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To: Dundee

"I think this must be the only man in history to have had his entire head inside the mouth of a Great White and lived."

I don't believe this was a great white...there is a white tip shark, which I think is being referred to here as a "white pointer". It was "only" 3 m long (a bit over 9 feet), much smaller than a large great white at over 7 m (and 2 tons).

I think the crush force from a large great white's jaws would kill you even if the teeth couldn't penetrate. I sure wouldn't want to test it one way or the other... ;-)


17 posted on 01/23/2007 6:27:38 AM PST by PreciousLiberty
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To: PreciousLiberty

He's gonna need a bigger head.


18 posted on 01/23/2007 7:06:08 AM PST by Patrick1
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To: PreciousLiberty
White Pointers are Great Whites.

It's just what the Aussies call them.

White Tip can refer to the Oceanic White Tip -a large shark that are usually in open sea and can be found around ship wrecks or can refer to some reef sharks that are usually smaller.

19 posted on 01/23/2007 2:15:55 PM PST by CARDINALRULES (Tough times never last -Tough people do. DK57)
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