Girl (21) killed by sharks in front of her mom

Bret Kavanaugh -
BruteDion -

De we know what type of sharks were they?

Probably bull sharks. They are all over those waters and pretty ducking aggressive. 

Wrong time of year for bull sharks in the Caribbean I thought? Don't they head to colder water around end of March? I may be way off though...

Bret Kavanaugh -
BruteDion -

De we know what type of sharks were they?

Probably bull sharks. They are all over those waters and pretty ducking aggressive. 

I heard they were black sharks.

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SecondBase - That's my worst nightmare.

Yup.

Just shot me in the head as soon as you drag me in.

Read an article saying three tiger sharks. Horrible way to go. Could not imagine what the parents are going through.

Gareth80 -
Bret Kavanaugh -
BruteDion -

De we know what type of sharks were they?

Probably bull sharks. They are all over those waters and pretty ducking aggressive. 

Wrong time of year for bull sharks in the Caribbean I thought? Don't they head to colder water around end of March? I may be way off though...

Correct. The tigers are out en masse in that area though. I imagine they were tiger sharks. 

I don't fuck around in the ocean. There's nowhere to run and pretty much no way to defend yourself. You roll the dice every time man. Fuck that noise. 

Gareth80 -
Bret Kavanaugh -
BruteDion -

De we know what type of sharks were they?

Probably bull sharks. They are all over those waters and pretty ducking aggressive. 

Wrong time of year for bull sharks in the Caribbean I thought? Don't they head to colder water around end of March? I may be way off though...

This is accurate as far as I can tell. They will mostly be well north of the carribean in late June for the most part, and not back until the waters cool down. 

 

More likely it was white tips or other reef sharks in a frenzy mentality. Especially if she saw them and started moving erratically. 

AmazinGracie -
Gareth80 -
Bret Kavanaugh -
BruteDion -

De we know what type of sharks were they?

Probably bull sharks. They are all over those waters and pretty ducking aggressive. 

Wrong time of year for bull sharks in the Caribbean I thought? Don't they head to colder water around end of March? I may be way off though...

Correct. The tigers are out en masse in that area though. I imagine they were tiger sharks. 

Tigers are mostly very solitary and don't hunt in packs or congregate together much. Possible though. 

Last month

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/hawaii-shark-attack-leaves-california-man-dead-witness-says-skin-just-torn-off

Man killed in Hawaii shark attack, witness says skin 'just torn off'

 

I was just in the Gulf of Mexico - put on my flippers and mask and started swimming out as far as I could without freaking out.  I made it to about 15-20 feet deep and visibility dropped dramatically.  Fuck that....I want to see what kills me - turned back like a pussy.

A couple hours later a baby hammerhead cruises by in less than two feet of water.

Scury

RIP.  Incredibly sad... :-(

BruteDion - 

De we know what type of sharks were they?

Assault sharks. Time to ban them.

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What a horrificly violent way to lose a kid. How would you not be completely ruined for life after witnessing that? 

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Gareth80 -
Bret Kavanaugh -
BruteDion -

De we know what type of sharks were they?

Probably bull sharks. They are all over those waters and pretty ducking aggressive. 

Wrong time of year for bull sharks in the Caribbean I thought? Don't they head to colder water around end of March? I may be way off though...

Bull sharks are currently spawning in Florida estuaries.

Fuck getting in the ocean. 

 

RIP young lady

Bizarre 

There have been a ton of bites in the Bahamas recently.  Sharky as fuck. Most of my close calls spearfishing have been in the Bahamas 

Yeah, this makes me sweat. My kid is there swimming and fucking around with sharks this very moment. 

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JPro -
Gareth80 -
Bret Kavanaugh -
BruteDion -

De we know what type of sharks were they?

Probably bull sharks. They are all over those waters and pretty ducking aggressive. 

Wrong time of year for bull sharks in the Caribbean I thought? Don't they head to colder water around end of March? I may be way off though...

Bull sharks are currently spawning in Florida estuaries.

Overall thier spawning grounds have been shifting north the last few years. 

 

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Pinsky isn't the only scientist to make this observation. In April, researchers in North Carolina published a paper in Nature's Scientific Resources that documented the northern migration of bull shark nurseries.

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By analyzing data from North Carolina's Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF), the researchers found that between 2003 and 2011, when water temperatures in the sound were hovering closer to 22 degrees Celsius, only six juvenile sharks were caught in the area. But as temperatures began to rise, a group of bull sharks migrated from their previous home in Northern Florida and established a nursery in Pamlico, causing a drastic uptick in juvenile shark presence. Between 2011 and 2016 alone, NCDMF found 53.]

Rising sea temps and all. I don't think this was bull sharks that far south (carribean) this time of year.