes, many sharks in the sea in the gulf. I have seen them many times, but Im sure there will be less soon around Hua Hin. 

[Deli]

A mature ( breeding age ) bull shark definitely would have left bigger tooth marks or even would have ripped off the foot.

Most likely a smaller species which has mistaken the foot for something better to eat. Sharks don't hunt humans, they just look constantly for food.

[yogavnture]

what are the countermeasures?  open season on bull sharks?  hopefully they will be able to distinquish between blacktip and bull. blacktips are innocent

[yogavnture]

was the guy wading or swimming.  would be useful info before the shark slaughter occurs

[yogavnture]

shark feeding tours in hua hin.  if i was thai and had a boat. this would be good money right now.

[yogavnture]

i wonder why they say dont wear red or orange when swimming?  blood color? i would say that better to not pee in the sea or have any cuts that expose smell. apparently sharks have a keen sense of smell

[Moti24]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Shark attack confirmed - officials visit victim and announce counter measures

Road carnage, road rage, gun-toting Thais, knife attacks, murders, low balconies, seas like a cesspit, irate taxi drivers, fragile male ego, shark attacks......

 

There's only one counter-measure needed:  Ban all tourists from Thailand, for their own safety!

[torrzent]

He appears to have aged quite a bit for 54 years old?

[soistalker]

Two things stand out about this: 

1. Thai authorities tried to lie about the attack and claim that he fell on the rocks, in a vain attempt to protect Thailand's pristine image as a tourist destination.

2. How the <deleted> does a shark swim in plastic and other garbage Thais throw into the gulf?

[animalmagic]

During rainy season lots of nutrients washed into coastal waters with an increase in feeding activity by bait fish. This has a knock on effect up the food chain and sharks move closer in. Unless shark has developed a taste for salty and fatty meat the attack is usually to see if we taste good, or as a reflex when scared by a big hairy foot landing on its body. Not sure what preventive measures can be taken. 

NOT a marine biologist or shark expert but dealt with a similar problem 25 years ago in different country. 

[sammieuk1]

The next sure thing will be a mermaid themed bar where all types of walking sharks will be ready to pounce.

[animalmagic]

16 minutes ago, yogavnture said:

i wonder why they say dont wear red or orange when swimming?  blood color? i would say that better to not pee in the sea or have any cuts that expose smell. apparently sharks have a keen sense of smell

Some research has shown sharks attracted to that colour. Possibly because they have associated food(humans) with it. 

[torrzent]

1 minute ago, animalmagic said:

Some research has shown sharks attracted to that colour. Possibly because they have associated food(humans) with it. 

Just to be safe, dress as a Matador.  It puts the fear of god into the sharks!

[yogavnture]

5 minutes ago, Moti24 said:

Road carnage, road rage, gun-toting Thais, knife attacks, murders, low balconies, seas like a cesspit, irate taxi drivers, fragile male ego, shark attacks......

 

There's only one counter-measure needed:  Ban all tourists from Thailand, for their own safety!

does seem odd how many killed during Songkran. and now after a decade a guy gets his foot bit in an investigative bite. the thais will kill the sharks. if he bloke was wearing a snorkeling mask he would have been able to see his surroundings and fend off the shark.  maybe they should have given the bloke a blood alchohol test? drinking and swimming dont go well together

[darhut]

12 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

Because some  local politician now says it was a shark because someone has a video taken on another day doesn't make it a shark attack. The physicians who examined the injury say it wasn't a shark. The broken bones and absence of ripped or torn or shredded flesh suggest other than a shark bite.

 

How about asking a marine biologist who has knowledge of sharks, especially the alleged type, to review the documentation? There will have been close up pictures. Either there were tooth marks or there were not. So far no report of teeth marks. One other little detail not mentioned, when sharks bite, they can and do leave their teeth behind in the subject. They have rows and rows of teeth. No teeth were were reported as recovered. What's so difficult in asking an actual qualified person?

 

I have a hunch that this is just be an excuse to go wipe out the endangered shark population and to push back against the attempts to remove shark fin from menus.

It's ok to admit you were wrong, unless your thai of cause.

 

[soistalker]

3 minutes ago, yogavnture said:

....wearing a snorkeling mask he would have been able to see his surroundings and fend off the shark. 

Fend off the shark? 

"Aren't you afraid of shark attacks?!"

"Not to worry; I have a snorkeling mask."

"Oh, alright then."