seems these days you cant even catch an occy! without death threats
Submitted by snappermiles on Mon, 2012-11-05 09:55
pretty crazy stuff
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2012/11/05/05/28/scuba-diver-gets-death-threats-after-octopus-catch
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snappermiles
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make sure you spend the time to read the comments
theres so many numpties in this world!
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SABRE
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LOL
Only in America,some-one will be suing him soon LOL
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grantarctic1
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LOL
Ha Ha , the comments are funny , the Ozzy troll got a great thrill from those comments and got the reaction he wanted . As for the actual story, he did nothing wrong exept to do it in front of a bunch of greenies.
K1W1
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Didnt something similar
Didnt something similar happen here with stumpy the stingray?. Not sure if the guys responsible for that took it home to eat tho.
jettyrat
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Very similar
Crying kids,Screaming angry adults. I got down the beach when the ray was being cleaned just in time as the kids were about to get a hiding. There is now a sting ray protection zone at Hamelin bay.
snappermiles
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no where near the same
that was a tame ray that was an attraction, this is just a occy that was caught in the ocean!
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jettyrat
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In the news article
In the news article it describes the octopus as being curious and playful. Stumpy had his tail removed because he was scaring away boat users from the boat ramp ( affecting tourism ).
Versus
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Actually the octopus is an
Actually the octopus is an attraction to divers, similar to stumpy the stingray, hence DIVERS were angry at him and DIVE SHOPS apparently banned him. Watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwAqhThd_EQ (its only 2 minutes)
Like Stumpy, its probably one of those unwritten laws. Also, the dude said that he originally grabbed it for his mate for some ART project for $^%#s sake. If some dickhead teenager threw stumpy in the back of his ute and took it home for an art project, would you all post the same responses? Death threats maybe a bit far, but cmon what a dickhead...
"The Pacific octopus is not protected, authorities say, but it is not usually hunted for food either"... Like Stumpy?
"I caught it, and then these divers came up and started yelling at me. I ignored them and ended up driving away,"
So when other divers come and yell at him and tell him he should put it back, his reaction is to ignore them and drive away? Yep, you're doing the right thing mate. Don't take no guff from these treehuggers.
Spence
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Some retards out
Some retards out there.....serously. Most sustainable marine life are cephalopods.
Too many tree huggers around these days thinking they can save the world.........think we should all just become vegetarians just to keep everyone happy. When does it stop?
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