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Beach Alert for Monster Shark - NZ Great White Spotted Again Today!
New Zealand News ^ | 27 January 2006 | Staff

Posted on 01/26/2006 8:06:21 PM PST by Mongeaux

Fresh sightings of a monster great white shark close to North Taranaki's shoreline have prompted a warning to swimmers.

The Conservation Department warning comes after two more close encounters with the shark, estimated to be six metres long.

Fishermen on a charter boat got the fright of their lives when the great white swam directly under them last Friday. And two competitors in a yacht race off Port Taranaki watched in horror as the shark – its fin clearly out of the water – swam between their much smaller craft.

These sightings follow numerous incidents involving a very big shark earlier this summer.

DOC programme manager Bryan Williams said yesterday the latest sightings confirmed there was at least one very large great white patrolling off North Taranaki. "It's obviously on the move up and down the coast. This makes sense, because our fur seal population has just finishing pupping, and no doubt the great white has scoffed quite a few of them.

"We strongly recommend that swimmers at such places as Fitzroy Beach remain aware that there is a very large shark off the shore."

(Excerpt) Read more at stuff.co.nz ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greatwhite; greatwhiteshark; jaws; northtaranaki; shark
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To: writer33

I too would have done the bug eyed shuffle upon seeing the shark.


21 posted on 01/26/2006 8:18:31 PM PST by Darksheare (And baby says "RAAAAR!")
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To: Darksheare

The clue that it bumped the boat and knew what the boat was would've sent me scrambling to start the engine.


22 posted on 01/26/2006 8:20:23 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: writer33

Yeah!


*Shouting*
Cut the anchor! Get us out of here! Move the boat! Move the [honk beep] BOAT!


23 posted on 01/26/2006 8:21:26 PM PST by Darksheare (And baby says "RAAAAR!")
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To: neodad
Great White Spotted Again Today I thought Ted Kennedy was in Washington!


24 posted on 01/26/2006 8:22:22 PM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of an 2 year old son with Down Syndrome)
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To: writer33; Darksheare
Not "the bigger boat" line. :) Good one!


25 posted on 01/26/2006 8:23:56 PM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of an 2 year old son with Down Syndrome)
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To: Darksheare
Cut the anchor! Get us out of here! Move the boat! Move the [honk beep] BOAT!

No, kidding.

26 posted on 01/26/2006 8:24:26 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: Mongeaux

This Time It's Personal.


27 posted on 01/26/2006 8:24:38 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Despite Popular Opinion, Tom Tancredo Does Not Support Deporting Illegal Aliens.)
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To: New Perspective

Classic scene.


28 posted on 01/26/2006 8:24:53 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: Darksheare
Metric Conversion:

Great White Shark Length: 6 meters = 19.68503937 feet.

1999 Ford Windstar Van length: 5 Meters = 16.7 feet.

29 posted on 01/26/2006 8:26:53 PM PST by Mongeaux (You are a wise man and I agree with you completely. This was a cage diving operation, was the water)
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To: New Perspective; writer33

The look on his face once he saw the shark..


30 posted on 01/26/2006 8:27:47 PM PST by Darksheare (And baby says "RAAAAR!")
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To: writer33

Get the boat up on plane as quickly as possible without dumping it and MOVE.


31 posted on 01/26/2006 8:28:30 PM PST by Darksheare (And baby says "RAAAAR!")
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To: Mongeaux

That's one darn big shark.


32 posted on 01/26/2006 8:28:50 PM PST by Darksheare (And baby says "RAAAAR!")
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To: Mongeaux

Six meters = 19 1/2 feet and probably 4,000 to 5,000 lbs. Thats as big as a runabout with a mouth nearly 3-4 ft wide. Teeth 1 to 2 inches long. What a monster!!!


33 posted on 01/26/2006 8:31:20 PM PST by DarthVader (Conservatives aren't always right , but Liberals are almost always wrong.)
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To: All
This One is about the same size.

34 posted on 01/26/2006 8:31:20 PM PST by Mongeaux (You are a wise man and I agree with you completely. This was a cage diving operation, was the water)
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To: Darksheare

Yep. Get the boat up now!


35 posted on 01/26/2006 8:31:20 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: Mongeaux
Simple answer to the problem...
36 posted on 01/26/2006 8:31:41 PM PST by ironwoodchuck
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To: writer33

Considering it bumped the boat, that means it was in 'hunt' mode.
Anyone in the water at that point would have been a snack.


37 posted on 01/26/2006 8:33:21 PM PST by Darksheare (And baby says "RAAAAR!")
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To: Darksheare

Yep. Every man for himself!

:)


38 posted on 01/26/2006 8:34:03 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: Mongeaux

That looks to be a 12 to 13 footer. Still a very large dangerous fish but it would be dwarfed by the sea monster described here.


39 posted on 01/26/2006 8:34:55 PM PST by DarthVader (Conservatives aren't always right , but Liberals are almost always wrong.)
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To: writer33

Boating trip with Teddy Kennedy.

"Sorry Teddy, we need to lighten the boat!"
*groan*


40 posted on 01/26/2006 8:37:56 PM PST by Darksheare (And baby says "RAAAAR!")
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