Big Shark on Long Island Shore

[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

[CHarvey]

Nothing to worry about when the shark washing up has no teeth.
Pretty cool though.

[subasurf]

Would rather that than the 24foot great white sharks we have here in Western Australia
They're bloody everywhere!

[CHarvey]

I read somewhere that the spicy farts after eating curry is a natural shark deterant.
Google it

[surfin_feynman]

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.