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Scientists on Ocearch shark-tagging trip off Nantucket offer insights into research on great whites
Cape Cod Times ^ | Aug. 24, 2019 | Doug Fraser

Posted on 08/24/2019 6:50:32 PM PDT by Capt. Tom

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To: Equine1952

Yes, I understand. Mountain Lions have become a big problem here in North Calif since hunting or shooting at them was outlawed.


21 posted on 08/24/2019 10:40:55 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: grey_whiskers

What about?
Black Mamba
White tailed deer
White tipped reef shark
Red panda
White rino
Black rat snake
Red deer
Red winged black bird


22 posted on 08/24/2019 10:43:37 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Gives new meaning to jogging and mountain biking huh? Here in Idaho walking off a mountain covered with elk blood and a quarter of meat on the pack board is a new experience. Saving the animals at all costs, has its cost. Be safe.


23 posted on 08/24/2019 10:47:39 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: Capt. Tom

“IMHO a disadvantage I believe they have, is they don’t use a spotter plane. -Tom”

The disadvantage they have is that they are not looking where the sharks are. If the sharks are feeding on seals, their natural food, and in the shallows where they have been for a few centuries, who would they think they can lure them out to feed on bait when the correct situation for them is in the shallows? They are happy where they are. You need to go there.

rwood


24 posted on 08/24/2019 11:15:07 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Lean-Right

“What about?
Black Mamba
White tailed deer
White tipped reef shark
Red panda
White rino
Black rat snake
Red deer
Red winged black bird”

The apex predator in the world has been determined (by science) to be... Tuna.


25 posted on 08/25/2019 1:22:15 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Capt. Tom

Insight: More prey, more sharks. Thank the environmentalists for “saving” sea mammals so they can be eaten by ever increasing shark predation.


26 posted on 08/25/2019 2:09:35 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: blueunicorn6

LOL!


27 posted on 08/25/2019 4:45:52 AM PDT by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: Roccus
Aside from teaching and administration, does Pierce have any “hands on” experience to speak of in his field of study?

He is a person with hands on experience but there are other factors involved in his decision to keep Ocearch out that I don' want to get into. - Tom

28 posted on 08/25/2019 6:33:30 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Capt. Tom

Off Nantuckett the state was afraid they might inadvertently catch a great Black Obama shark


29 posted on 08/25/2019 6:42:01 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.btyC. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Inyo-Mono
From my reading, Great White sharks don't really differentiate between seals and people, it's all prey to them. They don't think "Oh that's a human being, not a seal, I've made a mistake."

I put a similar thought into an article that was published in many Mass. newspapers; here is an excerpt. (I preceded it with an account of 2 women in kayaks off Plymouth Mass in 2014 having a white chomp down on one of the kayaks and then swim off.

"Like that kayak, we might not be on a white shark’s menu, but how does a shark determine a seal sized person isn’t as good a meal, or maybe a better meal than a seal?
A sample bite taken with large triangular serrated teeth can be a devastating problem for us, even if we are afterwards rejected as not being a suitable meal for the shark"

30 posted on 08/25/2019 9:14:01 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Clutch Martin
The apex predator in the world has been determined (by science) to be... Tuna.

And what eats tuna?

...cats!

See, the internet wins again!

31 posted on 08/25/2019 12:23:27 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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