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NZ Shark Taggers Issue Fresh Warning - "Taranaki Terror" 19ft Great White Shark
New Zealand News ^ | 02 February 2006 | By MICHELLE SUTTON

Posted on 02/01/2006 8:58:09 PM PST by Mongeaux

Scientists issued a fresh warning about a great white shark seen cruising Taranaki's coast line last night after attempts to tag it with a satellite tracker failed.

Marine scientist Clinton Duffy and former New Plymouth marine biologist Demian Chapman attempted to tag the terror of the deep with pop-off satellite tags to monitor its movements.

However, during the mission Mr Duffy did see a great white at least 4m long dive out of the water near Seal Rock, off Port Taranaki.

It is the latest of several sightings in the past month, of the shark dubbed the Taranaki Terror.

"We stopped for the sunset and as we were watching I saw a huge white shark almost breach, it almost jumped completely clear of the water off Seal Rock," Mr Duffy said.

(Excerpt) Read more at stuff.co.nz ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greatwhite; kiwis; needbiggerboat; newzealand; nz; shark
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To: Mongeaux


Makes me want to go fishing. :)


21 posted on 02/01/2006 9:44:50 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: skimask

...or a killer whale.


22 posted on 02/01/2006 9:45:13 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: Brian Allen

Why? The shark has not harmed or threatened anyone from what I'm reading here. A warning has been issued to people not to swim or surf around where it has been sighted.

And whalers kill whales, not sharks.


23 posted on 02/01/2006 9:51:20 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
I still don't know why God made sharks ... or grizzly bears.

Personally I find tapeworms and lice more disturbing. Smallpox is even more so. Really makes you question his intent.

24 posted on 02/01/2006 9:51:50 PM PST by elmer fudd
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To: elmer fudd
Really makes you question his intent.

Not me. I never question God. I believe that things like that are the result of mankind's disobedience and yielding to THE DEVIL (why don't people ever blame the devil for bad things?).
25 posted on 02/01/2006 9:59:50 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux

Yep, Orcas are at the top of the food chain. ....and incredibly intelligent, as well.


26 posted on 02/01/2006 10:07:33 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

or mosquitoes


27 posted on 02/01/2006 10:10:15 PM PST by Dustbunny (May God be gracious to us and Bless us and make his face shine upon us Ps67:1 Selah)
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To: Mr. Mojo
Real phony-looking ones can even take out Richard Harris.


28 posted on 02/01/2006 10:15:43 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

Bears are the source of bear skin rugs. ;-)

And they also are the source of roast bear, stewed bear, etc. The claws make interesting jewelery, and the Chinese pay unbelievable prices for certain body parts. And let's not forget bear paw dishes which the Chinese like.

Let's hear it for Bear Season! ! !

One last thing. Bear have some of the most interesting metabolic mechanisms of any land animal.


29 posted on 02/01/2006 10:31:20 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

Well, I don't have to run very fast, just faster than you.


30 posted on 02/01/2006 10:32:15 PM PST by Licensed-To-Carry (Praise be to the LORD, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

"I'm sure they do -- I just can't cultivate an appreciation for anything which might not consider that I should be at the top of the food chain, and not somewhere in the middle :-/ LOL"

Should has nothing to do with it. But gunpowdeer does. Ask any wolf, bear, panther, etc. - unless they have been granted "endangered" status under the Endangered Species Act. If granted "endangered" status, they soon start attacking and eating people.

Ask Timothy Treadwell.

Oops, he became bear scat. Oh well. 'Twas a natural death, albeit a prolonged and agonizing one.


31 posted on 02/01/2006 10:35:42 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: pcottraux

"Great White Sharks are about the most awesome and complex creatures alive on Earth"

Awesome I can agree with, but not really very complex.


32 posted on 02/01/2006 10:37:18 PM PST by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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To: pcottraux

They don't consider us part of the food chain...as long as we don't bother them.

Are you arare your above mentioned thought contains a good deal of what Professor Lindzenden called "overt unreality"?


33 posted on 02/01/2006 10:38:11 PM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: MPJackal

You are wrong. Sharks are among the most complex animals alive on Earth.


34 posted on 02/01/2006 10:38:51 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
To eat Birkenstock wearing, granola bar crunching, Volvo driving, three hugging, bunny loving ex-heroin junkies turned "Bear Whispers.""
35 posted on 02/01/2006 10:41:31 PM PST by Leisler ("For English, please press two.")
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To: pcottraux
Not true. Not on a physiological basis or on a behavioral basis. Don't get me wrong, I find sharks interesting, but there are many far more complex animals on earth. And your comment was they are THE MOST COMPLEX CREATURES ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
36 posted on 02/01/2006 10:43:56 PM PST by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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To: GladesGuru

No animal has human beings on its diet. The only animal on Earth known to actually hunt humans is the polar bear, though where it lives, humans aren't exactly plentiful anyway.

The Great White Shark's primary food source are seals and sea lions. There's a reason for that; as sharks, they have to move constantly in the water. They can never stop or they will sink or die. Therefore, they have to eat constantly to provide the energy to keep moving. They need food that is high in fat. Humans are not a good source of energy because compared to most animals, we are very lean and low-fat. Seals and sea lions, on the other hand, are very high-fat and good energy sources.

Most shark attacks on humans are simple cases of mistaken identity. The shark looks at a surf-board from below and thinks its a seal. Usually, after the shark bites once, it loses interest (though one bite from such an animal can be fatal).


37 posted on 02/01/2006 10:46:37 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: Mongeaux

38 posted on 02/01/2006 10:47:36 PM PST by seastay
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To: MPJackal

I said "among" the most, not "the" most. I'm talking about sharks from a biological standpoint, not behavioral or psychological. In all of nature, their design ranks high among the most complex. They are highly advanced predators.


39 posted on 02/01/2006 10:48:17 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux

<< Why? The shark has not harmed or threatened anyone ... >>

Sharks don't "harm" or "threaten," those are human characteristics.

I had in mind that it be eaten. Lot of shark'n'taties in 19 feet of noah's arc.

Or cut up for bait.

Why?

'Cause we can.

We Humans, not sharks, are atop the food chain.


40 posted on 02/01/2006 10:50:41 PM PST by Brian Allen (How arrogant are we to believe our career political-power-lusting lumpen somehow superior to theirs?)
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