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California surfer killed in shark attack may have been mistaken for prey, experts say
Fox News ^ | 10/24/2012

Posted on 10/24/2012 6:41:45 PM PDT by youngidiot

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California – A shark that bit and killed a surfer off of California's central coast probably was a great white and may have mistaken the boarder for prey, experts said Wednesday.

"Most shark attacks in California are caused by great whites. There's no other species that regularly occurs off of California that could inflict that kind of injury," said Andrew Nosal, a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: attack; california; shark; sharks; surfer; surfing; whiteshark; whitesharks
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To: youngidiot

1. Ummm, no sh1t the shark regarded him as prey.

2. why do we have to have “experts” tell us this? F@ck the stupid “experts”.


81 posted on 10/24/2012 9:07:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

It’s the surface that’s the dangerous spot. You’re at the boundry of two worlds. I thing I’ve noticed during my few dives (I’ve only done my certification dives) and been told also by veteran divers is that once you are under the water most of the critters really don’t care about you since you’re pretty much part of their world. It’s when you’re on the surface that you’re seen as prey (since animals like sharks like to ambush from beneath).


82 posted on 10/24/2012 9:11:50 PM PDT by chargers fan
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To: youngidiot
The shark was incited to attack by the movie Jaws.

It's not Obama's fault!

-PJ

83 posted on 10/24/2012 9:18:47 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

One thing’s for sure...

“This was NOT a boating accident!”


84 posted on 10/24/2012 9:49:00 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (PSA. As of 10/24/12, 13/89 days 'til we vote out/take out the trash. (11/6/12, 1/21/13))
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To: youngidiot

Nope! It was still hungry from one of Michelle’s lunches.


85 posted on 10/24/2012 10:18:29 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Revolting cat!

Her legs are malformed.

But then, who cares!


86 posted on 10/25/2012 3:46:41 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: skeeter
As a kid I’d go out of SF to the Farallons with my grandad.

I envy you. I've wanted to go to the Farallon Islands since reading The Devil's Teeth -a journalist who spends fall shark season on the small inhabited island with the scientists studying the giant Great Whites that spend that time in the Farallons.

87 posted on 10/25/2012 8:45:01 AM PDT by Scoutmaster
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To: Scoutmaster

We never set foot on them - just fished for steelhead in the waters around them. It is a very unfriendly environment.


88 posted on 10/25/2012 9:25:11 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: chargers fan

Yes. We scuba divers are most vulnerable at the surface or when engaged in spear fishing activities. No different than surfers. I’m not so sure about our absolute safety while submerged, however. Sharks may also be aggressive for reasons other than actual hunger. Territoriality is another possibility. I’ve seen grey reef sharks swim past casually. I’ve also seen them drop their pectoral fins & arch their backs in a threatening manner. So who knows?

One thing is for sure. There’s not a darn thing you are going to do a out it if a large shark takes a run at you. So you either adopt a realistic attitude or stay out of the ocean.


89 posted on 10/25/2012 3:14:16 PM PDT by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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