Posted on 07/12/2016 6:57:35 AM PDT by w1n1
Grind TV reports about a rather scary confrontation between a Southern California shark tagger and a great white. Here’s Grind TV’s Pete Thomas with more:
One of the great white sharks that attacked Keith Poe‘s fishing boat over a recent three-day period struck the 24-foot vessel with such force that Poe thought it had been struck by a sailboat.
"Words cannot describe how loud the impact was around my head [while I was] inside the boat's v-berth," Poe stated Saturday in a Facebook description of his extraordinary encounter, while fishing near a dead whale off Los Angeles County. "The boat was full-on attacked 7 different times… usually at sunrise or sunset." …
The prolific shark tagger, whose vessel is named Shark Tagger, planned to tag and release white sharks attracted by the whale's scent. See the video here.
I guess the shark didn’t like the competition for food!!! That does seem strange to me though. Have there been other instances of sharks actually attacking boats?
"We're going to need a bigger boat."
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So should I rethink putting my inflatable into the Pacific?
Didn't you see the original Jaws?
play stupid games..
win stupid prizes...
The beachcomber dream was the result of some TV show that I used to watch, no longer remember the name, but the character used to travel the world and get into all kinds of adventures.
Adventures in Paradise?
“A “Great” “White” shark? That’s a double micro-aggression, and it’s downright offensive if he eats anybody but white surfers.”
The Chivalrous Shark
The most chivalrous fish in the ocean,
To the ladies forbearing and mild,
Though his record be dark,
The man-eating shark
Will eat neither woman nor child.
2. He dines upon seamen and skippers,
And tourists his hunger assuage
And a fresh cabin boy
Will inspire him with joy,
If he’s past the maturity age.
3. A doctor, a lawyer, a preacher,
He’ll gobble one any fine day.
But the ladies, God bless ‘em,
He’ll only address ‘em
Politely and go on his way.
4. I can readily cite you an instance
Where a lovely young lady of Bream;
Who was tender and sweet
And delicious to eat,
Fell into the bay with a scream.
5. She struggled and flounced in the water
And signaled in vain for her bark.
And she’d surely been drowned
If she hadn’t been found
By a chivalrous, man-eating shark.
6. He bowed in a manner most polished,
Thus soothing her impulses wild.
“Don’t be frightened,” he said,
“I’ve been properly bred,
And will eat neither woman nor child.”
7. He proffered his fin and she took it,
Such gallantry none can dispute,
While the passengers cheered
As the vessel they neared,
And a broadside was fired in salute.
8. They soon stood alongside the vessel,
While a lifesaving dinghy was low’r’d.
With the pick of the crew
And her relatives few,
And the mate and the skipper aboard.
9. They hauled her aboard in a jiffy,
While the shark stood attention the while.
Then he raised on his flipper,
And ate up the skipper,
And went on his way with a smile.
10. Now this shows that the prince of the ocean,
To the ladies forbearing and mild,
Though his record be dark,
The man-eating shark
Will eat neither woman nor child.
Hilarious! I’d never seen or heard that before. it’s a sea chantey from the sound of it, right?
Watching those old SNLs, it’s amazing how much more talented the original Not Ready for Primetime Players were over their successors.
Goes back a way. My dad (now 90) was listening to that when I was but a pup.
As a ex-sailor I enjoyed it.
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