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BigFish 08-05-2007 05:44 PM

Shark Attack Off Chatham!!!
 
One seal was munched to death in close to shore....witnessed by some swimmers......they think maybe a Great White! A large pool of blood in the water followed the attack!:kewl:

MAC 08-05-2007 05:50 PM

Cool, maybe it will bring in some friends and vacation around the Race for a while.

afterhours 08-05-2007 05:53 PM

alright!!!!!!!

BigFish 08-05-2007 05:55 PM

It was on the news at 6!

GonnaCatchABig1 08-05-2007 05:56 PM

nice.. who thinks they can hook up with it?

afterhours 08-05-2007 06:04 PM

liveline seals.........:bounce:

luds 08-05-2007 06:18 PM

:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

Slingah 08-05-2007 06:19 PM

:btu: :btu: :btu:

Pete_G 08-05-2007 07:20 PM

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO59143/

Slammer223 08-05-2007 07:30 PM

Swim Charlie swim!

Slipknot 08-05-2007 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1 (Post 512628)
nice.. who thinks they can hook up with it?


I've been trying for years


I did good Sat. keeping my plugs and fish away from the thieves, I went 5 and 1, got a few 10 lb blues in just ahead of those hoovers. The last one I let go and it stayed right in the wash afraid to swim away :D


That is good news Larry, if that keeps happening though it might be bad...................................





















bad for the seals :hihi:

massmike 08-05-2007 07:57 PM

Nauset surfers will be next!

b5545 08-05-2007 08:15 PM

Shark attack
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BigFish (Post 512624)
One seal was munched to death in close to shore....witnessed by some swimmers......they think maybe a Great White! A large pool of blood in the water followed the attack!:kewl:

I would tend to think it was a blue shark.
Water is still too cold for a great white .But for blue sharks they will come in close....

Slipknot 08-05-2007 08:18 PM

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ya that would suck Mike if a surfer gets tasted by one, but then after that who knows what will happen, if they bother to scatter those seals or if they close beaches :(

Mac is right, send them to the Race, plenty of heavyweights up there to provide some nice meals to those great whites.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/336740/great_white_shark/

Mythbusters proved that they don't eat humans :hihi:





the water off Chatham is not too clod for great whites

keeperreaper 08-05-2007 08:46 PM

The water is definitely NOT too cold for a great white. We have seen 2 different ones this year east of Nauset. The larger ones can tolerate even more severe temperatures than most think. Mother nature at her finest; lots of seals around so an apex preadtor comes to survive i.e. feed/eat seals. God bless the sharks that eat the seals.
Let nature take its course out there. I love great white sharks.

Skitterpop 08-05-2007 10:26 PM

That is so sad........... may we have a moment of silence for the poor seal :wavey:

pops 08-05-2007 10:48 PM

Shark week facts....#1 white sharks are warm blooded so can hunt effectively in cold water :sick: they have body temp's 15 degrees higher than normal sharks, same with similar sharks in its species ...alaskan salmon sharks =cold hunters....the cold doesnt slow them down....

Brother Brian 08-05-2007 10:57 PM

I just came back from a week in Wellfleet and there were so many seals both in the bay and along the beach that a shark could just swim along the beach taking a bite here and there until it had to order a Jenny Craig meal just to keep swimming...

RickBomba 08-06-2007 12:05 AM

I don't care if the damn sharks start eating the kayakers...hopefully they have some sort of natural two-way radio!!!
Yeah shark week!!!
Rick

Guyver 08-06-2007 02:03 AM

Anyone plan on going skishing this week? :eyes:

beamie 08-06-2007 06:53 AM

Not a confirmed shark attack?????


This was no boating accident!!!!!!!! It was a shark.

Slipknot 08-06-2007 06:57 AM

they don't want to scare the people :rollem:

it WAS a shark:uhuh:

ThrowingTimber 08-06-2007 06:57 AM

Had one in the 2nd or 3rd wave jigman refused to grab the leader.... :vamp: :vamp: :vamp: :vamp:

I hear they sink if you shoot them is this true?? :rotf2:

2na 08-06-2007 07:21 AM

Maybe it was a big bluefish...

Quote:

Originally Posted by keeperreaper (Post 512659)
God bless the sharks that eat the seals.
Let nature take its course out there. I love great white sharks.


F'N EXCELLENT!!! SEND 'EM MY WAY!!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!

Karl, I told you to keep in on the leash.

redcrbbr 08-06-2007 07:24 AM

I can just hear the tree huggers now..That mean old shark just attacked the poor innocent seals:smash:

likwid 08-06-2007 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b5545 (Post 512653)
I would tend to think it was a blue shark.
Water is still too cold for a great white .But for blue sharks they will come in close....

Great Whites live primarily in cold water chasing seals.

Blue sharks don't eat seals.

South Africa average water temps: 9°C (49°F) to 20°C (68°F)

Monterey Bay average water temps are the same.

Those are two primary GW habitats. And full of seals.

Water temp at Nauset this past week: 71.

hyefisherman2 08-06-2007 07:51 AM

yeah but what about that great white in woods hole a couple years ago, the temps then were above 73 im sure, and he was there

2na 08-06-2007 07:53 AM

Looks like a harbor seal (or, what's left of one). Too bad - I kinda like them - they've never bothered me.

We've always known that it was only a matter of time before something came in to exploit the food source. I want killers!!

RIROCKHOUND 08-06-2007 08:00 AM

You aint kidding KF, I was looking at CapeCodTimes.com to try and get more details... couldnt even find mention of it!

Mike P 08-06-2007 08:31 AM

The only thing that would have made this better is if Whitey had his snack in full view of a boatload of tourons who forked over big bucks for one of those lame "seal watch" cruises. :humpty:

Who the hell would spend money to see what you can see right from the Lighthouse almost any day of the week?


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