snoop1130 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Phuket marine experts believe Japanese tourist bitten by Blacktip Reef Shark Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET:-- Experts from the Marine Endangered Species Unit at the Phuket Marine Biology Centre (PMBC) are of the opinion that a Blacktip Reef Shark might have bitten a Japanese man’s foot while surfing at Kamala Beach today. Kamala rescue workers received a report at 12:30pm today (Aug 16) that a tourist had been bitten by an unknown marine animal at Kamala Beach near Kamala Police Station. Rescue worker arrived at the scene find a male Japanese tourist with wounds on his left foot. Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marine-experts-believe-japanese-tourist-bitten-by-blacktip-reef-shark-63484.php#u5Y4wTKR77qZlPha.97 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-8-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 A troll post has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huuwi Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I thought our waters around phuket where shark free. that one must have escape the longline's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobredin Ghusputin Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) Quote The shark (probably) thought that the Japanese man was a bait, so it attacked,” Dr Kongkiet said. It must be the sashimi diet. Edited August 17, 2017 by Dobredin Ghusputin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12DrinkMore Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Or a broken bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick dasterdly Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Seems too large an object (surfboard/man) for a blacktip reef shark to attack - bearing in mind their diet consists of far smaller fish etc.? V odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileydude Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Barracuda perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupdragon Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 43 minutes ago, smileydude said: Barracuda perhaps? Much more likely than the "expert" opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 2 hours ago, dick dasterdly said: Seems too large an object (surfboard/man) for a blacktip reef shark to attack - bearing in mind their diet consists of far smaller fish etc.? V odd. Arguably the foot was attacked, not the entire "man". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunroaming Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Well I am not that well versed in shark bites but I have seen lots of pictures of them over the years and that looks nothing like any I have seen before. The cuts look much more like slashes to me with no bite marks visible at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, dunroaming said: Well I am not that well versed in shark bites but I have seen lots of pictures of them over the years and that looks nothing like any I have seen before. The cuts look much more like slashes to me with no bite marks visible at all. If you look at the full range of photo there is big chunk out of the leg above the heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 10 hours ago, huuwi said: I thought our waters around phuket where shark free. that one must have escape the longline's. Why did you think that? my friend worked on the tour group activities.. and she filmed them on the mobile phone.. they were the black tipped reef sharks... they came every morning early to the bay she was in.... before the tourist boats arrived. It was amazing that they could swim in such shallow water close to the beach too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huuwi Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 6 minutes ago, jak2002003 said: Why did you think that? my friend worked on the tour group activities.. and she filmed them on the mobile phone.. they were the black tipped reef sharks... they came every morning early to the bay she was in.... before the tourist boats arrived. It was amazing that they could swim in such shallow water close to the beach too. when you had follow that for the last 20+years then you would understand what i mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 9 minutes ago, huuwi said: when you had follow that for the last 20+years then you would understand what i mean Unfortunately very much true. In the past we'd see leopard (zebra) sharks at Shark Point every dive, these days maybe once a month if we're very lucky. Still quite a few blacktips at Phi Phi Ley wall, and at Koh Bida Nok, but also that is getting more hit and miss than it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, huuwi said: when you had follow that for the last 20+years then you would understand what i mean Very sorry, but I don't understand what you are trying to say. Are you saying you were there 20 years ago and there were lots more sharks then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huuwi Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 12 minutes ago, jak2002003 said: Very sorry, but I don't understand what you are trying to say. Are you saying you were there 20 years ago and there were lots more sharks then? all around phuket and similans, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Barracuda..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12DrinkMore Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 16 hours ago, jak2002003 said: Very sorry, but I don't understand what you are trying to say. Are you saying you were there 20 years ago and there were lots more sharks then? Not only more sharks, but more of every type of marine life. The water was also much much clearer with pristine corals. And still they keep on building more hotels, putting even more filth into the environment, and at night the fishing boats come into the "no fishing" zone and take whatever they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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