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Massive great white shark reportedly hooked off coast of Mexico
Fox News ^ | April 18, 2012

Posted on 04/18/2012 12:43:35 PM PDT by presidio9

A great white shark nearly 20 feet long and weighing 2,000 pounds was reportedly hooked by commercial fishermen in the Sea of Cortez in northwestern Mexico.

The massive catch, according to local reports by Milenio News, would be one of the longest great white sharks ever recorded if verified at a length 19.8 feet, or 6 meters.

The shark, which was dead when it was brought to the surface, was netted by fishermen named Guadalupe and Baltazar, according to reports.

"We were amazed and immediately realized that we had a huge, dead, great white shark, and then we thought 'what are we going to do?'" Guadalupe told Pisces Sportfishing in Cabo San Lucas.

The fishermen towed the shark's carcass 2 miles

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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: gonnaneedabiggerboat; likeadollseyes; sharks
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1 posted on 04/18/2012 12:43:40 PM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Bush Fault

Oh, and the evil slave traders who changed the feeding patterns of sharks forever by throwing slaves overboard.


2 posted on 04/18/2012 12:46:42 PM PDT by Mr. K (If Romney wins the primary, I am writing-in PALIN)
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To: presidio9

We’re gunna need a bigger boat.


3 posted on 04/18/2012 12:47:19 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Mr. K
IBRWGNABBP

(in before requisite "We're gonna neeed a bigger boat" post

4 posted on 04/18/2012 12:47:28 PM PDT by presidio9 (catholicscomehome.org)
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To: Puppage

Damn you sir.


5 posted on 04/18/2012 12:48:11 PM PDT by presidio9 (catholicscomehome.org)
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To: presidio9

They’re getting big again. And they’ll get even bigger.

There’s a ban on hunting sharks, and a ban on hunting their prey. It hasn’t been this good for the Great White Shark for hundreds of years. Expect monsters in the next few decades.


6 posted on 04/18/2012 12:48:55 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: presidio9; windcliff
Was it attacking a defenseless hoodie wearing youthful black shark?
7 posted on 04/18/2012 12:49:34 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: presidio9

LMFAO!


8 posted on 04/18/2012 12:49:44 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: presidio9; Puppage
IBRWGNABBP

Puppage beat ya!

9 posted on 04/18/2012 12:50:24 PM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: Born to Conserve

Classic example in the NYC area, where first the friendly critters came back (bunnies, turkeys, bambis and such). The were inevitably followed by their predators. Last summer we had multiple instances of people getting attacked by coyotes, including a toddler in heavily populated Rye. Black bears are eating people’s garbage. Now there’s seals, turtles and dolphins in NY harbor, and I have even seen a few in Long Island sound. What happens on land will also happen in the water. To quote Jeff Goldblum (a first for me), nature will, uh, find a way.


10 posted on 04/18/2012 12:54:13 PM PDT by presidio9 (catholicscomehome.org)
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11 posted on 04/18/2012 12:54:47 PM PDT by Theoria (Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul sounds like an Islamic terrorist)
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To: presidio9
That creature is one of God's most wonderous examples of beauty and deadly efficiency.

I thank him for giving man the ability to kill it.

Duh. Winning.

12 posted on 04/18/2012 12:55:11 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Theoria; Puppage

Looks fake to me.

How much do we really know about "Guadalupe and Baltazar?"

13 posted on 04/18/2012 1:00:01 PM PDT by presidio9 (catholicscomehome.org)
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To: 6ppc; presidio9; Puppage

Yeah, but presidio9 beat the increasingly more obscure, but bound to appear, “Farewell and adieu to you . . .” and “Anyway, we delivered the bomb” posts.


14 posted on 04/18/2012 1:00:27 PM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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“Anyway, we delivered the bomb”

Not only is that my favorite line in the movie, but I use it all the time. In place of where you might say "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" Must be said with a Quint accent ("bum" instead of "bomb").

15 posted on 04/18/2012 1:05:28 PM PDT by presidio9 (catholicscomehome.org)
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To: presidio9

Just wait until you have a 1000 # moose walk in front of your car on the highway some early morning. That happened today in Nashua , NH.


16 posted on 04/18/2012 1:06:00 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: presidio9

LOL! Gotta wonder what puppage does all day, don’cha? He’s really quick!


17 posted on 04/18/2012 1:07:26 PM PDT by jagusafr ("Write in Palin and prepare for war...")
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To: dead

With you 1000% on that, dead.

My brother and I were watching the famous footage of the tiger leaping up to get some poor Indian slob riding on an elephant, and we mused...”Man. What if tigers had wings and could fly!”

There was a short pause, and we both looked at each other at the same time and went “Naaahhh. They would be extinct in short order.”

Of course, that is assuming the liberals didn’t pass come kind of legislation to protect them.


18 posted on 04/18/2012 1:11:43 PM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Wait: Isn’t wildlife a major selling point to NH? Why else would anybody want to live there full time?


19 posted on 04/18/2012 1:12:02 PM PDT by presidio9 (catholicscomehome.org)
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Hahahaha...isn’t it funny how the lexicon of movies makes its way into our lives?

I use the ones “Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.” or “Snakes. Why does it always have to be Snakes?”


20 posted on 04/18/2012 1:14:04 PM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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