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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Lots of internet chest-thumping on this topic. I can't believe so many of you are that confrontational. Not typical of my experience, where boaters and fisherman have shown to be friendly, helpful, and laid-back. I'll chalk it up to being internet tough guys, I hope that's what it is...or I sure don't belong here.
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Nahh, Jim it's okay - ya don't have to go anywhere, surfcasters are just a different breed as opposed to their boating brethren that you're more used to -
For the most part, it's posturing, not unlike
Gorillas in the Mist...
Of course, the threatening old silverback could be piemma...
This is from
The Hibernian Center of Comparative Zoology:
"Surfcasters - like the rest of the simian world - can be fiercely territorial when provoked.
While the younger male surfcasters are gregarious and known to travel over a broad range in larger groups, the older male specimens often become solitary in their search for prey and tend to frequent a much smaller area
Ordinarily quiet and focused in their nocturnal search, they can become quite agitated if surprised or provoked and should be approached with caution in the wild.
Little else is known about the species given the difficulty of studying them without alerting them to the presence of the observer."
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