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There has been nothing but bad, bad news, for surfers, in our current and ongoing Shark Apocalypse. Yes, the world’s attention has turned to China Coronavirus or Covid19, but in our small and shrinking community, the mighty shark still menaces supreme. “Man-eating” men’s toes. “Man-eating” men’s salty chocolate balls.
Valentine’s Day red blood in the water.
Our kine facing extinction.
But…
Did a lowly, albeit cute, baby seal just learn us how to save our toes and balls?
Let us read about the inspiring incident from the world’s leading scientific journal:
The shocking video starts with the pup leaping out of the water as the shark snaps its jaws shut just inches from its tail.
The prey then turns quickly and heads for the shark’s tail. Every time the shark turns trying to land a bite, the desperate pup turns too, keeping as close to the tail as possible.
When the predator tires of this encounter the seal then makes a run for it, escaping with its life.
You must watch it here and absorb the lessons of keeping as close to the apex predator’s tail as possible, tiring the beast out then catching the wave of your life as all other surfers will surely be on the beach breathing heavily and scared.
A Dane Reynolds-esque performance circa his prime?
It’s not out of the question and the general public will even think you are the first Dane Reynolds as the Other Dane Reynolds has Coors Lighted himself out of history’s memory.
Imagine being an unsullied Dane Reynolds.
The rebirth.
Oh my goodness.
#ThankYouSharks
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These comments sound more like, Dog eat Dog…
Hate the writing so much I almost love it.
Throwback thurs, i feel like i was there. ty i enjoyed
Quit your job.. dont ever pick up a writing utensil again.. that goes hand in hand for typing too. This was painful to read and I’m suing for damages.
Great Whites don’t eat people . They kill people. They are repulsed by warm blood. They Like blubber. Fat. If they bite a human, say a leg or an arm, if they sever it off, they reject it and spit it out. This was a click bait article. Another shark story. But there is one lesson to be learned. If you’re in the water and seals are near by, there’s a shark near by as well. GW sharks know where there food sources are.
Tell that to the people off NJ who were devoured by the ‘rogue’ Great White back at the turn of the century (Google Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1911).
Also. Sharks eat WHALES. DOLPHINS. SEALS. All due respect, you’re an idiot. They have WARM BLOOD (they are MAMMALS like US!) A Great White shark is an eating machine. Doubt it?
Go back and watch JAWS (Spielberg, 1975.) You might have heard of it? I was GRATEFUL I had joined the US Army back then, as opposed to the US Navy, like I had originally planned. Sailors are shark bait. (Doubt me?? Google USS Indianapolis. Those men were DEVOURED….)
Sharks are opportunistic eaters. Where they PREFER their ‘normal’ diet? If they are hungry, and the opportunity arises? {I.e., blood in the water}…. Your are on the menu, and they do NOT SPIT YOU OUT….
Tell all of that to all of the people that have become shark kibbles and bits.
It happens. And if you surf? You are in THEIR LIVINGROOM… (or more like their dining rooms… Dinner table??)
Be smart. Be AWARE. Pay Attention.
Be safe out there.
The New Jersey attack was a huge tragedy but That shark went into fresh water. It was not a Great White, It was a Bull Shark. That’s the scientific facts of it, which they didn’t know because idiot “shark researchers” were telling people that shark teeth Can’t bite through our skin or sharks kill by poisonous venom in their mouths! I know that story very very well. But I agree sharks DO in fact eat human flesh. To think they dont is stupid!
I realize this is difficult for you to grasp, but this article is about Great White sharks.
Excuse me? Difficult for me to grasp? What the hell is with your attitude? All I said was the New Jersey shark attack was a bull shark. Just like you did. Why the hell do you feel its necessary to speak to me like that. You sound incredibly pompous.
Nevermind. You didn’t get it then, so I don’t expect you to get it now.
You are correct about the Bull Shark. They are capable of swimming through brackish water into fresh water. And going quite a long way.
