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jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995 Posts: 1460 Location: Maui
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cgoudie1
Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 2599 Location: Killer Sturgeon Cove
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: It's baaaack... |
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Well, either they're getting pissed off, or they're hungrier than usual.
-Craig
jse wrote: | http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_21889544/man-hospitalized-after-shark-attack-off-humboldt-coast
This makes 3 GWS attacks in about a month.
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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more peeps in h20 today than 10 years ago.
more peeps in h20 10 years ago than 20 years ago.
more peeps in h20 20 years ago than 30 years ago.
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higgybaby
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 149
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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It's not just humans that are being attacked.
Here's an article about how recently, "shark attacks now represent the largest hurdle to the otters' recovery from the endangered species list". And it states that otters are generally thought NOT to be on the sharks snack list.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19983492
Yes, yes, I realize that an otter is still more likely to be hit by a car on the way to the beach or struck by lightning, but it's still a frightening development.
I have a friend that helps tag great whites off the Farallons and they stated that the current count is about double that of "normal". Maybe that has something to do with it?
As of a week ago, the kiters were seeing them almost daily at Waddell. There's definitely something different going on.
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higgybaby
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SwellRipper
Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 193 Location: Channel Marker 11
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject: Orca vs GWS |
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Higgy, thanks for posting the link above. Interesting Halloween reading indeed. Apparently, even the GW Sharks have fears.
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VinceSF
Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 249 Location: Maui, HI
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:29 am Post subject: |
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higgybaby wrote: | It's not just humans that are being attacked.
I have a friend that helps tag great whites off the Farallons and they stated that the current count is about double that of "normal". Maybe that has something to do with it?
As of a week ago, the kiters were seeing them almost daily at Waddell. There's definitely something different going on. |
I, for one am happy to sea the white shark population rebounding (if it is indeed the case, not some other phenomenon that would bring a higher concentration of existing sharks from other area affected by global warming, which of course doesn't exist, you ask that bitch Sandy)
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keycocker
Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 3598
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Better reporting is a big factor. We saw lots of sharks and had a few encounters in the past but didn't call anybody. Now with the net there is an easy way to send out news.
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ethurlow
Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 119
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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I saw a killer whale while standing at the beachtop at Waddell about 5yrs ago. There was only one kiter out, I am not sure if she knew the orca was out there, the whale was about 2-3football fields off the beach and moving slow. The dorsal fin was quite big, about 3-4ft tall.
Ernie
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chand2
Joined: 14 May 1998 Posts: 61
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:39 pm Post subject: Killer Whale Up Close |
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About a week ago some friends of mine got really close to a killer whale outside Moss Landing. The killer whale came right up to the side of their sailboat. It was so close that one guy took his feet down off the deck just in case. I also saw a pod of those things outside Moss Landing a few years ago. It was during a period of a lot of cold water upwelling. I saw whales, dolphins, and a huge sea creature that I will never know what it was.
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