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Big Shark on Long Island Shore

PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:59 pm
by billie_morini
While no threat to humans, it would still be exhilarating to see any 24-foot long creature swim alongside your surfboard.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Huge-Shark-Washes-Up-on-LI-Beach.html
24-Foot Shark Washes Up on L.I. Beach
A 24-foot shark washed ashore on a Long Island beach today, but died a short time later, police said.

It’s unclear how the basking shark died or how it found its way to Gilgo State Park near Babylon in Suffolk County. A necropsy will be performed soon.
Basking sharks are the second largest shark in the sea after the whale shark and are not a threat to humans.

According to marine biologists, these sharks have no teeth and are called basking sharks because they are often observed when feeding at the surface and appear to be basking in the water. They can grow up to 30-feet long and the one found today is full grown, experts said.

Basking sharks often feed close to land and will enter enclosed bays as they follow concentrations of plankton. They also inhabit warmer sea water around the continental shelves, marine experts

Re: Big Shark on Long Island Shore

PostPosted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:03 pm
by CHarvey
Nothing to worry about when the shark washing up has no teeth.
Pretty cool though.

Re: Big Shark on Long Island Shore

PostPosted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:58 am
by subasurf
Would rather that than the 24foot great white sharks we have here in Western Australia ;)
They're bloody everywhere!

Re: Big Shark on Long Island Shore

PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:54 am
by CHarvey
I read somewhere that the spicy farts after eating curry is a natural shark deterant.
Google it

Re: Big Shark on Long Island Shore

PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:48 am
by surfin_feynman
CHarvey wrote:I read somewhere that the spicy farts after eating curry is a natural shark deterant.
Google it

what the hell?...i dont see anything like that on google....heh i did hear on shark week that soap is a good shark repellent...no one really does it though cuz it pollutes the ocean.