"Sorry, I just had the best sex of my life. Made me hungry."
Posted on 09/18/2018 6:34:25 AM PDT by ETL
Researchers from Monterey bay Aquarium and Stanford University discovered an area the size of Colorado between California and Hawaii that appears to be a “White Shark Café,” but it is unclear if the sharks are there for food or sex.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Monday that authorities are trying to determine why these sharks spend months on an annual pilgrimage in winter and spring to the deep sea. Scientists say that it appears the sharks are out there to feast on the abundant amount of squid and small fish in the region.
“They are telling us this incredible story about the mid-water, and there is this whole secret life that we need to know about,” Salvador Jorgensen, a research scientist for the Monterey Bay Aquarium and one of the expedition’s leaders, told the paper.
The area where the sharks flock to was referred to as the oceanic version of the Sahara desert.
Researchers last fall used equipment to monitor the sharks’ movement and found sharks taking unusually deep dives—up to 3,000 feet and found male sharks behaving differently from females. Male sharks moved up and down the water in what was described as a V-shape, and swam in the formation up to 140 times a day.
“Either they are eating something different or this is related in some way to their mating,” Jorgensen said.
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Ahh, The Red Triangle off of SF.
I had some friends who wanted to dive the Faralons.
I told them I didn’t want to go thru the rest of my life being called “Lefty”
Diving Monterey isn’t too bad but I have seen Great Whites there.
With a little side trip to Cape Cod for the weekend.
LOL!
"Sorry, I just had the best sex of my life. Made me hungry."
Yep. Of all the way's to go, I don't want to become fish food. When I was living in California I used to swim out beyond the surf (and the surfers) and swim parallel to the shore to get exercise - sometimes in the evenings when the sun was going down. Wouldn't do that now.
There's a difference ?
“... this whole secret life that we need to know about.”
read: This perfect excuse for us to sponge a whole bunch more money off the U.S. taxpayers, to research something that has no bearing on anything at all.
I am pretty certain there has been a book written about this. So not exactly unknown till now.
Jump The Fake Shark!
Now this one might work on me . . . “I’m not like the other sharks. I didn’t come here to chase tail. But I must say. Yours is quite nice.” ;D
Add TV and go for the George Costanza trifecta...
Good!
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