I flew in a small plane over Monomy a couple of years ago south of Chatham and the sand was filled wall to wall with seals, this wass just one small segment:
Tough to be dinner.
Posted on 12/01/2016 12:35:15 PM PST by Capt. Tom
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy shared an incredible video of a white shark attacking a grey seal in shallow water off Truro. The video, shot on November 26, 2016 by Kenvor Cothey, is embedded below. It's a bit difficult to watch as the seal clearly suffered a mortal wound.
The Conservancy points out the shark struggling a bit to get back into deeper water. The Conservancy post states, "This is what we believe may be happening when white sharks strand on Cape Cod."
The video description states that the video was shot "at the beach on High Head Road, at the north end of the trail from Head of the Meadow."
Truro is on Cape Cod near Provincetown. This happened on east side of the Cape facing the Ocean.
The white shark tagging slightly south of this location at Chatham has stopped for the season , and obviously there are a few whites still around and probably will be around all winter.
This is clear footage of a recent attack on a seal by a white shark, so close to the shore the mortally wounded seal makes it ashore only to bleed to death. That means the white shark will have to find another meal.
Kudos to the person who shot this clear and well balanced footage, and for being in the right place at the right time. -Tom
shark being sought for questioning.
Probably a moozlum shark...
Reminder, Leftists: critters eating critters - alive - is normal.
I flew in a small plane over Monomy a couple of years ago south of Chatham and the sand was filled wall to wall with seals, this wass just one small segment:
Tough to be dinner.
I have been in that water (Head of the Meadow Beach) many times...years ago. Not anymore.
Damn, so close to shore.
My old stomping grounds...looks gruesome but you should see the carnage when the Tuna are running off the tip of the Cape. I have seen it many times while going for Tuna...It would blow your mind,between the tuna eating feeder fish and sharks eating tuna...it’s crazy.I believe they are on part of the National seashore property...some of the best land on the Cape.
When I was a kid, I lived in the Philippines, and we used to go swimming in 20 foot deep water at night, hundreds of yards from the shore.
Never gave it a second thought. Now? (Especially after seeing that video!)
My family moved up here when my father retired from the military, and for a good portion of time after that, I never, ever went to the Cape.
I heard it was crowded, pain in the ass, touristy, not worth it, etc.
When I went to the Cape Cod National Seashore in late September one year, I walked up the beach and didn’t see another person for hours. It blew me away. I didn’t know there was anything like that left on the Eastern Seaboard.
My wife and I now go to the Cape, but we do so in late October/early November, or late March/early April.
Great place off season.
The day boats and commercial fishermen are cheering.
The seals are a nuisance to them.
When our kids were little (maybe 20 years ago), we did a family trip to the cape in mid June as soon as school got out. It was wonderful. Not many people on the beaches. Now that they are all grown, we do as you do - vacations after Labor Day. Everything empties out. We were in the Sawtooth Mountains and Ketchum, ID a couple weeks back and the town was nearly empty as were the hiking trails and lakes. Snow on the nearby peaks was spectacular.
That’s the way to do it! (And I don’t doubt you about being upwind of that area!)
I am very familiar with that.
Although I am primarily a shark fisherman,I also do tuna fishing.
Here is a link to my website where a mako cuts a tuna in two that we were fighting and I switch over to a shark rig and get the mako.
http://www.newenglandsharks.com/page5mako.html
The mako tuna encounter is about half way down the page.-Tom
The girls go to Sun Valley, the boys go to Ketchum...
LOL...My wife loves the Pioneer Saloon in Ketchum.
Obviously a racially motivated attack.
There was a thread yesterday about a dog turned over for adoption who thought it was just a day out.
It’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen on FR.
I don’t have the guts to go back to the thread.
I’d really like to think that things turned out well for this dog.
I think if it hasn’t, I’d adopt it myself.
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