“shark researchers” were telling people that shark teeth Can’t bite through our skin or sharks kill by poisonous venom in their mouths! Interesting. What Shark were they referring too? I bet there’s a bit more too it???
It’s all in a book about the New Jersey shark attack. It’s a very bizarre story but very interesting.
Oh jeez I missed the part where you mentioned the USS Indianapolis. Oops. I’m happy to see another person that knows actual shark behavior not feel goodism BS!
That NJ shark was a Bull Shark.
I don’t take movies as being scientific fact. Did you believe ET as well?
Yes, I surf. I’ve been in the ocean for 56 years. I surfed what is called the red triangle for 48 years. They got my attention. Ive had several close encounters. Killer Whales were always a welcome sight. But you wouldnt know about that would you?
Tell me, what’s a seals blood temp?
I expected people to over react. I expected insults from people who are comprehensively challenged. Reading comprehension, try it sometime. You might even learn something.
But then again, you probably won’t. ET, phone home.
Humans – 97.7–99.5°F
Seals – 95-107°F depending on species
California sea lion – 99.5°F
Harbor seal – 100°F
Their blood temps vary. It depends on if they are spending a large amount of time diving. They go into a sort of hypothermia. But they have so much fat or blubber, they can withstand drops in their body temps. Their blood temps can go down to 95. But you are correct. They can be very similar at times.
* Bitten not eaten,
* Will definitely spit you out (they cant make that “spit” sound though, they have a lisp)
* More to warm blood and cold blood than being warm and cold 🙂
Watch out for the ones with a hair lip. They have a particularly nasty attitude. 😉
Really?? Well you are 100% incorrect! Have you ever heard of the USS Indianapolis? You may want to look into that if you actually believe sharks don’t eat human flesh!
Well, the 22ft Great White shark that bit my friend in half at Asilomar beach, in Pacific Grove Calif on Dec 19 1981, spit out the piece it bit out. It bit him from armpit to hip. It completely removed that piece of his body. All the way through. They found the piece of his body the shark bit off before my other friend found my friend Lew . I could mention the 5 other guys I know who have been bitten. But they survived. And they didn’t lose any limbs. Oh, by the way, a seals blood is not the same temperature as a humans. Yes, it’s cooler.
Yeah, the shark that killed my best friend was estimated to be between 20-22feet. And I do know about the USS Indianapolis . We’re talking about GW sharks. Tigers are known to injest or consume parts of people. So are Bull Sharks. That’s the three primary predators. GWs, Tigers and Bulls. Thete are plenty of other aggressive sharks. But again, we’re talking about GWs.
Anything else?
You really are an enormous jackass. Have you ever attempted to have a conversation with someone without instantly feeling the need to insult them? Do me a huge favor please do not speak to me. You don’t always know who you are speaking to and I know alot about sharks. Spent years researching them from jr high straight through to college and studied them after college. I’m not out here treating people like they are plebs because I may know more. I was enjoying speaking with Wayne. But you ruined it because you are a narcissist dick!
Truth be known that people weren’t being “eaten” by the sharks at the Indianapolis incident, bitten yes, but eaten no. Due to lack of arms, hands and fingers, sharks tend to use their mouth to work out what stuff is, usually resulting in a fatality. Lots of sharks working out if they could eat sailors, but generally deciding not too.
I just realized you implied seals aren’t warm blooded? Where the hell did you go to school?
The ocean.
To bad you made it out.
Alicia, proper English. Too bad.
What school did you go to?
You should have stayed in school.
I’m still laughing at the “with all due respect” comment followed by “but you’re a moron”..people are unbelievable. I don’t pretend to be a shark expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m telling myself that any person who went through the trauma of losing a close friend in a shark attack (sorry for your loss no matter how long ago it was) probably did a lot of research on sharks before getting back in the water. You are right that it was a bull shark way back when in NJ. I grew up there and knew that before Jaws came out. As for warm blooded animals having a range in body temps, you’re right about that too. I have heard that scientists believe that Great White attacks on humans are usually a case of mistaken identity, but I’m not sure if they know for sure that they won’t consume people as other sharks will. Not that I ever plan on ending up in this situation, but if what you are saying is right, then you’d be better off swimming in water with a 16 ft. Great White (providing you’re not in seal or sea turtle attire) than swimming with an 8 foot tiger shark. Is that what you’re saying? PS, it’s not the body temp that turns them off because seals have a very similar temp ranges to humans…that I do know. My guess is that they don’t like how we taste because there are so many documented cases where Great Whites bit once and never finished the job. That doesn’t happen with their natural prey.
