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To: Henchster
I think I'd be more worried being in the water with a Mako than any other shark except MAYBE a Tiger or Bull.

Because of their speed and temperment you wouldn't have any chance against a mako. What helps is they rarely come into shalow water, and their eye sight is so good that targeting people is a rarity. A lot differnt when you have them on the line. They do attack boats and jump into cockpits.

The most dangerous for swimmers and bathers are the bulls tigers and whites. They come into shallow water and are aggresive.

Mako, thresher, porbeagle, and blacktips are big shark meat sellers.

When we tag sharks the instructions are to cut off close to the hook but don't remove the hook because a jaw hooked shark survives, no problem. Trying to remove the hook may do more damage. Tagged sharks released with hooks in the jaw are recovered years later with no adverse effects. A gut hooked shark is another matter and they more than likely have trouble after release. - Tom

22 posted on 01/24/2003 8:15:13 AM PST by Capt. Tom
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To: Capt. Tom
So the shark swims around for the rest of its life, no problem, with a hook in its mouth? I find that highly surprising.
25 posted on 01/24/2003 8:29:02 AM PST by traditionalist
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