This monster great white had already grown to a weight of around 700kg when it was caught in shark nets / Snapper Media
This monster great white had already grown to a weight of around 700kg when it was caught in shark nets / Snapper Media
This is the stuff nightmares are made of! Yikes!
Gotta get a bigger boat.
PHOTOS that are being circulated of a monster Great White shark, taken at Mossel Bay, are not a hoax. And what’s more, the massive shark was an adolescent, and was caught off the Dolphin Coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yesterday, Craig Harris of Dirty Harry Fishing Charters told The Witness that waters around the north coast are teeming with sharks, including Great Whites. He said previously it would have been unusual to see one Great White every three years, but he has seen four this year already. Harris said he recently witnessed an astounding incident in which an enormous Great White robbed fishermen of their catch.
The Witness tracked down fisherman Gary McLoughlin, who said the incident occurred while he was on his paddleski fishing in the waves of Zinkwazi about three months ago.
“We had hooked a barracuda and were fighting it, when a massive Great White shark, about three-and-a-half to four metres in length and weighing between 600 to 700 kg, breached the waves and grabbed the barracuda.”
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Yeah, but what’s the bite radius?
Hey guys, this is that area I was telling you about where the diver was diving with his friend and a Great White burst beside him swallowing his friend whole.
I had wondered if he had done something nefarious to his friend, but now I think he was telling the truth.
Good God, it’s just a kid! Remind me to avoid South Africa. I bet Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters are revisiting whether they want to go back in the water in South Africa for anymore shark myths. Sheesh that thing is huge. (but it’s kind of sad it’s dead. Imagine how big it really could have gotten!)
Someone called for a bigger boat?Bite marks on the mauled shark suggest it was at least six metres long
TheScotsman.com: "Picture: Great White shark mauled by Greater 20 ft White shark" -Published Date: 28 October 2009
Same story on FoxNews:
FoxNews.com: "Is a 20-Foot Giant Shark Lurking Near Australia?" Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (via SkyNews)
From the first picture posted it appears the Loch Ness Monster was finally caught.
The perspective of the picture merges the shark’s body with that curved structure behind. I had to look at the picture several seconds to re-orient back to what it was supposed to be presenting.
It almost looks like that guy has a Garand slung on his shoulder, but hard to tell from the grainy photo.
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