Imagine seeing this in the water

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swoosh
swoosh
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15 Apr 2010 10:46pm


got some big chompers on that.

www.news.com.au/travel/australian-holidays/monster-hammerhead-closes-in-on-queensland/news-story/2a6ada63c50fdb589de2e2955ba55e3b


happy sailing this weekend guys
JayBee
JayBee
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15 Apr 2010 11:24pm
I would be more worried about meeting Vic Hislop on the water. His bloodlust might blur his eyesight!

JB
Waterloo
Waterloo
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15 Apr 2010 11:26pm


Yes, the sight of that killer chills me to the core!

signed

SID THE SHARK
landyacht
landyacht
WA
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16 Apr 2010 5:44pm
so why did he feel the need to kill this shark,
Obelix
Obelix
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16 Apr 2010 6:17pm
landyacht said...

so why did he feel the need to kill this shark,


He was hungry...
nosinkanow
nosinkanow
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16 Apr 2010 9:01pm
samuelcpaul said...

That huge portion messes me. But what kind of shark it is?


It's a Hammerhead, and a friggin big one too.

And I ask the same question too landyacht. What's the point? If he hooked it with 15lb line whilst hunting down kingies and then fed a poverty stricken village in some tiny pacific island I applaud his achievement, but he didn't. Man and his ego is more dangerous than any shark.

Haircut
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16 Apr 2010 10:01pm
landyacht said...

so why did he feel the need to kill this shark,


he accidentally ordered a family serve of chips
sboardcrazy
sboardcrazy
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17 Apr 2010 2:35am

Big enough to use as a board! At least it is a bottom feeder so it would eat you..if it was a Bull shark I'd never sail again!Mind you I just had a nother look at those jaws & bottom feeder or not Im feeling a bit nervous..

Richiefish
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17 Apr 2010 8:40am


landyacht
landyacht
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17 Apr 2010 1:14pm
swoosh said...



got some big chompers on that.



dont be such a tight wad mate ,buy your wife some lipstick
mkseven
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18 Apr 2010 9:50am
sboardcrazy said...

Big enough to use as a board! At least it is a bottom feeder so it would eat you..if it was a Bull shark I'd never sail again!Mind you I just had a nother look at those jaws & bottom feeder or not Im feeling a bit nervous..




Bottom feeder- you done much fishing You catch them at exactly the same water level as bullsharks only hammerheads fight better, actually you are probably more likely to see a hammerhead on the surface. Don't believe all the hype and BS you hear in the media, bullsharks are lazy and opportunistic- people have fought off big bull sharks, can't say you'd have the same luck with a hammerhead of the same size.

I'm not a fan of Hislop even though alot of what he says is true. He didn't catch it, read the story- it was caught whilst eating another shark. He bought it to add to his collection.
ozpricey
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24 Apr 2010 8:56pm
landyacht said...

so why did he feel the need to kill this shark,


x2

Appaz it ate the smaller shark they had on the line so I guess not much hope of pulling the hook out!!!

It was 40yo... poor barstard.
graceman
graceman
WA
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25 Apr 2010 10:36am
x3

And it there was a minimum size look at the little fellow in the back right of the trailer.
A sad day when a specimen like that is not released back.
Obelix
Obelix
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27 Apr 2010 12:37pm
I dissapprove of ANY unnecessary death, so I would release the shark.

Having said this, I don't like man's simpathy to other predators.
Who determines that "the specimen like this" deserves to live more than a mullie?


Obelix
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28 Apr 2010 5:34pm
evlPanda said...

Or a wee little jellyfish:



A very nice artwork...should be released...

mkseven
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29 Apr 2010 7:57pm
Obelix said...

I dissapprove of ANY unnecessary death, so I would release the shark.

Having said this, I don't like man's simpathy to other predators.
Who determines that "the specimen like this" deserves to live more than a mullie?





The fact that it takes a mullie a year or two to get to their size or breeding age. Sharks it can take 30 years or more (I think they said somewhere that shark was 40 years old), the ecosystem is unable to support large numbers of them and they dont have massive breeding success. Apex predators are also highly susceptible any environmental changes such as pollution etc.

Panda even having been hit by a box jelly, if that kid survived I cannot begin to imagine how painful that would have been not to mention the scars for life
colinwill78
colinwill78
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30 Apr 2010 11:51pm
imagine seeing that in the water!!??
just imagine the dude finding it in his shed
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