Bad days.
If it swims in the ocean it must not be trusted. This rule applies to “man-eating” sharks, to rapist dolphins, to sneaky stingrays, heartless jellyfish and crusty, grumpy, mean-spirited surfers. Jerky, rude, foul surfers.
Sea lions too.
And I’ve always been very wary of the aquatic pitbulls. They don’t look nice, that’s for certain, but a tourist in Western Australia felt differently after locals told her that region’s sea lions were gentle creatures.
Well, as one does in Western Australia, she went swimming in a pack of them with her friend. It was such a wonderful pleasure she returned and repeated the activity for a second day. Even better than the first and so back for a third when a savage beast turned on her and…
“…all of a sudden, all I saw was a sea lion in front of me, and when I turned my back, he bit me.
“It was on the back of my right leg, and straight away I could see he had drawn blood.”
The tourists didn’t think the animals were dangerous, or that a tour guide was needed to swim in the area.
“Locals had told us that the sea lions were friendly, and that many went there without a tour guide or anything like that,” she said.
“It was an amazing experience, as they liked to dance with us, playing and jumping out of the water.”
But when a sea lion decided to have a taste of the backpacker, she was in a state of shock.
“The pain was shock – I couldn’t really feel thanks to the adrenaline, but I couldn’t swim to get out of the water.”
Thankfully Ms. Precillia was with her friend who took her to a hospital which charged her nearly $5000 dollars because sea lions contain a rare bacteria in their mouths very bad for human beings.
The moral of this story?
Exactly.
I’d bite that ass anyday….
Please stop referring to an animal in the wild as an “aquatic pitbull” !!!!!!!!! The connotation, as well as the comparison, are highly inaccurate! One IS a wild animal, while the other is a domestic animal that has been taught to be wild!
She was a capitalist
Have you watched Ford vs Ferrari? Christian Bale as Ken Miles was outstanding.
Heavy finish yesterday! I guess Newman is in serious condition but not life threatening.
Sexy bum
Definitely a Mormon sea lion whose sensibilities had been offended judging by the photo. In any event are people dumb on purpose or does it just come naturally. There’s a reason it’s called a sea LION , and not a sea mouse , sea ferret , sea rat, sea puss or sea man. Join the dots for crying out loud.
Even a mouse will fight when its cornered.
Ricky Bobby is all very fine
But
I’ve always felt sorry for anyone who’s never watched Bathurst though
Mt Panorama has NO equal on any continent….
Looks suss because I happened to have edited it, but I posted a link about the seal bite on the story about the SF politician a day or so ago.
Editing is not ‘suss’
It just means you know the difference between dumbfuckness (so fun) and actually having at least half a brain (so much fun, or, a lot of fun etc)……..
TBH..I usually comment at 4am before work. Usually stuff something up.
My best work is 5am on the bog
Robert was down-voted for attempting to discuss, and then providing a link to the underwater peaches I think.
I got a couple the other day for mentioning that anyone who says “so fun” is an illiterate moron (or a slightly different thing aiming toward that).
Also a couple right now for my reply to Roberts comment.
What I find quite hilarious is that ya get told who gave you upvotes, but not downvotes.
They should being in a new symbol system to show various different things instead of just up and down.
Walking on the beaches
Looking at the peaches
Clearly she deserved it. Sea Lion Justice
She was.asking for it!
just a little love bite really.
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Aztecs hoops and Daytona!
$5 G’s? I thought healthcare was free there?
Not free. Its levied as an income tax. Non residents not covered.
If it was a resident would there be any hospital bills or copays?
If she’s Italian, as her name would suggest, she’s covered by a reciprocal health care agreement between Australia and Italy that covers emergency care and most medications. Sounds like her out of pocket costs are for non Government funded medications. If she had to pay hospital costs etc etc it would’ve been a shit ton more than the figures variously quoted in the cut and paste articles on the sites that ran the story, I would predict.
#Gofundme Vs #travelinsurance, it’s a hard call.
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Isn’t it great getting back to work on a Monday morning? Just made the mistake of looking at a certain swell cam….
I try to never look if can’t touch!!
Interesting stuff! I appreciate the responses and first hand knowledge. We can do better in the States, it’s just hard to sift through the bullshit and figure out what’s best . Thanks HD!
Nope with a but..
Public hospital treatment is free, private hospitals and more specifically, specialists charge “above the gap” which is what Medicare decides a procedure is worth. People often choose to pay the fee (in addition to the private fund monthly dues) so they can skip ahead/pick the Dr they want. As a double fuck you to the public system that trained them, many specialists go into strictly private practice and competition being what it is, the cost of surgery or specialty treatment such as oncology, ortho, ENT, gyne, etc, goes up. This does cost the taxpayer as Medicare is prone to changing scheduling rates based on the market to try and keep specialists in the public system. A knock on effect is that funds put up prices up based on scheduling rates..(*edit* the Medicare levy that any non fund holder pays in tax goes up too)
Even though it ain’t perfect, our system does make sure you won’t die in a gutter because you can’t afford treatment. It’s complicated to understand and I’ve worked in health for 16 years, it’s messy but empathetic if that makes any sense at all?!
Boring
… as fuck
Thanks! Seems fairly reasonable. At least there is an option to pay if you don’t want to wait forever for a procedure. I guess in Canada they don’t have that option. What happens here is they have to treat you at an ER even if you can’t pay. The non payer bills will go to a collections department and fuck their credit.
Ultimately the costs are absorbed by everyone so we might as well figure out a system that works for all.
All free if your a resident , the sticthes, medication and if you stay in hospital for a night or two – free , we pay heaps of tax though. If you choose to pay extra for private health you,ll get a room to yourself in the hospital and get to choose you surgeon , also get ACL or the like fixed strait away rather than a 3 month wait if your on the free system. Boring ill admit but hey Ive lived in the USA too and seen a mate get a $25k bill for an emergency appendicitis and been charged $100 bucks a stitch in Kuhuku hospital .
El Cajons pride and joy!
Darn tootin!!
In The Pit Grit
Judging from the photo I would guess it was trying to bite that ass!!!!
Pinipedgrit!
Hahahaha….oh shit! LOLOL!!!!!
The colour/ visibility of that water scares the crap outta me. I can just imagine something else casually appearing out of the gloom with a lot less playfulness.
Where have you been surfing all your life? Surfers in plenty of spots consider the water clean if they can see their toes while sitting on their surfboards.
Ay ?
You are joking aren’t you ?
If you can see ya board more like haha
(For instance, the Kirra etc footage from the other day)
Oh I’ve been in much darker waters, but WA kinda has a rep, ya know?
I mean shit, Scotland was super dark and cold, but not a dangerous shark for hundreds of square miles.