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Watch a Great White Shark Binge Eat a Whale Carcass
National Geographic ^ | MAY 3, 2017 | Sarah Gibbens

Posted on 05/03/2017 4:06:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/03/2017 4:06:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I sure hope it was really most sincerely DEAD before they started dining!


2 posted on 05/03/2017 4:10:24 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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Whales get *lice*??

o.O


3 posted on 05/03/2017 4:10:46 PM PDT by Salamander (Where is evil? Often where you least expect it.)
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To: nickcarraway

There is a chapter in Moby Dick that talks about the sharks going after the dead whale.

But then again, there is also a chapter on CHOWDER! LOL!

And also a chapter called “The Cassock” which is about the whale’s you-know-what.


4 posted on 05/03/2017 4:14:19 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: nickcarraway

I did that at the king crab buffet in Vegas once. :-)


5 posted on 05/03/2017 4:22:19 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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What’s worse is when they give birth to a calf, the lice immediately jump onto the baby.


6 posted on 05/03/2017 4:31:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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*faints*


7 posted on 05/03/2017 4:38:28 PM PDT by Salamander (Where is evil? Often where you least expect it.)
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To: nickcarraway

Off the Newport area there is the 14 mile bank where the depth drops off suddenly. That is where everyone goes to deep sea fish for grouper and other species. I guess that’s where they wanted it to drop. Provides food to a couple predators on top and thousands below.


8 posted on 05/03/2017 4:51:59 PM PDT by Vic S
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Thar she....


9 posted on 05/03/2017 5:11:19 PM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: nickcarraway
During one of the "Shark Weeks", researchers in South Africa towed a whale near Seal Island, iirc. Sharks hang out to try to snag seals.

Any way, they set up cameras, etc., and even climb atop the carcass.

The researchers actually on the whale weren't too bright, because they forgot that when the feeding sharks remove enough underwater mass, the dead whale will roll to reestablish its center of gravity.

Everybody managed to make it into boats, intact.

10 posted on 05/03/2017 5:27:12 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Salamander

Yup they do. Nasty little critters that cause them a lot of discomfort.


11 posted on 05/03/2017 5:38:19 PM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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To: Salamander

Quick, a lady has been over come by a touch of the vapors! Brandy and quickly!


12 posted on 05/03/2017 5:39:35 PM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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To: nickcarraway

Can a shark “binge eat”? I thought it was called a “feeding frenzy”.

My goodness the young snowflake journalists today are flaming dumb. Beyond flaming dumb.


13 posted on 05/03/2017 5:48:50 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
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Some site said the things latch onto wounds and eat dead flesh, thereby preventing infection, much like maggots.

*bleh!*

Cold comfort, that.


14 posted on 05/03/2017 5:51:02 PM PDT by Salamander (Where is evil? Often where you least expect it.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Eating for 18 hours is not a frenzy it’s a binge.


15 posted on 05/03/2017 5:51:25 PM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: jmacusa

Don’t go look them up.

Just...don’t.

:D


16 posted on 05/03/2017 5:51:44 PM PDT by Salamander (Where is evil? Often where you least expect it.)
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To: Daffynition

This is a brilliant idea...said no one, ever.


17 posted on 05/03/2017 5:52:12 PM PDT by Salamander (Where is evil? Often where you least expect it.)
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To: raybbr; Freedom_Is_Not_Free

And not one Rosie O’Donnell pic posted, yet.


18 posted on 05/03/2017 5:53:27 PM PDT by Salamander (Where is evil? Often where you least expect it.)
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To: Salamander
Whale on the beach for a week, in the hot summer sun....let's go and poke it with sharp spears...it'll be fun they said....


19 posted on 05/03/2017 6:02:27 PM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: Salamander

Pop goes the parasite ;)


20 posted on 05/03/2017 6:27:33 PM PDT by Trillian
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