Tourist’s Hands Bitten Off by Shark in Photo Stunt Gone Wrong!

[Taboo2]

21 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

I want to see the photo she took.

You win!

[Taboo2]

17 hours ago, Callmeishmael said:

I've encountered sharks that size while skin-diving in those waters.  Rather than approaching the shark I would always swim quietly away from them!

I would piss my pants....and hope the shark take mercy on me.

[Gandtee]

1 minute ago, Taboo2 said:

You win!

Sorry, I don't think she has it handy.😉

[Taboo2]

11 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

 

A person being amputated of both their hands is anything but funny.

And?  Is it our fault for her stupidity?  

[Taboo2]

10 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

A woman is crippled for life, her friends and family traumatized. ha ha ha 

Not my problem for her stupidity!  OK!

[Taboo2]

47 minutes ago, quake said:

This lady is 55 years old.

Not some stupid spotty kid,  just out of Uni, who thinks they know it all.

No real sympathy from me.

But she sure has a learning curve in front of her now.

Next 

 

 

But, she was "entitled" to her selfie.  The Dopamine rush to get that photo was more than anything on the planet.  Common sense does not apply.

[Taboo2]

Everytime she goes to the  bathroom, she will ask this question, "Was that selfie worth it?".

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, Taboo2 said:

Everytime she goes to the  bathroom, she will ask this question, "Was that selfie worth it?".

The Hippo Union expressed disappointment that Africa was skipped over this year. They want to be Youtube stars.

[GammaGlobulin]

19 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

They do well because they have paws, which they use as we do hands in many ways. I'm sure you knew this.

 

I am not aware of this.

Paws are very ineffective for manipulation of important objects in a dog's life.

Instead, dogs rely mostly on their snout and teeth, just from my observations.

This the way they manipulate almost everything in their lives.

 

[fredwiggy]

3 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

I am not aware of this.

Paws are very ineffective for manipulation of important objects in a dog's life.

Instead, dogs rely mostly on their snout and teeth, just from my observations.

This the way they manipulate almost everything in their lives.

 

You have to be a dog or cat owner to see more of how they use their paws.

[ColeBOzbourne]

2 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

Everytime she goes to the  bathroom, she will ask this question, "Was that selfie worth it?".

Or she will figure out a way to see herself as a victim. She didn't do anything stupid, it was somehow somebody else's fault.

[harryviking]

🤪Selfie with a shark.....Yeah....smart move! 😫

[Luuk Chaai]

On 2/15/2025 at 11:08 AM, CharlieH said:

 

A Canadian tourist’s Caribbean holiday turned into a nightmare when a shark attacked her and bit off both of her hands just yards from the beach.

 

Reports say she approached the shark in an attempt to engage with it for a photo. But things took a shocking turn when the shark lunged at her, biting off her hands in a brutal attack.

rarily closed following the attack, and tourists were advised to stay cautious.

 

 

 

Darwin wins again !https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSX0_RLh-eSFiq5KwMeTrmrEyIbBY7ABzWkSuT3AYQu&s

 

[Luuk Chaai]

On 2/15/2025 at 3:08 PM, Baht Simpson said:

You can think that it was a stupid thing to do and be sympathetic of her plight.  People are so cold these days. 

nothing to think about 

Cold hard fact,,  stupid is as stupid does

[Luuk Chaai]

On 2/15/2025 at 11:28 AM, MalcolmB said:

I want to see the photo she took.

 probably something like this to start

https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/590x/653725_1.jpg

[Gobbler]

On 2/15/2025 at 11:28 AM, MalcolmB said:

I want to see the photo she took.

I can imagine that the phone and her hands holding it are now property of the shark. 

 

 

[frank83628]

On 2/15/2025 at 10:24 PM, NoDisplayName said:

 

I won't post the video, just the Youtubes title.

 

Zookeeper Films Himself EATEN ALIVE By LIONS After He Went Into Their Cage TO IMPRESS GIRLFRIEND"

You don't see anything in that video,  well unless i saw a different one.

[soalbundy]

On 2/15/2025 at 9:00 PM, NorthernRyland said:

but just imagine all the likes she would have got on Instagram!

What a picture that would be, a close up of a sharks throat, slightly blurry.

[CanadaJoe]

A very sad, devastating and life changing incident. Yes, it was a crazy and stupid decision to approach a shark, and unfortunately she will have to live with the consequences of that for the rest of her life. An horrific, yet completely avoidable incident. 🙁

[Harrisfan]

Most social media is toxic. Life was better with dial up internet.

