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Something Ate This Shark... But What? (Something Enormous Ate a Very, Very Big Great White Shark)
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| May 30, 2014
| Smithsonian Channel
Posted on 06/07/2014 9:39:25 PM PDT by OneVike
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To: lee martell
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:21:54 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: OneVike
if was obozo, that would be ‘semi-white privilege’ wouldn’t it ?
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:22:33 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
63
posted on
06/07/2014 10:22:37 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: OneVike
Nah, 0bama couldn’t tackle a live sardine.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:22:57 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
To: wastedyears
Now that’s a possibility, I saw the video and it has a red dot on it.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:23:09 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: OneVike
A very old type of shark. About 60 feet long and massed about 90 tons.
Extinct.
We hope.
66
posted on
06/07/2014 10:23:46 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: OneVike
Giant squid, almost certainly.
I’m reminded of an incident at an aquarium (that was actually caught on camera). The aquarium needed to repair the tank their giant octopus was living in, so they temporarily moved the animal into their big “reef” tank. The aquarium staff was concerned, though, because the reef tank was where they housed their sharks, and they worried that they’d lose the octopus before they could get its tank repaired.
First day, the octopus hid in the rocks. Second day, no sign of octopus, but a couple of the sharks seemed to have been chewed up a bit. Third day, still no sign of the octopus, more sharks wounded and one dead. They put a camera in the tank that night. Camera clearly shows the octopus lurking on the side of the reef, and occasionally ambushing the sharks, pulling them against the reef with its tentacles, taking a few bites, then releasing the shark.
Cephalopods are vicious predators. Octopuses can be dangerous, but are intelligent enough that they can also be curious. Squids and cuttlefish on the other hand are just downright vicious; many divers won’t dive around the bigger squids like the Humboldt because they move so fast, and are strong enough to cause real trouble even to a human.
So, if a 1-meter squid can be dangerous to a human, a 2-3 meter squid is certainly strong (and intelligent) enough to destroy even a Great White.
Also, the movement pattern is consistent with a squid, spending lots of time deep down, with occasional forays up near the surface to feed.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:24:59 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: eartrumpet
It swallowed the tag, maybe not the whole shark. Something could have bitten off only the dorsal fin which is where I see they put most tags.
Good point. that never entered my head. But then again, my head is full of throbs and dizzyness lately.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:25:06 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: OneVike
I don’t know what it was, but Discovery will have a team looking for it next season.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:26:01 PM PDT
by
bray
(Palin/Putin 2016)
To: P-Marlowe
You flip a shark on its back and it cant breath. Thats the way killer whales kill them.
Is that true? never knew that. So they are like a cockroach.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:26:26 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: OneVike
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:26:40 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
To: ArtDodger
No, check the video. The Smithsonian says it happened recently.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:28:09 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: OneVike
The Blob
73
posted on
06/07/2014 10:28:21 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
To: TigersEye
True, he would be the one gone in 60 seconds.
Oh God I wish....
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:31:13 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:31:46 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: TigersEye
Oh yea, the drugs are good, but sadly it’s better at screwing with the head than the pain.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:32:29 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: Little Pig
Now that is a show I would pay to see.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:34:33 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: OneVike
I saw some killer whale special where they did that to a great white. The whale just flipped upside down while holding the shark and the shark stopped moving.
So the next time you are about to be eaten by a great white, all you need to do is to grab it and flip it upside down and hold it still for about 5 minutes.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:35:57 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
To: bray
Yes I believe you are correct.
How’s it going bray, haven’t ran across you in awhile. Or maybe my many problems have just kept me from noticing.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:36:03 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: P-Marlowe
lol
I am sure that will come in handy.
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posted on
06/07/2014 10:37:36 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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