Greenpeace activist gets arm bitten off after hugging a white shark

[Mike70560]

We need a tad bit more chlorine in the old gene pool.

 

[Delta5Cav]

You just can't fix stupid. He's lucky to be alive.

I agree that it's hard to fix stupid.

 

[Hank2211]

While the entire story is fake, it does point to a disturbing trend.

The tendency to suggest that humans can develop 'friendly' if not 'loving' relationships with wild animals if only we treat them with respect, is both a dangerous one for those involved but more importantly from our personal perspective, it creates a mindset which is anti-hunting.

This is the Walt Disney syndrome. Having said that, I loved those movies when I was child, and still like them today, but I have no recollection of anyone suggesting that what we were seeing on the screen was representative of real life. Today, that's clearly not the case, and if every animal is a friend, then every animal can be a pet.

And what kind of person would kill a pet (or a potential pet)?

 

[BRICKBURN]

HOOK LINE AND SINKER

Fact Check[/URL] Fake News
Did a Greenpeace Activist Get His Arm Bitten Off After Hugging a White Shark?
An article claiming that a great white shark attacked a Greenpeace activist originated on a well-known fake news site.

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CLAIM
A Greenpeace activist had his arm bitten off when he tried to hug a shark.

RATING

FALSE
ORIGIN
On 1 February 2018, the dubious web site World News Daily Report published a fake news article about a Greenpeace activist who had his arm bitten off by a shark after they tried to give it a hug:



An environmental activist was almost killed Yesterday in the Indian Ocean, after the great white shark he was trying to hug suddenly attacked him and bit his arm off.

21-year old Darrell Waterford, from Eugene in Oregon, was participating in a promotional video for Greenpeace, some 100 nautical miles away from the Australian city of Perth.

This is not a genuine news article.

World News Daily Report has a well-known history of publishing misinformation. The site carries a disclaimer labeling all of its content as “satirical” in nature:

 

[Royal27]

Thanks for clearing that up Wayne!

 

[Hank2211]

Thanks for clearing that up Wayne!

I like to think I cleared it up. That was wheat I meant by "the entire story is fake."

But I agree Wayne is more, shall we say, impactful?

 

[BRICKBURN]

All credit to @Hank2211

 

[Hank2211]

Actually, to be really fair, the credit goes to @PHOENIX PHIL!

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

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Fact Check[/URL] Fake News
Did a Greenpeace Activist Get His Arm Bitten Off After Hugging a White Shark?
An article claiming that a great white shark attacked a Greenpeace activist originated on a well-known fake news site.

290
CLAIM
A Greenpeace activist had his arm bitten off when he tried to hug a shark.

RATING

FALSE
ORIGIN
On 1 February 2018, the dubious web site World News Daily Report published a fake news article about a Greenpeace activist who had his arm bitten off by a shark after they tried to give it a hug:



An environmental activist was almost killed Yesterday in the Indian Ocean, after the great white shark he was trying to hug suddenly attacked him and bit his arm off.

21-year old Darrell Waterford, from Eugene in Oregon, was participating in a promotional video for Greenpeace, some 100 nautical miles away from the Australian city of Perth.

This is not a genuine news article.

World News Daily Report has a well-known history of publishing misinformation. The site carries a disclaimer labeling all of its content as “satirical” in nature:

Imagine that?

 

[BRICKBURN]

Actually, to be really fair, the credit goes to @PHOENIX PHIL!

No way, say it ain't so.

@Hoas is going to be embarrassed.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Thanks for clearing that up Wayne!

 

[Royal27]

 

[ScottG]

Proof they just don't get it. Protect the sharks ok but all common sense and reason seems to be lacking in these people .

 

[Hank2211]

Proof they just don't get it. Protect the sharks ok but all common sense and reason seems to be lacking in these people .

Scott - it didn't happen. Fake news.

Which is not to say I don't agree that common sense is lacking these people. But not in this case. Because there is no case.

 

[BRICKBURN]

That's good for -500.

 

[MS Hitman]

I am having difficulties understanding that any human can be this stupd.

You been watching tv the last year?

 

[Hogpatrol]

If you're stupid or dead, you don't know it but everyone around you does.

 

[flat8]

Seeing this is fake, but I’m sure Greenpeace will have volunteers lined up for ‘hug an elephant’ day if they go that route though.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

That's good for -500.

Well worth it.

 

[BRICKBURN]

We should promote that for all donors to HSUS! Certainly for a couple of the cranky Cows. I’m certain they could use it.