Why did those sharks attack on June 7? Here's what the experts say
Local boat captains and other experts have a few ideas on why the shark attacks happened on June 7 in South Walton.
www.thedestinlog.com
Interesting article on sharks (and Orcas) in Destin
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Are they insinuating that not actively managing the population of apex predators known to attack humans by specifically harvesting some of the predator population in a scientifically controlled manner may lead to more humans being attacked?Why did those sharks attack on June 7? Here's what the experts say
Local boat captains and other experts have a few ideas on why the shark attacks happened on June 7 in South Walton.www.thedestinlog.com
Hmmm, I wonder if the same could happen with grizzly bears? Nah, no way.
With apex predators? Sorry, Bruce, the data doesn’t seem to show that we can.
Maybe the two females were ovulating. Apparently, sharks are perverts. Just saying.
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I pee in the water. I've never been bitten.
The correlation is obvious! Miller Lite seems to be a big part of my protection plan too.
The correlation is obvious! Miller Lite seems to be a big part of my protection plan too.
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This is only sort of related, but has anybody else been dumb enough to look at the comment sections on some of the posts or stories about the shark attacks?Why did those sharks attack on June 7? Here's what the experts say
Local boat captains and other experts have a few ideas on why the shark attacks happened on June 7 in South Walton.www.thedestinlog.com
I'm sure a lot of them are bots, but it astounding how many people feel the need to comment some variation of:
- the ocean is the shark's home
- it wasn't a shark attack because the victims were the ones invading the shark's home
- why are people surprised that sharks eat things in the ocean
- etc.
Really just an amazing number of miserable humans or bots trained by miserable humans. I can at least understand the stupidity that results in beliefs along the lines of we shouldn't manage shark populations but some of the other stupidity is just unfathomable.
ETA: I know it was stupid looking at the comments but thought instagram and facebook posts from south walton beach accounts might have local knowledge in the comments.
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"ETA: I know it was stupid looking at the comments but thought instagram and facebook posts from south walton beach accounts might have local knowledge in the comments."
That's why I posted this. I thought it was pretty good and I know a lot of us have gone down there for years and I found the part about the Orcas to be very interesting....I had no idea.
That's why I posted this. I thought it was pretty good and I know a lot of us have gone down there for years and I found the part about the Orcas to be very interesting....I had no idea.
Dupe Manhattanites into thinking Bullshark Fin Soup is the next best cuisine. Problem solved.
Hell, just let them dump them into cat food. Not sure how bad the mercury would be for them though, but cats are already crazy.
I am kind of surprised we can't get a viable commercial bull shark market just by selling bull shark fins and dongs and other weird **** into asia.
I think a lot of sightings are Dall porpoises but they're seen pretty routinely off Texas.
I had no clue. Cool clip of them.
The answer to my rhetorical question is NO. Doesn't matter if it's with apex predators or your brother. At some point we don't get along.
I see you’ve met my brother. No one gets along with him. Probably genetic.
Not much in the water would scare me more than a pod of mature killer whales. Those suckers are assassins of the sea & smart.
Don’t question my sister’s womanhood! There’s other siblings that never got invited to California. We were too embarrassed by their inability to cipher.
Scary thing about the Orcas. They don't want to eat you, but they may kill you just for fun. They'll often just toss a baby seal back and forth between each other for hours just for fun. And one pod off of Gibralter has decided that attacking and sinking boats is fun.
Interesting, that would be well out of their (and all porpoise's) natural range.
Dall's porpoise - Wikipedia
Crazy. Is the Gibraltar thing legit? I thought I saw something saying it was not. I don’t know. If they want to kill or sink you, they will
It is legit, just watched a news cast where it stated they have sank 5 boats and attacked the rudders on over 40 boats. One yacht was 50'.
One theory on why they do it is their food is plentiful, so they don't have to spend as much time hunting, killing & eating prey. So they have a lot more time to kill. Essentially, they get bored and this is what they do for fun. Hopefully, other pods don't pick up this habit.
I gotta tell ya Pat, I'm a little bit rooting for the orcas here
Mostly related - it always amazes me that people defend sharks so much. I remember about 10 years ago on Shark Week, they talked to the WW2 suriviors of a battleship that went down in the Pacific. The survivors were all saying that the sharks kept coming back to feed on the soldiers that were in the water, and how terrible it was. THEN, they switched to a shark "expert" who kept insisting that sharks "do not eat people" naturally. And nobody asks the experts "well then why did they keep coming back to eat the people???"
I also think it's interesting that the boat captain, from the Destin news story, points out that sharks aren't endangered anymore. I had never read this before. Sometimes it takes an actual person to point this stuff out, instead of listening to the "experts" who claim otherwise. Once the public hears that a species is endangered, we just assume it never changes, and the news never reports otherwise.... Sigh...
I also think it's interesting that the boat captain, from the Destin news story, points out that sharks aren't endangered anymore. I had never read this before. Sometimes it takes an actual person to point this stuff out, instead of listening to the "experts" who claim otherwise. Once the public hears that a species is endangered, we just assume it never changes, and the news never reports otherwise.... Sigh...
You are about to learn all you wanna know about the USS Indianapolis my friend. 40-60 year old dudes can go EXTENDED on this topic, and this board is chock full of 'em
Worldwide in 2023, there were 69 shark attacks on humans and 14 fatalities. I doubt the shark actually ate any of the fatalities.
The Megaladon ate that submarine that was lost around the titanic. Prove me wrong!
Was talking with a commercial shark fisherman here in Gulf Shores. Asked him how far out they had to go to fish. He said they never go more than a couple miles offshore and fill up the boat every time they go. Caught two 600 pound sharks in one night. I called BS until he showed me the video of them landing them. Ship the sharks to New York where people eat a lot of shark.
Fortunately, one of our presidential candidates has addressed the shark menace and batteries.
That’s the opposite of most animal behavior. They generally are more aggressive when hungry. When food is plentiful, they are fat and happy.
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