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Great white thumps on to boat
Cape Times ^ | July 19 2011

Posted on 07/21/2011 4:46:59 PM PDT by SJackson

A three-metre great white shark breached into a vessel carrying marine researchers yesterday.

While none were injured, they said it gave them “the fright of our lives”.

Six researchers from Oceans Research, a Mossel Bay-based marine research organisation, were on the boat Cheetah collecting data on sharks near Seal Island, in Mossel Bay, led by field specialist Dorien Schroder.

It was 8.30am.

“Activity around the boat ceased for about five minutes and all was pretty quiet at the stern,” Schroder said.

“Next thing, I hear a splash and see a great white breach out of the water from one side of the boat hovering, literally, over a crew member chumming on the port side.”

The 500kg shark landed on the boat’s fuel and bait storage containers – with half of its body onto the boat, she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at capetimes.co.za ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: greatwhite; greatwhiteshark; shark

1 posted on 07/21/2011 4:47:00 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
If you’d like to be on or off this Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest. Not limited to midwest
2 posted on 07/21/2011 4:47:32 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: SJackson

“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”


3 posted on 07/21/2011 4:48:04 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: mkmensinger

LOL, that didn’t take long.


4 posted on 07/21/2011 4:49:01 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SJackson

Right on cue. Shark Week starts on TLC this weekend.


5 posted on 07/21/2011 4:55:55 PM PDT by Tallguy (You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
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To: SJackson

Better luck next time.


6 posted on 07/21/2011 4:56:39 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: SJackson

7 posted on 07/21/2011 4:57:01 PM PDT by Bean Counter ("A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill." — Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: SJackson

... as long as the shark is okay, that’s all that matters .... /s


8 posted on 07/21/2011 4:57:53 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: SJackson
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9 posted on 07/21/2011 5:07:30 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.' - Homer Simpson)
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To: SJackson

Please add me to the Outdoors/Rural/Wildlife/Hunting ping list. Thanks bunches!


11 posted on 07/21/2011 5:16:28 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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Hey yeah, put me on your ping list!


12 posted on 07/21/2011 6:08:23 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Shark, not whale!


13 posted on 07/22/2011 4:05:16 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: Bean Counter

LOL!!


14 posted on 07/22/2011 6:13:54 AM PDT by EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
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