Best to stay out of those sweet waters.
Cackalacky, both North and South, are some of my favorite bits of America. I sometimes wish I was born in that genteel south with an inbred taste for pimento cheese, vinegar-based BBQ sauces and cornflower blue. Those folk know how to live with their Cracker Barrels and she-crab soups, their Oakley Razor Blades affixed to mullet-heads with neon green Croakies. They also know how to surf with their Outer Banks and… I’m sure there’s another surfable stretch of sand somewhere but a certain horrifying beast may be putting an end to all of it, whatever the case, save the pimento cheese.
According to science, it is very rare, extremely rare even, for Great White sharks to stop and park off of North Carolina, preferring to race further north, in order to eat Bostonian Celtics, or take their talents to South Beach and patrol greater Miami for a spell.
Well, a 10 foot-plus man-eater named “Shaw” is bucking all trends and has researches scratching their receding hairlines. The latest from Sea World’s mouthpiece OCEARCH.
Great white sharks are known for racing past the Mid-Atlantic states to get someplace else, so experts pay attention in rare cases when one not only stops, but stays put.
That’s happening now along the Virginia-North Carolina border with a 10-foot, 3-inch male tracked by OCEARCH.
“It’s interesting watching white shark Shaw since unlike other sharks on the Tracker, he has been hanging out off the Virginia coast for over a month,” OCEARCH posted Tuesday on Facebook.
“The other sharks breezed past, only making a quick stop on their way south. What do you suppose he likes so much there?”
OCEARCH offered no ideas in the post. Data collected by OCEARCH suggests young sharks will stay close to their nursery in the first two years of life. However, Shaw is categorized as a “sub-adult,” not a juvenile.
Etc.
And while the researchers may be confounded, surfers are in the crosshairs. Or jawlines, as it were.
Genteel southern surfers should very much reconsider paddling out this winter unless they are paddling out in the relative safety of an inland wave tank.
And as long as Shaw” is lingering, I think the most understandable thing is to hang that surfboard on the wall until we learn what that man-eater knows and when he knew it.
More as the story develops.
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With all the sharks out there, that’s probably not that uncommon.
We stayed last week in corova Beach. Plethora of half eaten tuna and dolphins washed ashore every other day. Something big was eating well. And thats only 3 miles South of the NC / VA border
That’s gotta be Shaw! He’s a fucking animal, that guy!
You’re a full on drip, take a dive into a feeding frenzy of sharks will ya, do us all a favour😂🦈🦈🦈
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Nope, wouldn’t so much as eat a fish finger, not even as a child, only meats I eat are chicken and pork, they are massively reproduced and no concern to the planet, 2 species that would never be extinct, where as the seas and oceans are dramatically declining in supplies of fish due to all the fish being wasted and killed for things like oils, I won’t even use wd40 because it contains fish oils, I care about the planet we are gifted with, not like we can just mo e to another planet and start again, we are blessed to have such an amazing world to live in and most of the worlds population just take it for granted and abuse it
You won’t eat fish because of declining stocks but you will eat chicken or pork? They are overfishing the ocean to grind the fish up into fish meal to feed your chickens. The franken chickens that live in concentration camp conditions but with plenty food(fishmeal) and antibiotics and hormones pumped into them like a Russian Olympian. Even if you only eat free range chicken and pork, you are probably better off either hunting them down yourself and eating them, or just being a complete vegetarian.
But you probably don’t agree with hunting for food either.
Please do not call the shark a man eater. That is not a correct statement. It lives in the ocean, and can choose where it lives. Do we call lions man eaters? Also, you might want to bring awareness to your readers that 90% of the world’s population of sharks has been killed by humans and how lucky they should be to see one of the last great whites. Soon they will be gone. It is said that approximately 12000 sharks are killed by humans each hour. Two humans are killed by sharks each year. That is a pretty staggering difference. It would be nice to include this in your story. Don’t call sharks man eaters. That is sensationalism.
I agree, man is destroying everything of this world, sharks should eat more of us, maybe if they were more dangerous to us then we would be too frightened to go near them, but no, we kill, not them, and we also take the majority of their food supplies from the sea too, we are destroying a planet that we should be proud of living on, instead we are all in fear of running out of fish to eat and worrying about our o-zone, it’s time we started respecting our planet, lived like man is supposed to live, and enjoy these wonders of the world, like sharks and whales etc, they’re only dangerous to us if you’re a complete fool, end of rant
Could not have sed it better my self
Dan I can see your point about saving the planet . It is a noble cause . I have had the joy to surf with ,since 75 , whales ,dolphins , turtles , seals , penguins , a whale shark , fish (mullet are my friends ), plankton ,seaweed, prawns , crabs ,squids , octopuses,insects ,bluebottles , jellyfish , a snake , dogs,seabirds, humans and even a wild pig who was lacking salt . Respect was shown and given by all parties concerned .
