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sounds like a taste and release from a young great white shark to me too.
I feel for the guy but thankfully he survived. NO NEED TO CLOSE BEACHES just thin the herd of seals is all it takes Hopefully no one will be killed by a shark before something is done about the exploding seal population. |
I'll find him for 3, I'll catch him for 10
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I was being facetious slip.
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Proposed new sign for the beach access.
"Caution multiple seal sightings - BIG sharks may be present!" Capt. Quint Quotes: "I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down the pond chasin' bluegills and tommycods. This shark, swallow you whole. Little shakin', little tenderizin', an' down you go." "Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women." |
But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's just too many captains on this island. $10,000 for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.
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Fellows, let's be reasonable, huh? This is not the time or the place to perform some kind of a half-assed autopsy on a fish... And I'm not going to stand here and see that thing cut open and see that little Kintner boy spill out all over the dock.
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it was a white seal wearing a fake fin :uhuh:
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Just in time for the 25th anniversary of "Shark Week" on Discovery.
Shark Week 2012 | Starts Sunday, Aug 12, 2012 at 9PM e/p on Discovery - YouTube |
I have yet to not see a seal on a backside beach this year. Day or night. There will be more attacks. You cannot blame the sharks for the mistake as 99.9% of the time they attack a shadow in the water it's a seal. On a sunny Saturday in July, I bet the seals in the water on the outer beaches outnumber swimmers 500-1.
On a separate note, why do weekend warrior boogie boarders who only go into the water (at low tide) for a 10 minute stint of looking like an ass need to wear a $300 full wetsuit with flippers? Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
Farewell and adieu you fine Spanish ladies…………
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It was a White Shark....
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Maybe it was a scuba diving bear
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I personally expected this to happen the first time they showed up on our shore line up here.
I never thought for one minute the seals were cute!! Look to California, all the way to the state of Washington. They have taken over. Unfortunately the seals aren’t going away and neither are the whites! You have not heard the last from them then the goody two shoes will be crying out, WHY ISNT SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!! Its actuall to late at this point.:fury: |
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I'm sure there are many more GWs swimming around than being reported. Only a matter of time before it happens again. Even a "taste test" can end up being fatal. You won't catch me swimming in those waters....:err: There's no quick fix to this either. They won't be doing any seal removal and they definitely won't be shooting any sharks any time soon. Gonna take many more "accidents" before ANYTHING happens. Beach closings to swimmers will be the best they can do. Bombas beware when yakking out there!!! :buds: |
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My thought is why would you go swimming that far out in shark and seal infested waters.
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Our political system is so screwed up that Congress can't pass legislation that everyone wants. So, can you imagine how long it would take to repeal the Marine Mammal Protection Act? Animal rights and conservation groups would fight it tooth and nail, and even if the law were repealed, they'd launch court challenges.
Those aren't the greatest swimming beaches to start with. The water is bone-numbing cold most of the time. Surfers get hit by GWs regularly in California. They're aware of the risks and accept them. I really dread the hysteria that this is going to cause. When a human enters the ocean, he or she becomes part of the food chain--we are no longer the apex predator. ;) |
There was a poll on fox 25 news last night about how many are in favor of repealing the protection acts so that the seal population can be reduced. I fell asleep before the results came in. Anyone catch it?
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When you look at some of those photos on the Cape Cod Shark Hunters website it really is amazing to me nothing has happened until now.
They are right on of the beach at times, practically in the break of the waves. You'd have to think there's been plenty of close passes and sharks lurking barely out of range of people in the shallows, waiting for an opportunity, just like they'd do with a seal. |
Even during my Ute you never heard of them.
All the time I spent swimming as a kid in ALL the local beaches around Boston, Revere, NH, Quincy, Nantasket, all the way down to the cape scares the crap out of me today as an elder. I will admit that I have had a fishing rod in my hand since I was five years old and I love being near and on the water however I stopped swimming in Saltwater when the movie came out about Jaws!! My life preserver coats in my boat all have razor knives in them. My favorite scene is the girl on the water ski. The minute I saw it I said to my wife, it looks just like a big plug to me!!!! |
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Unless a LOT of people get eaten - it is too late to do anything about the seals. Even then people are more likely to say close the beaches humans-shouldn't-be-there-anyway
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Yeah I agree that it is very unlikely anything will happen with the seal protection.
Hey, in South Africa and Australia, these sharks are everywhere and people just deal with it, gonna have to be what we do as well. Although, if I lived on the cape, I would be getting myself and boat and lose the kayak! |
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