Shark Jumps Into Boat!
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
A shark jumped into a boat, terrifying four children and two fishermen, near Waiheke Island, NZ last week.
The 5 ft thresher shark leaped into the Tony Page’s boat while on a day of fishing and diving with their children.
While the moms were in the water exploring fish life, the men and children were on board the boat fishing.
Tony had hooked a shark and it took off under the boat, thrashed its tail to get rid of the hook, jumped up over Tony’s lap and landed in the boat.
The four children screamed their lungs out as the shark thrashed around near Abbey, 5.
Tony put the shark out of its misery. Ten minutes later the women emerged from the water, oblivious to the incident.
Looks like Abbey got her revenge later…
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What a poorly written article! Also, they put the shark out of its misery? Why not remove the hook and put him back in the water? Why bring it home so that your daughter can play with it in the front yard?!?!?!
Haven’t you ever played with a corpse before?
theres something soothing and relaxing about it! only joking!
I’m not joking at all.
Is a shame if they just killed that shark and wasted it. I hope they at lease bury it in the garden for fertilizer.
A.B. EW!!
it is not soothing or relaxing messing with corpses. When performing the last rites I always expect the dead patients to sit up and take a bite outta me. one time my patients body made this big groan and I nearly crapped my dacks!!
dogislandlover,
thank you, logic. i was baffled by the misery thing too. BACK IN THE WATER would have done it.
excellent lesson for kids on how to respect marine life.
Don’t be silly, Sara. Anything that comes out of the ocean is a toy, don’tchaknow?
silly me, here i thought they were real animals!
if a shark scared me id play with it like a toy 2 go ahead child.lol.
Put the shark back in the water? I do not think that would be to smart, let me see someone had to take the life shark with their bare hands, take a chance of being bitten or maybe the crazy shark jumping back in the boat right!
I do not think that playing with the death shark on the front yard was right but much worse would be to take a chance again with the kids in the boat; unless of course the life of the shark was more important that of the humans.
Hey sttupid put the shark back in the water??? Even if ut is a crappy article remember the mother were swimming in the water exploring the sea life. Good chance they may have been attacked within such close proximity of an angry shark. So quit hugging trees and go swim with some sharks you nature loving faggots.
I have a few ex-wives I wouldn’t mind throwing a shark or two in their swimming pool.
Sharks are on borrowed time. There was no reason to kill it.
I enjoy fishing but have never killed a fish and use barbless hooks .
I think your are just kidding all, sharks are dangerous and will not leave a tiny little chance if it can find you. Why all this compassion for this shark
Threshers are notorious jumpers and this one landed in the wrong spot! Shame you had to just kill it and then photo it on your yard. Me personally I catch and release any & all fish I catch except for just a few to eat. Made a good story but with a less than good ending.
Good for them, Sharks kill humans, humans kill shark, whats the big deal. Its just a stupid and dangeraous fish. Death to all sharks.
Does anyone know how to spell anyore?
How do you know they didn’t eat it? Shark meat is very good.If you were in that situation with your kids in the boat and your wife in the water would you have the time or the calm nerve to remove a hook and throw a shark that size back into the water? Hooks are not always easy to remove even if they are barbless and a shark that size is not going to sit still for you. A shark that size is very powerful and can destroy the deck of a boat while thrashing around. I have seen it happen.
All of you were not there and witnessed what happened, the article said the shark jumped in the boat and landed near the 5 year old girl. As a parent if they thought that their daughter ws in danger then they should have killed the shark. So yes it is a shame the shark had to die, but we were not there to see what happened, so keep that in mind when you make your shnide remarks about what the article reported.
I’m with “dogislandlover”….why put the shark out of his misery?? Just remove the hook and put him back in the water. Seems some ppl are just too anxious to kill!
U r all killen me with the “save the fen shark”
give me a brake…what an awesome thing to touch a shark..check it out little one…poke it in the eye its realy cool…
LOL LOL
ya’ll need to go huge a tree and get over it…LOL
Really? Save the shark? Sure, let the poor guy go so he can take another stab at the kids, or maybe take a bite out of the mothers who were swimming nearby. When someone breaks in your house, hope you think the same way then, let the guy go he deserves to live free.
Most kids have their picture taken when they are little with a big fish, at least over here on the coast where fishing is a big thing. This little girl has her pic taken with a shark! That’s much cooler than a big bass.
If anyone took the time to follow up on this before you went off you would see the problem. There were four kids and two men in a 21 foot boat. That shark was 5 1/2 feet long and 100 to 125 lbs. Who is going to try to unhook it and throw it back while it is thrashing around your children? As a mother my kids are first. I feel sorry for the shark, but even rubbing against one causes wounds. It may not seem nice but its what happened.
I love all Gods creatures even the trees. If a murder entered your home and threatened your child, wife. would you open the door to let them out. Oh I
say ya gonna die partner. I’m not with my wife but my kids still love their mom. You are idiots for thinking of putting the shark back in the water. Better yet how bout you idiots kiss & play nice with the shark, see if it don’t bite your b*3@+ a**.
I love all Gods creatures even the trees. If a murder entered your home and threatened your child, wife. would you open the door to let them out. Oh I
say ya gonna die partner. I’m not with my wife but my kids still love their mom. You are idiots for thinking of putting the shark back in the water. Better yet how bout you idiots kiss & play nice with the shark, see if it don’t bite your b*3@ a**. Do the children and mothers swimming below not rate. If I put the bloody shark baxck in the water it would be sea food, blood would attract more sharks with the women/ mothers down below.
Put some legs on that thing. I wanna see how fast it can run ROFL
bull sharks are the most deadly sarks in the world