Do Gar fish bite humans? I went on a float trip and freaked out when about 15 were swimming underneath me!?
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Gars have sharp teeth and have been known to bite anything that moves. However, they are not like piranhas, and normally do not attack people. There are many gar fish here in the rivers and lakes of western Kentucky.
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My husband and his buddy's have a cabin they go up to in the chain of lakes that they fish for Muskie. They about every year now have pulled each others resources and go, but they have to travel by boat part of the way to get up there through, to their cabin site. I have never made to trip with them yet, and I don't even know if they would want me to. I guess the mosquito's are out of this world up there. I hope that this was helpful to you, and all I have seen are the pictures. It really looks beautiful though. One of them His friend, "Joe", caught a 69 lb Muskie once, and they put him in the magazine.
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Well, no, people have not been eaten by giant squid. This behemoth prefers very, very deep and cold waters where no humans can survive. There are no scuba divers down this deep. We're talking mesopelagic layer, maybe 1,000 meters or even more. Not without a submarine. Though dead ones sometimes wash ashore.\n\nHumboldt squid have been filmed near fishing boats where the squid were in terrible pain and being killed and the photographers needed cages or they would be attacked. The locals called them Red Devils and claimed they were more dangerous than sharks. They even cannibalized each other. However, when filmed far, far away from the carnage the Humboldt squid were peaceful and inquisitive and did not attack photographers who did not need a shark cage and were not in one.\n\nI believe whether it is Humboldt squid or common squid or the giant squid that their behavior will be more similar than different. They probably would not attack human unprovoked with a blood lust, even if they did live closer to the surface than they do.
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You are more likely to die in a car wreck than get eaten by a shark.  I want you to read the reference i attached.  If you think about it.  The are more people die in a peanut allergic than shark bites.
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When I was eight years old I almost drowned. My uncle tried to teach me how to swim in the deep end.He picked me up and threw me into the water. I fell straight to the bottom. All I remember is looking up at the surface and thinking what happened, and how long do I have to stay here. Then I blanked out. My mom said it was the scariest 3 minutes of her life. When the lifeguard rescued me I was blue and not breathing. Fortinately he knew mouth to mouth. That was my first KISS!!
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First of all i seriously doubt that spiders are bitting you. This is a very common misconception and 99% of the time people think they are getting bit by spiders and they are actually just having asn allergic rection to the sheets, or they have bed bugs, or some other parasitic insect infectation. Unless you have actually seen the spider physically bite you, you are wrong.... trust me, my job is to determine what is "biting" people half the time and it is never spiders. I was bitten by several spiders in my day, I work with them for a living, and trust me, when you get bit, you know it! You will have a large bulbous wound, way worse than any bee sting, and there are two VERY visible punture marks, especially with a group like wolf spiders (probably not them anyways) the bites are extremely painful and terribly obvious.\nI think you should really look into the problem before "bombing" your spiders. Actually to tell you the truth, the spiders are probably eating whatever it is that is really bitting you.\nSpiders are NOT ectoparasites of humans, they never bite needlessly. Every single time I was bitten was because I picked them up, they felt threatened and that is their only defence, they NEVER seek out paople to bite.......It just doesn't happen. All spiders eat insects, there re some exceptions and they feed on nectar, but there has never been a species out there that feeds of the blood of people.\nSpiders are also very fragile, if you were to say roll on one in bed, it may bite, but it would also die at the same time, then you would find dead spiders in your bed, have you seen any?\nA spider large enough to bite a human is probably over an inch long, not very hard to miss, so if you see one of these little giants, in your bed sheets and you have a terrible looking bite with two puncture woulds and a swelling that looks like you have a ping-pong ball under your skin, then you can blame a spider, but until then I think  you should go get tested for allergens, or inspect the tins spaces along the mattress, and sheets for some tiny brownish-red insetcs, or their feces (black bits), these are bed bugs, not uncommon.\n\ntrust me, it is a whaste of money to bob for spiders, and take my word on this, spiders are not the culprit it is something else
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Move on  theirs planty of fish in the water :)  cheer up  dont let him see that he hurt you!
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We had a problem with copperheads also and mothballs around the area work great!  Also chickens will kill them and cats.  If you get bit you just need to go to your doctor or emergancy.  Make sure you wear boots when walking about out there!
