Hawaii Shark Attacks

[Menehune Man]

There have been two shark attacks near Kona on the Big Island so far in May 2011!
Both ladies had their surfboards bitten and luckily they weren't hurt.

from the article...
"A shark specialist says two Hawaii Island shark-biting incidents — involving bitten boards, not humans —
in a span of four days at the same surf spot in Holualoa Bay were caused by tiger sharks.

It's crazy that two people would have their boards bit in such close proximity in terms of the space and time,
said Randy Honebrink, a shark specialist with the state Aquatic Resources Division.

There's no reason to think that it was necessarily the same shark."
Maybe, but sounds logical that it is doesn't it?!

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/2...ing_beach.html

[Ron Whitfield]

Re: Hawaii Shark Attacks

There's no reason to think that it was necessarily the same shark."
Maybe, but sounds logical that it is doesn't it?!

Sharks being highly concerned with self preservation usually means they don't often make the same mistake twice. I think the surf board's skeg probably caused a bit of injury to it's inner mouth, which would red flag doing the same again, if it was the first victim. But sharks, especially tigers, do crazy things, so it could have been a hard head, and HUNGRY! da dum... DA DUM... DA DUM...