Posted on 06/07/2014 9:39:25 PM PDT by OneVike
The Eggplant That Ate Philadelphia.
Killer Whale. They have been observed killing Great Whites.
Killer whale. No other possibility really, the megaladon is extinct.
“Godziwwa!”
As reported by Baba Wawa
a Very, Very White Shark
....so white, it didn’t know ebonics.
and a very very poor dancer
I haven’t read that, and I keep meaning to one of these days.
And yes, fascinating creatures all. I wish they made good aquarium pets, but cephalopods are one of those creatures that one keeps just to prove they can; they don’t live long enough to really enjoy and are hard to find suppliers for.
I think the best summation I read of them was several years ago, when a scientist observed that they were probably the closest we’re going to get to genuine extraterrestrial life until we encounter the real thing, because they (at least octopuses) are fairly intelligent, yet so DIFFERENT from us.
Based on what happened to the tag, probably not. Orcas don’t dive deep when they’re eating, and they spend more time on the surface than deep down. Whatever ate this shark hit it, pulled it deep immediately, stayed down there a while, then only occasionally went back to shallow depths over the next few days.
It probably was killed by another shark but not swallowed whole as implied. Sharks in feeding frenzies will attack other sharks. Once wounded, it would be quickly devoured. the shark that happened to take the bite that included the tag may have left the area to eat in peace.
Another possibility is that it was attacked by a much larger great white. In either case, another shark took a chunk out of the tagged shark that just happened to include the tag.
Actually, this shark was rather small, about 9 feet. A great white shark can grow to be over 20 feet. Most likely, it was eaten either by a killer whale, as some suggested, or a much larger shark.
I read about some lab that had an octopus in a tank, and some fish in another tank across the room. The fish were disappearing.
They set up a camera, and it showed the octopus climbing out of his tank, crossing the room, taking the lid off the fish tank, eating a fish, putting the lid back on the fish tank, and returning to his own tank.
Prop on a Trident sub?
Giant Squid feeding his pet Giant Clam. (or visa versa)
That was in 1997 and it was called the “Bloop.” Some scientists now believe it was the cracking of an ice shelf as it breaks up from Antarctica.
Kraken!
This is something "going around." I have had a cold for the past few days, starts in throat, them head and nose. At 62 you would think by now you would have antibodies to most everyone, but mutation..
From the Examiner:
The female shark was tagged off the coast of Australia as part of a program to track the species and better understand their movements, Examiner.com reported. The incident apparently occurred 11 years ago, but a documentary on the mystery titled “Hunt For the Super Predator” is to air on the Smithsonian Channel on June 25.
Nessie?
Thanks OneVike. Interesting.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Megalodon&tbm=vid
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