However , I don’t think sharks should eat more of us , especially not my children or my wife or my family or my friends or even me and not even Bex Vidina , but , if like Jesus or any of the martyrs you , you personally, would like to sacrifice yourself for the good of the cause , then you have my support that sharks should eat more of you . Thanks Dan .
Not even Bex Vidina! Haha that shows a lot of compassion. He’s like our sometimes annoying, yet lovable little mascot that brings a smile to our faces. You guys keep it lighthearted around here. Just don’t bring him around the women or children, lest they be aghast by his manners.
AMEN!
You were.great in Pretty Woman.
😂😂😂
Hahaha!
Beach Grit …. Sensationalism Now !
We can’t surf there that Sharkie’s Point Sir !
I Don’t Care ! Sharkie Don’t Surf ! …..
I agree with you fully. The ocean is there home and we have to respect the ocean and take proper precautions. I love all sharks, the Great White is my favorite and I want them to be around when my grand baby grows up. Ignorance and culling have me worried that it will not be a possibility. All types of sharks numbers have dropped drastically and it’s going to take a drastic affect on the ocean if things don’t change.
What do you call a shark that eats a man?
Very well said!!!
Why do U call it a man-eater just coz it’s a great white shark ? I mean, not all Women are man-eaters, right?
Just kill it before it kills first! It’s only a fish
You’re just one of the many fools that don’t appreciate the world we live in, you live in your own world of fear and disrespect
Go swim with them & appreciate them. Tell us how that works out for you.
When you get to meet Steve Irwin let him know what you did. Moron
Moron!
Loser
I think you can safely assume which two commenters gave you the two downvotes.
A thought I trip about is Megalodon.
Snakes on a plane. I get it. 100 ft. big toothed Shawwww, WHAT?!
Climate science is proportionally advanced
in incremental measurements of error.
Turns out fitty sent fo Shaw and says stirs debate. 100…nah. Snakes on a plane. I get it.
https://www.google.com/amp/…
The scientists are cool.
https://youtu.be/G091gZcwmAg
There’s those bands that could historically be remembered for getting their asses kicked by the crowd. Mid second set. On stage. A one hit, maybe several wonders WTF happened.
Not these guys
Tough as nails
But he made his dough with Beasts of bourbon
Probly haven’t heard of em
https://youtu.be/VNgH9kqVLPs
I haven’t but I’ll give it an honest listen. Later. When the Whiskey gets to subcritical saturation levels.
I’m not a big fan really.
They both suck actually.
Tex Perkins …. that is a name I haven’t heard in a long time …. or was that Obi-wan Kenobi ?
I think I prefer this happy ode to suburban bliss https://m.youtube.com/watch…
Yeah, i like the first album.
Then it got too tough.
Well if (judging by the background) SeaWorld is on the case they will surely torture the white sharks into madness, either making the ocean safer or less so, I can’t decide.
Santa Cruz Uni Long Marine Lab trained seals and dolphins to track grey whale migratory routes and reliable time schedules.
Sea World has on hand an Orca population that has already exhibited willingness to not only accept reward based trained behaviors, but also a near irreplaceable core intelligent maintenance of killer instinct, even when confined, even when that aggression is unleashed towards the very people that fed them life.
Win-Win.
Free.them killers. Free them with a mission.
Hey Chas…heard you on the podcast joking about the cake killing ELO.
Seems he went black around the same time. Could it have been the nail in the coffin for his bruised ego?
10 foot shark chasing you down? Knocka fia…youtube.com/watch?v=kBMJ3Mt6jag
I did hear Les Shaw was experimenting with outer body experiences as a shark. Bored with the surf retail business I suppose. Totally explains why he’s cruising the mid Atlantic shores..
Shark sells sea shells ,
by the sea Shaw ……?
Is that a 10′ shark with a 3″ penis?
He’s probably staying put because of the bullying from his fellow ‘sub-adults’ on the journey north.
Pin Dick Shark do do do do do do…..
Shaw shank degumption the punk.
Shaws a fine southern name to have. I’m sure he’s waiting for a nice southern sorority girl to dress him up nice and teach him not to cut in line at the hors d’oeuvre table, but they a like a boy who eats. After drinking three IPA,s I can see how you like this shark writing stuff.
It’s real addicting!