> From: "Rev. Bob Carter" <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> > Most of us up here in Alaska familar with Treadwell figured that > eventually he would be mauled and killed by a bear. "That guy is nuts" was the > comment I kept hearing about him. He anthropomorphized the bears and treated > them like "his buddies"rather than for what they were, wild animals. Same with a world-famous "shark expert" by the name of Dr. Erich Ritter. He had similar ideas about swimming with bull sharks until he was attacked. However, he did survive the attack. Nasty wounds. Not sure if he's changed his research methods. See "Shark expert seriously injured by shark in Bahamas" at: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/15457/story.htm btw, the description that the water was murky is wrong. I saw the footage of the actual attack during Discovery's "Sharkweek." The water was quite clear. Other shark researchers commented it was "a matter of time." "But Dr. Sam Gruber, a University of Miami shark expert who worked with Ritter in the 1990s, said Ritter's methods were not accepted by the scientific community and called him "an accident waiting to happen." jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Shark, bear, tiger . . . Jackie, you had best treat you little dog, and I had best treat my kitty, with great respect. The animals talk to each other, you know. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> From: Richard Culpeper <culpeper_at_tbaytel.net> > Shark, bear, tiger . . . Jackie, you had best treat you little dog, and > I had best treat my kitty, with great respect. The animals talk to each > other, you know. Yes, they do :-) Do you have a picture of paddling with kitty? Would kitty be outraged to have said picture (if it exists) added to the Paddling With Pooches page on the GASP website? Jackie http://www.muddypuppies.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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