5-year-old girl attacked by shark in Ocracoke (statistics, move)
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no clue but really - anyone who goes swimming at that time of day is a little dim. not the kids fault, for sure, but parents should have known better. was it at the life guard beach? i havent looked to see exactly where she was....
I keep saying there ought to be a required reading of ' swimming in the ocean for dummies' which as of yet is unpublished. maybe that should be my next project instead of what im working on!
sure do hope kiddo is ok though! poor thing is probably traumatized for life!
no clue but really - anyone who goes swimming at that time of day is a little dim. not the kids fault, for sure, but parents should have known better. was it at the life guard beach? i havent looked to see exactly where she was....
On average, there is less than 1 shark attack per year in the Outer Banks. Compare that to the thousands of people who bathe at 5PM without incident.
You have a much, much greater chance of being injured in a car accident. Does that make people who get into cars "a little dim"?
Most fish are sight feeders so they are very hungry in the mornings after a long dark night. After a good breakfast fish tend to head for cooler waters during the day. Evening time their stomachs are empty and its time to feed again.
The shark bite happened in a 1 1/2 feet of water. It was probably very "muddy" churned up waters. I seriously doubt the shark knew what it bit. It probably just reacted to motion.
But just as a warning-July-Aug-Sept is when sharks move in the closest. It's also the time of year when you fish kills occurr in the rivers and back waters. Don't panic. The hotter the water the lower the disolved oxygen in the water. Fish -primarily menhadden-get trapped in pockets of water with zero oxygen. Menhadden are an extremely fragile fish. When they get trapped in these waters they die very quickly.
If you drive without the necessary precautions (seat belt, functioning brakes, mechanical issues)... then yes.
But even with those, you still have a much greater chance of being injured in a car accident than being injured in a shark attack.
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there were 5 attacks off our coast in the past year
...the majority being further south than the Outer Banks.
With all the risks we take in this world, swimming at 5PM is simply not much of one. It's silly to call the parents "dim" for falling victim to an event that is statistically extremely unlikely.
That's great news, happy to hear she is doing better. Thanks for all the responses.
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