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New Zealand: 5m shark jumps onto boat
New.Com.AU
| April 23, 2004
| The Associated Press
Posted on 04/25/2004 5:16:34 PM PDT by yankeedame
5m shark jumps onto boat
From correspondents in Wellington, New Zealand
April 23, 2004
A 5 1/2-metre Great White shark terrified three anglers when it lunged from the water and sank its teeth into the side of their small fishing boat, the skipper said.
The shark was bigger than the boat it attacked / File
Gary Dodunski said the shark, which was bigger than his boat, charged as fishing mate Shane Goble tried to land a fish he had on his line off the city of New Plymouth on North Island's west coast.
Said Goble: "When I tried to lift my fish aboard, the shark launched itself out of the water and onto the side of the boat."
The force of the striking shark pushed the vessel 2m sideways when it hit, Dodunski told National Radio.
His daughter, Michelle Dodunski, said the shark was within centimetres of her face as it grabbed the 5m boat in its jaws.
"It rolled its eye back and sat there for a while, and then splashed back into the water," she said.
"It scared the hell out of me - I was shaking like a leaf," she added.
The boat, Live'N Hope, has deep scratches on its side from the shark's lower teeth.
Gary Dodunski said the trio first spotted "this big fin" circling their boat as they fished. The predator would occasionally "stop and look at us", he said.
The attack began as he tried to land a fish, "but the shark just accelerated in and ate it," Goble said. "Then it grabbed Michelle's fish, but spat it out."
A shaken skipper said the trio jerked at the anchor rope, started the motor and raced away from the fishing spot.
The attack hasn't put them off fishing though his daughter "will probably turn (fishing trip offers) down for a while - she eyeballed the fellow", he said.
It is the second attack involving a Great White shark off New Plymouth in recent weeks. Earlier, one of the sharks tore a seal to pieces in front of a boatload of tourists who were on a sightseeing trip at a nearby marine reserve.
Experts say it is highly likely both incidents involved the same shark, which are known to be territorial.
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research principal scientist Dr. Malcolm Francis said it was likely the shark would stay in the area's waters.
"They can become residential for months at a time, particularly if there is a seal colony in the area," he said.
New Plymouth is a regional city 355km north of the capital, Wellington.
The Associated Press
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LOL! Like they're ever going to believe this story down at the local bar.
To: yankeedame; shaggy eel
They do that in 'shark alley' in South Africa too... I saw it on MTV's Wild Boyz *LOL*
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posted on
04/25/2004 5:19:12 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: yankeedame
"Gotta get a bigger boat!"
To: yankeedame
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posted on
04/25/2004 5:25:38 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: yankeedame
I keep saying the sharks are getting more and more ANGRY. All the mercury and other water pollution...
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posted on
04/25/2004 5:25:46 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: eddie willers
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posted on
04/25/2004 5:26:04 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( It Puts The Lotion in the Basket or it gets the Hose Again........)
To: yankeedame
Earlier, one of the sharks tore a seal to pieces in front of a boatload of tourists who were on a sightseeing trip at a nearby marine reserve.
Ah nature in all it's resplendent glory!
I read about some guys shark fishing out of San Francisco
they had caught and killed two about 10 feet long and had
them tied behind their boat when something grabbed one and began towing the boat stern first, so much water began to
come over the stern they they had to cut them loose.
Now THAT is fishing!
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posted on
04/25/2004 5:27:52 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: yankeedame
As I read this article, in my mind I was hearing that scary music from JAWS!
To: yankeedame
A huge Great White attacking a boat? Sounds pretty scarey. Good idea for a movie.
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posted on
04/25/2004 5:32:52 PM PDT
by
Hugin
To: cyborg
Those guys are crazy.
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posted on
04/25/2004 5:36:38 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
("Kerry is the female version of Hillary"............FReeper Paul Atreides)
To: Rebelbase; spetznaz
I know but I have a strange attraction to Pontius. I don't know why. Maybe carbon monoxide is leaking somewhere :D
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posted on
04/25/2004 5:38:15 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: cyborg
Pffffffffft ....must be leaking here too!
LOL.
Angry Whitey attacks ...tsk tsk!
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posted on
04/25/2004 6:01:06 PM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
To: spetznaz
LOL!!!
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posted on
04/25/2004 6:03:46 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: cyborg
Pontius? hehe, my wife thinks he has a gross butt!
I guess she just can't the 'party boy' and 'playgirl photoshoot' clips out of her head.
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posted on
04/25/2004 6:06:28 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
( Communism has bowed the knee to Jesus. *** Allah is next.)
To: yankeedame
So' like, did it break the line, or did they catch it?
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posted on
04/25/2004 6:07:22 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
( Communism has bowed the knee to Jesus. *** Allah is next.)
To: ovrtaxt
LOL... Steve-o is no prize either :)
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posted on
04/25/2004 6:10:13 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: cyborg
,,, New Plymouth and the Taranaki region is where Tom Cruise filmed The last Samurai. It's a very good surfing strip all the way down that coast, but something tells me those boys will be spending more time at the gym over the next few weeks.
To: Old Grumpy
I was thinking about Jaw too. I was raised in Houston so we were only 50 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico. The movie, Jaws, effectively ended my wading/swimming days in the gulf.
Well, it was Jaws and also the fact that you could catch largish sharks (4-5 feet) near the middle of the fishing pier that extended into the gulf. The water depth would be the same there as it was when we waded out into waist high water.
Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum....
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posted on
04/25/2004 6:16:39 PM PDT
by
Sally'sConcerns
(It's painless to be a monthly donor!)
To: yankeedame
5m shark jumps onto boat At first glance, I thought a $5 million shark had jumped into the boat. Pretty expensive, as far as sharks go.
To: cyborg
Maybe not, but he's got your name tattooed on his butt. :)
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posted on
04/25/2004 6:22:16 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
( Communism has bowed the knee to Jesus. *** Allah is next.)
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