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Fla. researcher bitten while measuring sharks
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Posted on 04/29/2010 4:56:55 AM PDT by JoeProBono

MIAMI (AP) -- Florida International University officials say one of their researchers was bitten in the elbow while measuring sharks for research on their ecological impact in the coastal Everglades. Mike Heithaus, director of FIU's School of Environment and Society, says marine biologist Kirk Gastrich was bit by a six-foot lemon shark near the mouth of Shark River on Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: jpb; lemonshark; shark
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1 posted on 04/29/2010 4:56:55 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Love at first bite....!


2 posted on 04/29/2010 5:06:37 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Mike Mathis is my name,opinions are my own,subject to flaming when deserved!)
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To: JoeProBono

Great Pics! I’ve never seen that shape of head on a shark before...where is this “lemon” shark found? Where was the bottom pic taken - what a great shot.


3 posted on 04/29/2010 5:13:11 AM PDT by Atom Smasher
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To: JoeProBono

Six foot?

Is that with or without the guys arm in his mouth?

Damn. You’d kinda think after a couple hundred years of catching them, that they would have a fairly good idea of how big they are. But if some fool wants to jump in the pool with a tape measure, hey, whatever turns ya on!


4 posted on 04/29/2010 5:15:01 AM PDT by djf
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To: JoeProBono

Joe, it is lots of fun to have big bad ass boys come around here.
My son and I have taken a few of these scuba diving.
These bad asses become little paranoids when even nurse sharks show up.
Too funny.


5 posted on 04/29/2010 5:20:08 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Just say NO to RINOs. (FUBO))
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To: JoeProBono

“You’re gonna need a bigger arm”


6 posted on 04/29/2010 5:22:06 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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Darwin must have been asleep that day.


7 posted on 04/29/2010 5:23:22 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Atom Smasher

Florida Keys


8 posted on 04/29/2010 5:31:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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9 posted on 04/29/2010 5:34:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10 posted on 04/29/2010 5:36:36 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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11 posted on 04/29/2010 5:38:21 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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12 posted on 04/29/2010 5:42:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Bitten by a shark while messing with sharks in the Shark River? Who could have seen that coming?
13 posted on 04/29/2010 5:43:15 AM PDT by zoso82t
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To: JoeProBono

When you get lemons, make shark lemonade....


14 posted on 04/29/2010 5:49:24 AM PDT by swatbuznik
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To: JoeProBono

They have a couple of lemons in the tank at Disney, I dove with them for about 45 minutes, they ignored us.

They aren’t aggressive like other sharks , but I wouldn’t put any part of my body near it’s mouth while one is feeding.


15 posted on 04/29/2010 5:49:47 AM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: JoeProBono
#10

Are those things on the shark's back called Democrats?

16 posted on 04/29/2010 6:01:55 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Obie Wan Nairobi from the 1/2 dark side. The farce with this one strong, it is...)
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17 posted on 04/29/2010 6:08:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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At least he wasn't bitten by a hippo.


18 posted on 04/29/2010 6:10:33 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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19 posted on 04/29/2010 6:29:59 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

DON’T MEASURE MOOSES!!!!


20 posted on 04/29/2010 6:30:52 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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