A GW shark can smell a woman menstruating from miles away. It can also smell, or sense, someone urinating from miles away. You’re right about mistaken identities. They think we’re seals. Some of the other victims fought back after being bitten. Two of them were bitten on the shoulder.
One of the victims, John F , says he has nightmares. He still sees the open mouth coming at him with the teeth. The shark attack came down on his shoulder. He must’ve been looking straight down that things throat. Up close and very very personal. I can see why he has nightmares. He still surfs. The guy rips. Another of the victims, Todd, he was bitten on the shoulder and thigh, he survived all that, and continued to surf . But he ended up drinking himself to death. You see, sharks leave a lasting impression. It never goes away. But, we keep on surfing. There’s more divers hit that surfers.
The average amounts of stitches and staples is around 500 to 600. Two of the other victims were bitten on the thigh. The other one was on the buttocks. All five of the surviving victims had lacerations on their hands. Probably from swinging at it. Also, the surf leashes saved their lives. They were used as turnoquets.
If a GW isn’t hungry, it won’t attack you. It might check you out, at a rather leisurely pace but it won’t attack you. That would be immediately following gorging on something. A whale. Seals. Salmon.
They have been known to swim great distances. One was tagged at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was the only surviving gw in captivity. They had to release it. It was eating everything in the tank with it. And it was getting too large. So, they tagged it, put a tracking device on it, and released it. It shook off the tracking device off of Australia.
A Tiger will attack you for no reason at all. If it sees you, it’s coming. Bethany Hamilton lost her arm to a Tiger in Hawaii. She still surfs. And she’s pretty good. The Drs had to take what was remaining off at the shoulder. She’s married now and has a family of her own I believe. A very pretty young woman.
Hammerheads are pretty docile. Just dont be near them when they go into a feeding frenzy. Thresher sharks normally don’t bother people. White tip reef sharks and black tip reef sharks will attack. Normally divers.
There are so many different types of sharks, thousands of them. And most don’t bother people. You mentioned the trauma I experienced when Lew was killed. I live that every single day. After 30 years of having his kneeboard up in the rafters of their garage, wrapped in Lew’s sleeping bag, they told me to come get it. I still speak with Lew’s family. The whole thing just devastated his family. It altered them for life. My trauma was nothing compared to theirs. After that, sharks got my attention. Then, over the years, 5 more guys got hit. You don’t want a shark being part of your life story. In any way.
Thank you for the kind words.☮
The sharks need to be fished out and killed off.
Yeah. I don’t have the underwater vision of a seal nor the swimming ability of the seal. Eaten.
Once again. Not new news. Just dribble. Been happening for friggen ages. As for teaching surfers ‘how not to to get bitten’. FFS. Are u serious ? If ya don’t wanna get bit, swim in a pool.
This guy writes like a moron.
You mean morosoph.
He meant Mormon.
I stand corrected.
Dumb shark , deserves to die of starvation alternatively head for Oz , oops no , maybe not , likely to get bumped off and hidden under a reef. It’s getting harder and harder to shark these days, .maybe a career in politics, that should work , or lawyering , much safer.
Fake load of bollocks.
Poor shark…. didn’t get his dinner. Fuck that seal, what a jerk.
Lol well if a meal can outsmart you then you don’t deserve it.
Said all the vegans ever
Chas swimming to and fro, managing to outmaneuver a Great White shark, would be a sight to behold! When word gets out, half the sharks in Cali will be lurking, wanting to have the chance to test his mettle.