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Have we got dangerous sharks in Irish waters ?

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  • #32
    The_Valeyard
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  • #33
    Beyondgone
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    Shannon757 wrote: »
    No but we have giant squid.

    It was more "Large Squid". Giant would be pushing it. It wasn't giant. Giant wouldn't have fitted in their ickle plastic box. My idea of giant is kinda "Dublin bus sized squid". No giant.


  • #34
    Steve
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT9BeGNnCqw


  • #35
    The_Valeyard
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    Beyondgone wrote: »
    It was more "Large Squid". Giant would be pushing it. It wasn't giant. Giant wouldn't have fitted in their ickle plastic box. My idea of giant is kinda "Dublin bus sized squid". No giant.

    giant be like that film Deep Rising.


  • #36
    VinLieger
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    I think the real question is can we sue the schools when the sharks attack children in a playground?


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  • #37
    MonkieSocks
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    You got city hands Mr Hooper never worked a day in your life

    "All right, all right"

    "Hey, I don't need this... I don't need this working-class-hero crap"

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • #38
    4Ad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭4Ad


    mzungu wrote: »
    The Shallows was pretty good too. But, they really should have cut out the whole family backstory part, it was totally unnecessary. Scriptwriters made a big error there.

    I agree, there should of being more of the seagulls backstory...


  • #39
    con___manx1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭con___manx1


    http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/moment-monster-107-stone-shark-10373981

    That was caught a few weeks ago off the Clare coast. One of the biggest sharks seen in European waters.


  • #40
    Are Am Eye
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMl1NbR0h_A


  • #41
    The Backwards Man
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    You have more chance of having your balls bitten off by a whitrit in Ireland than your leg bitten off by a shark


    These are the statistics they should be teaching in schools


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  • #42
    PARlance
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    You have more chance of having your balls bitten off by a whitrit in Ireland than your leg bitten off by a shark


    These are the statistics they should be teaching in schools

    Probably just in the boys schools.


  • #43
    The Backwards Man
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    PARlance wrote: »
    Probably just in the boys schools.

    Have you ever cornered a whitrit? They'd bite the balls off the women too


  • #44
    kuntboy
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    Beyondgone wrote: »
    kuntface 55 wrote: »
    nice fish

    Says Kuntface.


    I always wanted to say that without fear.. :D

    Go ahead and say it son. As much as you like


  • #45
    Ciderswigger
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Have you ever cornered a whitrit? They'd bite the balls off the women too

    What kind of women do you be hanging around with??!!!


  • #46
    please helpThank YOU
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    con___manx1 wrote: »
    http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/moment-monster-107-stone-shark-10373981

    That was caught a few weeks ago off the Clare coast. One of the biggest sharks seen in European waters.
    That is just 10 days ago that the biggest Shark ever caught of the Clare coast is the biggest ever caught Europe.:eek:


  • #47
    Duff
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    You have more chance of having your balls bitten off by a whitrit in Ireland than your leg bitten off by a shark


    These are the statistics they should be teaching in schools

    Sure ya wouldn't be long gettin' whitrit.


  • #48
    MonkieSocks
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    You get Blue Sharks around Kinsale.

    A bunch of us were out fishing and one of the lads got something big on his line,

    Took three of us to hole the line at one particular time.

    Even though the line he was using was the heaviest poundage, it gave way after nearly an hour.

    Our boat pilot that day had radioed we had a shark and a lot of boats cane our way.

    A Big American Tourist on one of the other boats got him in.

    Later that night we saw the sharks carcass dumped in the water by the quay, the teeth had been removed.

    Sad to see a beautiful creature end up been dumped there like that.

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • #49
    please helpThank YOU
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    MonkieSocks wrote: »
    You get Blue Sharks around Kinsale.

    A bunch of us were out fishing and one of the lads got something big on his line,

    Took three of us to hole the line at one particular time.

    Even though the line he was using was the heaviest poundage, it gave way after nearly an hour.

    Our boat pilot that day had radioed we had a shark and a lot of boats cane our way.

    A Big American Tourist on one of the other boats got him in.

    Later that night we saw the sharks carcass dumped in the water by the quay, the teeth had been removed.

    Sad to see a beautiful creature end up been dumped there like that.
    teeth had been removed the are selling Sharks teeth on e-bay just looked at them for sale . blue sharks are Considered to be dangerous Shark would have love to have see the blue Shark.:cool:


  • #50
    Wibbs
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    There have been a fair few reported sightings of Great Whites around these islands. They could certainly survive in this neck of the woods and there is a big enough seal population in places to sustain them, but whether these are just strays that show up, or consistent visitors is another matter.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #51
    osarusan
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    +1 on the "OP needs their own Kneemos-style thread".


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  • #52
    Kimbot
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    Wibbs wrote: »
    There have been a fair few reported sightings of Great Whites around these islands. They could certainly survive in this neck of the woods and there is a big enough seal population in places to sustain them, but whether these are just strays that show up, or consistent visitors is another matter.

    I recall one of the coast of Kerry about 4-5 years ago that had tracking on it and those tracking the shark were baffled at how it appeared just off the coast of our little island. I will try dig up a link.

    edit: found this link http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/great-white-shark-coming-ireland-3218484


  • #53
    please helpThank YOU
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    jonnycivic wrote: »
    I recall one of the coast of Kerry about 4-5 years ago that had tracking on it and those tracking the shark were baffled at how it appeared just off the coast of our little island. I will try dig up a link.

    edit: found this link http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/great-white-shark-coming-ireland-3218484
    Kerry again?. I have seen Sharks in Kerry also was out in boat fishing in Kerry. and it got me thinking if we had warm summer the could come in very near where people are Swimming?


  • #54
    Owryan
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    please helpThank YOU wrote: »
    Kerry again?. I have seen Sharks in Kerry also was out in boat fishing in Kerry. and it got me thinking if we had warm summer the could come in very near where people swim? .


    They are evolving........using boats to fish rather than having to do all that swimming.

    What's with the random missing letters?


  • #55
    The J Stands for Jay
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    please helpThank YOU wrote: »
    Have we got Dangerous Sharks in Irish waters? I have seen Sharks of the coast of Clare in fanore and also in Kerry .

    Do you have sharks in your home country?


  • #56
    please helpThank YOU
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    McGaggs wrote: »
    Do you have sharks in your home country?
    No why?


  • #57
    andekwarhola
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    You actually do get basking sharks in Irish waters, right?


  • #58
    topper75
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    Shannon757 wrote: »
    No but we have giant squid.

    Only 185km out from the shore. Feck sake! Anyone's child could be swimming out there. :eek:


  • #59
    harry Bailey esq
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    andekwarhola wrote: »
    You actually do get basking sharks in Irish waters, right?

    Blue sharks and porbeagles are just as common,maybe even moreso.But basking sharks feed with their mouths open close to the surface,this combined with the sheer size of them means they are spotted much more frequently.Dogfish,(rock salmon) are sharks,not big sharks but if one clamped it's jaws on your fingers you'd know all about it.


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