fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 21, 2008 09:00PM

While the ocean vessel 'Dawn Raider' was commercial fishing shrimp, this Great White was hooked in the mouth but only resisted slightly for 15 minutes
before it came up alongside the boat to have a look; long enough for one of the crew members to slip a rope a round it's tail !!! 'And that's when things heated up!!
.. The Shark took off towing the 42 foot fishing boat backwards through the water at about 7 Knots. Just like in JAWS, the boat was taking on water over the stern and the crew watched in horror as the shark would actually jump completely out of the water at times. This went on for an hour before the shark finally drowned. She weighed in at 1035 LBS. It is suspected she followed a weak El Nino current into local waters in search of food. Although mid 60 degree water is considered ideal for these sharks, the larger ones can tolerate water in the low 50s.

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: February 21, 2008 09:32PM

Galveston ?? Try Nova Scotia

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: February 21, 2008 09:49PM

The shark was just doiong what sharks do - why didn't these morons just leave the poor bloody thing alone ?

ToucanSam Report This Comment
Date: February 21, 2008 11:09PM

Sooo.... they are gonna eat it.... right?

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: February 22, 2008 12:17AM

if they caught the shark in U.S. waters they will be going to court- not eating it. White sharks are a protected species.

brokntoad Report This Comment
Date: February 22, 2008 01:06AM

[www.snopes.com]

Onyma Report This Comment
Date: February 22, 2008 01:37AM

Didn't Mythbusters determine it was impossible for even the largest shark to haul a boat backwards hard enough to make water come over the stern? They pulled it with a tank and something like 3? 4? tons of force and couldn't do it, which was many times more force than any shark could possibly generate. Nice looking shark though!!

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: February 22, 2008 02:26AM

Mako

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 22, 2008 03:20AM

can't slip one by on 'ole snopes.

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: February 23, 2008 08:49AM

Shark fin Soup , Shark Cartillage Tablets , and Shark Steaks , and Vitamin Pills Of Fish Oil , Make Oil Lantern Fuel , too ! Fish Ahoy , Sport !

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: February 25, 2008 03:00AM

$50 kilo in Shark Fin and plenty of Shark Steak for Dogfood Cans ! Go Git : Em

woberto Report This Comment
Date: February 25, 2008 10:47PM

Interesting if you have Google Earth installed.

[bbs.keyhole.com]

Shows all the shark attacks recorded in Australia.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: February 26, 2008 05:48AM

reef side

Paul diver Report This Comment
Date: March 02, 2008 01:09AM

Here we go again the shark gets the bad rap.. How come us humans take take from mother earth but give nothing back.. Did you know we kill over 100 million sharks a year mostly in asia for the shark fin soup. Cut the fins off and throw the live animal back into the water to drowned.
Ive been scuba diving for over 25 years around the world and our oceans are in a very sorry state. I just came back from Roatan Hondruas and made 18 dives and did not see one lobester. They were fished out 5 years ago by Red Lobester Restraunt.
It seems are short term gain$$ is more inportant then what will we leave are children to see and there children. As for my shark dive and being up close to these animals was a very rewarding experince.
I thing everyone on the plant should take up diving and they will understand what im talking about.
OH yeah one day Red Lobester restraunt will go out of businees because there will be no more sea food left in our world oceans.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: March 02, 2008 01:54AM

i've never heard of "Paul Diver", but i seem to agree with him

woberto Report This Comment
Date: March 03, 2008 02:05AM

Boo fucken hoo!
If God didn't want us to eat animals he wouldn't have made them outta MEAT!

Zach's Bachelor Pary Report This Comment
Date: March 05, 2008 06:01AM

"I thing everyone on the plant should take up diving..."

I think the Nitrogen must have gone to your head in "Honduras" Sally! Good luck with lyfe.

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: March 07, 2008 02:07AM

I checked the news paper........Nothing about that skark That should be a big story dont you think