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Great white's marathon sea trek
BBC News ^
| October 6, 2005
| Roland Pease
Posted on 10/08/2005 11:29:02 AM PDT by bd476
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From the article:
"...The mere act of tagging a great white is something of a feat; several people need to hold the creature still while the satellite tracker is attached..."
I don't imagine it would be much fun to draw the short straw for that task.
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:29:03 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: bd476
Great White
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:31:15 AM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: bd476
How in the heck do you hold a great white?!?
To: beaversmom
Clink on the "In Picture" link. Pretty amazing.
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:38:59 AM PDT
by
DAC22
To: South40
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:41:28 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: beaversmom
beaversmom wrote: How in the heck do you hold a great white?!? Very carefully I reckon.
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:42:35 AM PDT
by
bd476
61% of the time the shark was near the surface.
It would be more comforting for this human if the shark took more frequent deep sea dives.
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:47:28 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: beaversmom
Sharky needs a hug!
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:49:58 AM PDT
by
dagnabbit
(Vincente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
To: bd476
[This device was fixed to the female shark's trademark dorsal fin.]
How does a shark get its dorsal fin "trademarked"?
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:50:06 AM PDT
by
spinestein
(Forget the Golden Rule. Remember the Brazen Rule.)
To: bd476
I wonder what she ate when she was in the middle of the ocean, far from any coastline or islands.
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:50:31 AM PDT
by
sassbox
To: spinestein
Ha! Good catch!
/ pun intended
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:55:20 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: sassbox
sassbox wrote: "I wonder what she ate when she was in the middle of the ocean, far from any coastline or islands." Perhaps they fast when traveling cross-ocean.
On the other hand, there are many shark attacks on the Australia coastline. Maybe the shark was saving her appetite for a feast upon arrival.
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posted on
10/08/2005 11:59:03 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: sassbox
I wonder what she ate when she was in the middle of the ocean, far from any coastline or islands.Anything she felt like, I imagine.
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posted on
10/08/2005 12:09:08 PM PDT
by
Maceman
(Fake But Accurate)
To: Maceman
I hope it DID NOT find a mate. These things are killers to all who enjoy the ocean.
To: Ramius; HairOfTheDog
I don't begin to know how these guys are making this happen, and getting away with it too. I won't be surprised to hear that there are fewer shark researchers, though, if they keep it up.
OTOH, this is really cool.
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posted on
10/08/2005 12:15:33 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality)
To: Sam Cree
It is a preety cool job, really.
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posted on
10/08/2005 12:22:55 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: bd476
"...with dives to 980m". Holy cow! That's pretty deep.
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posted on
10/08/2005 12:33:03 PM PDT
by
RedWing9
(No tag here... Just want to stay vague...)
To: South40
>Great white's marathon
>>Great White
"Take off! To the Great White North!
Take off! It's a beauty way to go.
Take off! To the Great White North!"
To: bd476; All
Perhaps ... like salmon and several others ... they return to the site of their birth ...
To: sassbox
I wonder what she ate when she was in the middle of the ocean, far from any coastline or islands. Sperm whales dive deep to eat squid. Maybe that's what she was doing.
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posted on
10/08/2005 12:49:38 PM PDT
by
Hugin
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