by webbo » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:17 pm
purdey wrote:Hey, the talk of sharks will be a good draw for tourists. I hope the lifeguards at Curuim beach don't start shouting shark.
by Oracle » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:21 pm
webbo wrote:purdey wrote:Hey, the talk of sharks will be a good draw for tourists. I hope the lifeguards at Curuim beach don't start shouting shark.
Pack that in - I will never go back into the water now!!!
BTW, what is the Greek word for 'shark' please?
Bubbles x
by webbo » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:22 pm
Oracle wrote:Unrelated to the reef sharks mentioned above, but found this showing the waters off Cyprus may be recovering in biodiversity.Sharks ‘pose no risk to Cyprus swimmers’
By Leo Leonidou
THE senior fisheries officer at the Agriculture Ministry yesterday urged swimmers not to panic after three sharks were seen off the coast of Cyprus in as many days last week.
George Georgiou told the Cyprus Mail, “we call these sharks skillopsara or dogfish, which is the general term we use for this type of shark, which is considered to be harmless. In fact, since the police started keeping records, there have not been any reports of sharks attacking humans in the waters off the island.”
On Saturday, amateur fishermen found a shark in their nets off the coast of Akamas. The shark measured 2.5metres in length and weighed in at 260 kilos. Long-time fisherman Prodromos Malietsis said sharks were usually found at a depth of 100 to 200 metres. “This shark was caught in fishing nets aimed at catching big fish. It had three rows of teeth that looked like saws but doesn’t usually go near the coast.”
According to the Cyprus News Agency, the fishermen took the shark back to their village of Yiolou where it became the “attraction of the day”.
Three amateur fishermen killed a three-metre shark off the coast of Larnaca last Wednesday after the shark, along with a five-metre companion, began circling their dingy in a menacing fashion.
Georgiou said many species of shark lived in the Mediterranean, “with most of them found in deep waters. The eastern Med is actually part of their ecological environment. Many are caught by trawlers and by sports fishermen in the summer months.”
Dogfish are small sharks and have many shark-like features such as low-slung mouths, hydroplane-like pectoral fins and uncovered gill slits. Often seen snoozing on the seabed during the day, they feed at night. They are indiscriminate hunters and munch on crabs and whelks as well as eating bottom-living fish like gobies, dabs and gurnards. They will also hunt shoaling fish such as herring and pilchards.
Dogfish rely heavily on their sense of smell when hunting and have been observed slavishly following a scent trail – like a bloodhound – even when their prey has turned and swum right back past them. They are also able to detect faint electrical fields produced by the muscles of hidden prey.
Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2008
by webbo » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:24 pm
Oracle wrote:webbo wrote:purdey wrote:Hey, the talk of sharks will be a good draw for tourists. I hope the lifeguards at Curuim beach don't start shouting shark.
Pack that in - I will never go back into the water now!!!
BTW, what is the Greek word for 'shark' please?
Bubbles x
Good girl, stay out of the water ... then the sweet native sharks won't be scared off again, just when they have been enticed back!
by purdey » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:31 pm
by webbo » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:35 pm
purdey wrote:Hey there are worse things in the water. Two years ago I stepped on a fish that was buried in the sand. Somebody may be able to tell me what it was. Anyway it felt like I had stood on a needle, after the intial scream and a fair bit of jumping around, my foot went completely numb and I had terrible pain in my leg.
A kind Cypriot woman, said I needed to urinate on it ? in the middle of the beach on a public holiday, no way.
Another woman said the pain would go in ten minutes, and then rubbed a large tomato on it. The pain went, but I rarely go to Ladies mile now.
by BOF » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:09 pm
weaver or possibly a stone fish, i have seen anglers catch a few of these in the past couple of weeks..even the smaller ones can cause pain if stepped on. I think they are related to lion or scorpion fish that one sees on coral reefs, thr first thirteen spines of which can inject a nasty venom.
by Bill » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:34 pm
BOF wrote: The old lady was indeed right, urine (male ony) will take the pain away also used for sea urchin spines...
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