Comments on: A teenage shark victim with attitude

By: Frog

Frog — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:46:23 +0000

Democrats are porcine?

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:11:41 +0000

My old Swedish Grandfather, a life long farmer, told me to never turn my back on pigs.

By: n.n

n.n — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 04:45:23 +0000

Wow. Strong constitution.

Lee:

Her story is life-affirming, twice. Awesome.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 03:12:17 +0000

If you’re interested in a comparison of which animals kill the most people in the US per year, see this. The biggest killer in terms of numbers is most definitely not sharks.

I can definitely vouch for the danger of cattle. When my 75 year old uncle was taking some bales of hay out to his cattle, one of his cattle knocked him down. My uncle broke his hip, but was able to use his cell phone to call an ambulance. My uncle’s hip was broken. After several weeks in the hospital, he was scheduled to go home and begin therapy, but died of a massive heart attack. Cattle didn’t directly kill him, but definitely harmed him.

I know of more than one person over 60 who has broken a bone as a consequence of having an obstreperous dog on a leash.

Similarly, my cousin, who had ridden horses for over a half century, decided that for her own safety she had better stop.

By: blert

blert — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:38:45 +0000

I was struck by how motor vehicle deaths have dropped so much in my lifetime.

Especially when calculated on a per-mile basis.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 22:38:34 +0000

The young woman surfer who lost her arm to a shark attack a few years ago is in the news — she just had a baby! I hope she can be an inspiration to him and to the other kid who was attacked.

By: SLR

SLR — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 22:38:07 +0000

Doritos kill.

By: miklos000rosza

miklos000rosza — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 21:02:32 +0000

Force majeure.

By: Molly NH

Molly NH — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 20:35:29 +0000

Poor kid, how unlucky. June seems to be a red flag month for shark attack incidents. I recall a couple of years back a sweet faced 14 yr old girl, just graduated 8th grade suffered a fatal bite to the abdomen floating around on a board in the Gulf, that was followed in about a weeks time by a teenage boy also in the Gulf. Those sharks must swarm in late spring. Dangerous creatures !

By: G6loq

G6loq — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:44:58 +0000

Them cows. They don't vote ... yet!