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Well Boxergirl, I've been scuba diving for 28 years, and just as the surfer said, the best way to defend against a shark attack is to be aware of the shark to begin with! We did a live study on shark attack methods, and the results were very interesting. Almost all sharks will circle their targeted prey several times before attacking. They attack from below, getting an angle from below so that they give no warning. In the surf, and at the mouths of rivers and such, they come from the side, due to no visibility and most attacks on humans there are mistaken identity, because they don't actually see you at all. They bump into soft flesh, and bite in reflex, normally letting go as soon as they taste the blood. Our blood is not the same as marine life, so it's not something they actually like very much. But it can get them excited, so don't take it for granted that they won't attack twice. \n    In the event that you ARE attacked, stay calm, first and foremost! You will have a bad cut, or worse, so you do NOT want to get your heart to racing! If at all possible, locate the shark, and keep an eye on it, while you work at stopping or at least slowing the blood flow. Swimming calmly, not splashing or acting erratic, make your way towards shore, yelling loudly to let nearby swimmers know that you've been attacked. In the event that the shark returns, or makes another pass, you can use both hands and feet to kick and strike in the nose and eye regions. If you have a board, shove the nose of the board at the shark's eye region. Keep in mind that if you are bitten, other sharks may be attracted, so you are in a fight for survival, and there are no rules. You fight to win, no questions asked. \n    Like I said, I've been diving for 28 years, and even with all the sharks dives I've done (435), I've never been bitten. I HAVE had to ward several off when they got too nosey, but no bites. Good luck!!
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they see themselves in the water and see a much larger thing looking back at them and they run from it... louisiana fly repellant lol dont work....do you need help with evil spirits?
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Having been in the stuff while my more experienced friends stood around and laughed, I can tell you -\n\nYou won't drown.  Its just like water, only thicker.  It doesn't "suck you down".  Stay calm and swim out slow motion.
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yes very much so, i know i have a severe fear of being alone in pools or even my own bathtub seems dumb right? well i find out through dreams and other sources that in a past life i was swimming in a pond and something (alligator i think) grabbed my leg and drown me. to this day i can't stop looking behind my back at pools. draw your own conclusion.
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i wouldn't recommend swimming in nature right now. a lot of debris was blown all over the place, and they're still cleaning it up. you could get hurt badly by something submerged under the water, like metal or a broken board, glass, etc.
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Absolutely.  Aligators are ambush hunters.  They will lie still and inch up on their prey until they are in striking distance.  If a kid is on the edge of the pond, and the aligator feels that it can drag that kid into the water, it will try.\n\nRemember though that the chances of an aligator eating a human are very slim.  Aligaotors do not typically see humans as prey, and if they do kill and eat a human, it was probably a mistake.  Still, to be safe, keep the kids away from riverbanks.  Instead, fish from a dock or from the other side of a wall.
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Yes, and I never was traumatized.  My neighbors dog bit me when I was about 8 and My dad was a cop and I was wandering around the police dogs and he wasn't watching me and I tried to pat one. I got bit, My horse bit me acouple of times, My neighbors horse kick me in the leg, THAT HURT, My dogs,cats,and my rat. Every one need medicine sometime and no one likes it!  My Ball python got over excited one day as I was dropping a mouse in and she missed the mouse and got my thumb.   I have a nasty oversexed male dove that will peck me when I don't allow him to do disgusting depraved things to my bare foot.   Oh yeah the one thing I am leery of is large Birds, They can do some serious damage and they are unpredictable!  I guess I have a little fear about large parrots, or may be a healthy respect!
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1st off the sharks are always there you may not see them but they are there I have been surfing manytimes and had a shark swim right by me fishing with live bait is not going to attract sharks un less its bigger and a very bloody bait they are attracted to large fish and bloody meat not little shrimp and shinners which is what wade fisherman use along with shrimp and such you are more likely to get worried if someone is using chicken to catch crabs then anything and then you are looking at a thigh not a whole chicken the blood could attract them but not likely I have doen it many times and not a single shark bite on my line
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no but when I was younger I'd catch them after a rain storm ....they all have their heads sticking out so they don't drown.....just pull them gently so you don't break them in half....Happy Fishin'