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Something in the ocean is eating great white sharks
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Posted on 09/13/2015 6:54:47 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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Researchers were tagging great whites to study their movements. In the process, they tagged a nine-foot female, who left the area safely. Four months later, her tag was found on a beach near where she was first caught -- and the data tells a very interesting story.
"It showed this profile going down the shelf to 580 meters, then a huge temperature change ... another living animal," said a Smithsonian researcher.
Yes, it appears that the nine-foot great white was eaten. The big question? What ate her? Whatever it was, it had to be big enough to swallow almost 10 feet of apex predator, and quick enough to drag it almost 2,000 feet in a few seconds.
So, what is it? A giant squid? Godzilla? A Megalodon? Well, actually, that last one is not too far off from the real theory....
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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sharks; yourefreakingmeout
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To: Lazamataz; JoeProBono
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To: Lazamataz; JoeProBono
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09/13/2015 7:33:03 AM PDT
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To: tet68
The shrimp boats in Chas, SC used to catch sharks in their nets and sell them cheap at the fish market. I’ve eaten shark meat every which way you can.
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09/13/2015 7:34:16 AM PDT
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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09/13/2015 7:35:24 AM PDT
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To: AdaGray
"This is important?"
Just a GOPe trick to get us to off our steady diet of 24/7 Trump!
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09/13/2015 7:35:30 AM PDT
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Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: 11th_VA
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09/13/2015 7:36:33 AM PDT
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bikerman
(2015 new motto--- slugs for thugs.)
To: 11th_VA
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09/13/2015 7:36:34 AM PDT
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Erik Latranyi
(Cruz is so far up Trump's rump that they may need a gay marriage license soon!)
To: babygene
Indeed. They are mammals. Like porpoises, who also attack great whites.
Orcas in a pod vs 2 or 3 sharks-— done deal. They eat them.
Hence the name “Killer” whales.
This is no mystery. But good click bait.
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09/13/2015 7:36:59 AM PDT
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John S Mosby
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: 11th_VA
The good news is that something is eating Great Whites; the bad news is that something is eating Great Whites.
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09/13/2015 7:37:48 AM PDT
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wildbill
(If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one.... what's yoIur plan?)
To: 11th_VA
I'm guessing it wasn't a killer whale.
The killer whale's teeth are designed to grasp and puncture rather than slice and tear like a shark. If the killer whale can't swallow its prey whole, it probably can't eat it unless it spins like a crocodile to tear off bite sized chunks.
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09/13/2015 7:40:39 AM PDT
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fso301
To: 11th_VA
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09/13/2015 7:40:58 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: OldSmaj
Ouch! Rosie is always one of the usual suspects. She deserves it too. Carpets? Ouch..and LOL
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09/13/2015 7:43:59 AM PDT
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BatGuano
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To: Sparky1776
Godzirra! Rook out! Barrel full of deadly Ah Jinomoto set to go off at end of meal!
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09/13/2015 7:44:24 AM PDT
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Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
To: 11th_VA
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09/13/2015 7:45:01 AM PDT
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piytar
(Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
To: ETL
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09/13/2015 7:45:01 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: 11th_VA
According to the article, the researchers believe it was killed and eaten by a larger great white around 16 feet long and over 4,000 lbs. But what others here are saying - about Orcas - makes sense, too.
To: Norm Lenhart
Yea, they call those “Sea Wolves”. Also known as Killer Whales.
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09/13/2015 7:45:53 AM PDT
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To: 11th_VA
The first lady was seen scuba diving in the area with a knife and fork.
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09/13/2015 7:49:53 AM PDT
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july4thfreedomfoundation
(Liberals are like the Taliban and ISIS....destroying cultural icons they don't like.)
To: 11th_VA
SpongeBob SquarePants with a switchblade.
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09/13/2015 7:51:22 AM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Noumenon
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09/13/2015 7:52:25 AM PDT
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ETL
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