sharkbite summer

[woodjin]

I just finished watching a documentary On Demand called Sharkbite Summer. It is not pine barrens related but I thought I would mention it since it is one of the best shark documentarys I've ever seen. The subject matter is the shark attacks that occured in 2001 along the lower eastern seaboard.

It is very tragic in a very real sense (as opposed to the romantic fictional sense) This makes it particularly disturbing. the re-enactments are very good and the accounts, as told by the actual victims, are powerful. Unlike most documentaries, this one has a twist at the end delivered by the narrator in the last five minutes. I won't give it away.

Check it out. also, there is a movie /documentary called "blood in the water" which recounts the nj 1916 attacks fairly well. Not as good as literature i've read on the subject but one of the better attempts at reporting that historic inncident.

Jeff

 

[bobpbx]

I don't understand the limits of human stupidity and recklessness when it comes to animals. This guy does not look like a dumb man on the surface, but he is....in my opinion....a dumb man.

http://www.fancast.com/tv/Untamed-&...s-Diver-s-Face/videos?cmpid=FCST_hp_xfinitytv

 

[Hewey]

Bonehead!

I had to get 87 stitches once to reattatch my lip to my face not a good time.

Chris

 

[MarkBNJ]

I don't understand the limits of human stupidity and recklessness when it comes to animals. This guy does not look like a dumb man on the surface, but he is....in my opinion....a dumb man.

http://www.fancast.com/tv/Untamed-&...s-Diver-s-Face/videos?cmpid=FCST_hp_xfinitytv

Yeah, wow. I bet he won't get that close again any time soon. You know what bugs me the most about that video? The disrespect. Like sharks are there for this ass-wipe to clown around with.

 

[jburd641]

Well put Mark.

 

[bobpbx]

Bonehead!

I had to get 87 stitches once to reattatch my lip to my face not a good time.

Chris

Chris, care to talk about it? If not, because of bad memories, I understand.

 

[Hewey]

Chris, care to talk about it?

Skateboarding mishap my senior year of high school. I was skating a half pipe, bailed and caught the metal coping at the top of the ramp with my face, drove my teeth right through my face a severed my lip.

Chris

 

[bobpbx]

Skateboarding mishap my senior year of high school. I was skating a half pipe, bailed and caught the metal coping at the top of the ramp with my face, drove my teeth right through my face a severed my lip.

Chris

Yow!!!!!

Did you skate much after that?

 

[Hewey]

Did you skate much after that?

For a few more years, I had to slow down when I started to pay a mortgage. I did not want to take a chance of getting hurt and not being able to pay my note. I skated from about 1982-1999.

Chris

 

[46er]

They are nice and close now.....

Not known to be aggressive though.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100715066

 

[woodjin]

I don't understand the limits of human stupidity and recklessness when it comes to animals. This guy does not look like a dumb man on the surface, but he is....in my opinion....a dumb man.

http://www.fancast.com/tv/Untamed-&...s-Diver-s-Face/videos?cmpid=FCST_hp_xfinitytv

Bob, what do you think of Jimmy here?

 

[woodjin]

What about this guy? what is he trying to prove? That great whites are not dangerous, even friendly? Why do you think that shark is hanging around him for so long? This guy is either extremely brave, or completely crazy. I tend to think the later. I can't imagine why anybody would do this except for the huge ego trip.

 

[woodjin]

They are nice and close now.....

Not known to be aggressive though.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100715066

Turns out it is a basking shark, I guess.

 

[46er]

Turns out it is a basking shark, I guess.

The ones in the newspaper were said to be Sandbars, about 5' in length and cruising the beach. Also called Brown sharks, lots of them in the bays and inlets around here. The surface water temps are in the high 70's, approaching the 80's. Lots of dolphins around as well.

http://www.thecoolroom.org/fishermen/fish_sst_njb4.htm

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I worry that all of this press about sharks in the swimming zone will cause people to kill them. They aren't hurting anyone.

 

[46er]

I worry that all of this press about sharks in the swimming zone will cause people to kill them.

I doubt that. Most sharks are regulated by the state and federally. Catching is allowed per those regs, see page 2 & 6 at the link. Won't stop the idiots amongst us, but they would most likely be reported by someone. Pretty tough to dispatch a large shark without someone noticing it.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2010/digmar11-19.pdf

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I doubt that. Most sharks are regulated by the state and federally. Catching is allowed per those regs, see page 2 & 6 at the link. Won't stop the idiots amongst us, but they would most likely be reported by someone. Pretty tough to dispatch a large shark without someone noticing it.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2010/digmar11-19.pdf

I don't doubt it at all. I've seen it with my own two eyes.

 

[46er]

I don't doubt it at all. I've seen it with my own two eyes.

Should you ever be back here and see it again, here's a number to call; 1 (800) 222-0456

Just make sure it is not a Dogfish, they look like a shark, but are not. They are members of the Skate family and not covered by the regs.

 

[woodjin]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=38512213&#38512213&from=en-us_msnhp&snid=18424721

 

[whippoorbill]

Interesting stat: About 10 people per year are killed by sharks. Humans, on the other hand, kill about a hundred million sharks per year. (I just read this in a fish story called "The Scales Fall" by Elizabeth Kolbert in the 8/2 issue of The New Yorker magazine.)