But what would you do?
Ain’t man a glorious creature! So savage yet so kind. So hard yet so soft. So self consumed and yet so selfless and a multitude of other contradictions. His better side was on display in Santa Cruz, California yesterday as an angry beast washed up on shore and surf legends Osh Bartlett and Anthony Tashnick tried valiantly to drag him back out to the ocean.
But what would you do if such a thing happened at your local? Would you let the animal suffocate whilst thinking, “My odds just got a little better!” Or would you too rush in to save?
The shark was 8-10 feet in length according to Grind TV and shark scientists in the area determined that he must be sick or injured. Apparently it is still stuck and the kind folk are headed back out this morning to give it another go. God bless Santa Cruz!
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Traffic, crowds, dead shark and we didn’t even get a Shark Warning sign out of it.
Business as usual with the Wavestorms by Sat morning.
Lots of instagram posts/comments for this incident.
Sharks die, too. Plenty more out there. Why do people get so emotional about these fish?
Lemon, butter, dill, and some fresh ground pepper when he comes off the grill.
Agree… Also point that “sick or injured” is very possible… Only to become worse by human “help”.
Lassoo the tail, spike it’s brain, gut it. Wrap it in tarp, drag up beach with a 4by, load it in back. You’ll need a commercial size steel bench and a good set of knives, trunk it, chop into bread-loaf side portions, a spare fridge with shelves and let it drip for two days before cooking/freezing.
Maybe 80kg (175lbs) of dinner there, feed the family and friends for weeks.
Tell fisheries you thought it was a Mako
I think that’s actually the way sharks like their humans , especially the Dill part , but can be eaten as sashimi , as grilled human smells worse than rotting human feces!
Feed it to the poor, shark has high levels of uric acid and will cause gout. It is tasty but I avoid it.
What would Nat Young do?
What would Cu11y Slater do?
My calendar says he’s due to bestow more wisdom to the world
Or do something fucking stupid on Instagram again
Two very kind men. That’s my local. GULP