See there really genital creatures, we don't need to surgically insert trackers in them

crabs are genital creatures too

I would not call stabbing them to leave a tracker in them a 'surgical' prodedure

i love all of these movies around of people swimming with gentle giants, catching a ride, even a tap on the nose.

here is my challenge.

surface and keep the cameras rolling

kato said...

I don,t eat shark and they don,t eat me Worked for 43yrs.....so far

Oh no, I just had gummy shark and chips last night and sailed today, I'm still here so I guess I showed them who's boss.
Nice vid though, but I imagine sharks having differing personalities. I've had marine fish of the same kind which behave differently, I have two SW pythons, one is loveable, the other is pure evil. I fly with Wedge tailed eagles, most let you join with them but there is a rouge one at Serpentine. Just look at the most advanced race on Earth, some are kind and caring and then there are murderers which makes me wonder when someone says "it's the humane thing to do", that could mean helping or killing. I know some guys from Exmouth dive who don't mind diving with the well fed Tiger sharks up there but won't dive in Perth because their afraid of White pointers. I know I wouldn't go to a Jenny Craig meeting dressed as a donut but at sizzlers I'd feel safer.
Sorry, I rambled on a bit there.

Mobydisc said...

Sharks may be misinterpreted but big sharks like great whites, tigers and bull sharks are top predators. The way I see going out in the water where there are sharks around is a bit like going out for a walk in the jungle full of tigers. There is a chance one of them will be hungry and will eat you if it gets the chance.

However thats my choice.

Sharks are not all that cute and cudly as a kayaker in Victoria found out.

www.smh.com.au/national/kayaker-tells-of-horror-shark-attack-20091101-hqx5.html

Haha...I agree with Mobydisc on that one...if they're there, and you know they are, leave them alone, or make sure you're fully powered, and have your gybes at 100%!

Btw, the 'incident' mentioned in the above news story happened about 300m from where I'm sitting now! I know Rhys (the kayaker), I wouldn't have traded spots with him for any amount of money! We were down sailing off that beach last weekend in marginal conditions, I spent most of the session in the water, or slogging!

I've seen a couple of big (5-5.5m) great whites off there over the years, and apart from them attacking our baits when we're fishing, and one ripping my s/steel berley bucket off my boat, that's the first 'incident' that has ever been news-worthy, or life threatening...I'm kinda glad there's no wind this weekend, besides busy helping out my kid's school with a local marathon (I'll give the shark a couple of days to move on).

a few years ago in sth africa i`d just got out of the water after a surf at cape st francis and these two guys came down with fishing rods and huge penn reels and plastic chairs with poles fixed on the bottom of them and put the poles into these holes in the rock that they had made, they also had seatbelts fitted to the chairs,they floated out a balloon with the hind quarters of some animal on a hook under it, by the time i had gotten out of my wetsuit and half dried off, one of these blokes had hooked onto a white pointer, i watched for about half an hour, during that time i talked to the other guy and he said they often caught them there, when i asked him what he did with them he said they cut the jaws out and threw the rest away. That was the day i sided with the sharks.

That'll make a much more interesting movie clip when she tries that with a 4 metre great white. The first few minutes might be the same but it will finish up a bit more like the Texas Chainsaw Masacre.

evlPanda said...

Mobydisc said...

Sharks are not all that cute and cudly as a kayaker in Victoria found out.

www.smh.com.au/national/kayaker-tells-of-horror-shark-attack-20091101-hqx5.html

^

His friends have also nicknamed him "shark-bait".

Yeah, the Great Whites are quite intelligent. They hunt seals in small packs and the like, they can learn the seals' behavior...

...which makes me wonder how long it will be until they realise how many of us are in the water each summer. We've only really been there a century or less. We are such easy pickings. Until recently we have been too scrawny and lack the fat content to be on their permanent menu, but with the general populace slowly turning obese I wonder for how much longer.

lol yea, been wondering that myself.....

^^ This one?

Yep thanks mr Sellick
That's the one.
Bit hazy on the facts!
Jack

SMG said...

^^ This one?

The whale just wanted to play.

Apparently....... mother whales need to push their young to the surface for a breather, the little ones don't have the capacity/know-how to swim up by themselves - so it's mums job to stop them drowning..... this looks pretty similar!?