[Woke to Sounds]

On 2/15/2025 at 2:08 AM, Baht Simpson said:

You can think that it was a stupid thing to do and be sympathetic of her plight.  People are so cold these days. 

No, wrong.

 

I no longer have empathy or sympathy for complete fxxxing retards.

[Woke to Sounds]

23 hours ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Or she will figure out a way to see herself as a victim. She didn't do anything stupid, it was somehow somebody else's fault.

Well, she is Canadian right?  😂

[JonnyF]

Terrible. Truly life changing injuries. 

 

Social media really does encourage people to take enormous risks for a photo for FaceBook/Instagram or whatever.

 

I remember seeing a white tip reef shark while snorkelling on Fraser island. Never swam to shore so fast in my life. 

[Bundooman]

On 2/15/2025 at 2:29 PM, Myran said:

Sharks are not mammals.

Aren't you the clever one?

Nothing about the poorly ill-advised woman who lost her hands/forearms.

 

Just as long as you use the correct terminology, eh?

[Bundooman]

On 2/16/2025 at 8:34 AM, Taboo2 said:

And?  Is it our fault for her stupidity?  

No, but we can all tell from this comment above - just what kind of person you are.

[NoDisplayName]

6 hours ago, soalbundy said:

What a picture that would be, a close up of a sharks throat, slightly blurry.

A new sheriff in Arkansas, not too bright they say, was trying to crack a murder case.  He heard somewhere that the last thing a person saw before death was etched onto their retinas.

 

He ordered the morgue to dissect the victim's eyeballs, and find out what was etch-a-sketched onto the insides of his eyes. 

 

The coroner took a close-up photo of a bullet and sent that to the sheriff.  Case closed!

 

True story.

I read it on the innertubes.

[ross163103]

On 2/15/2025 at 11:08 AM, CharlieH said:

attempt to engage with it for a photo.

 

Not just an attempt, she DID engage with it, on a very personal level. Hopefully it was worth it, but somehow I think not! You'd think at 55 years old she would have a little more experience and common sense about this type of thing......guess not.

[Jingthing]

The shark is innocent. It was being a shark.

[ross163103]

On 2/15/2025 at 3:06 PM, spidermike007 said:

This kind of thing is proof that civilization is not moving forward any longer, but rather we are devolving as a society.

Exactly, the movie Idiocracy explains this phenomenon, the human race dumbing down because instead of the smartest reproducing the most, the dumbest are reproducing at an exponential rate. It was a grade B comedy but has turned into a documentary.

[richard_smith237]

On 2/15/2025 at 6:37 PM, Gottfrid said:

No, that´s right, but idiots deserves it. In this case it´s debatable

 

No... its not debatable at all....   no one 'deserves' to lose both their hands for taking a photo of wildlife. 

 

She was naively ignorant to the risks. 

 

Meanwhile so many barstool cokwombles are being sanctimoniously judgemental of someone enjoying life and making a rather innocent but hugely naive mistake...  as if those passing judgement have never had a near miss themselves... i.e. when crossing a road etc while pished up etc... 

 

 

I’ve seen friends ‘wrapped’ in the wings of a Manta-ray (amazing photo also taken at the time).
I’ve seen many friends swimming alongside Whale Sharks. 
I’ve snapped a few photos of a Bull-Shark, from a distance – I did not know it was potentially so harmful at the time, but our dive instructor was clear that we don’t get close.

I've swam less than 1m from a Moray eel before noticing it (and they can be nasty things).

I've broken bones, torn ligaments, had catastrophic injuries from playing sports, wiping out in black-double diamond snow runs, drowning in powder-snow after a tumble.

 

Life is a risk...  we can minimise this risk, but half of the sanctimonious toshpots on this forum would past their judgement and blame her if she became injured while swimming with dolphins or choking on a grape... 

 

Some of you (you know who you are)... will only ever pass negative judgment and never see the tragic loss of someone enjoying lifes experiences... 

 

I think 'those of you passing such sanctimonious judgment' have never lived life... you've just gone through the motions....      

 

... Sure, travelling at 150kmh in the inner city while helmetless on a motorcycle is stupid, pass judgement on that...  but someone making a mistake taking a photo of a shark is more 'naively ignorant'...    There should have been a nearby instructor to guide them.

 

(not specifically you GottFrid - but all those who have replied in a similar manner) Your sanctimony is more likely hypocrisy than anything close to critical and intelligent judgment.