Archive for the 'Sharks' Category
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Here’s yet another reminder to stay out of Australian waters, any water… ocean, creek, canal, river… Apparently there are so many bull sharks in the creeks and canals of the Gold Coast that locals are snaring three or four a night as they watch tv, play pool and drink beer. Residents have caught 10ft-long sharks with just a pork chop on a hook. Robbie Hughes, 26, has caught a dozen sharks from his sixth-floor balcony in between playing video games and watching television.
Bull sharks can live in both salt and fresh water and there are thousands and thousands of them lurking around out there… so if you need to cool off, stick to the pool.
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
A 30 ft whale became lunch for a pack of tiger sharks off Australia’s Gold Coast yesterday. Fishing expert Paul Burt, who happened to have been in the vicinity at the time, actually DIVED INTO THE WATER to get these photos. Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin said the man’s behavior was “irresponsible”and “so dangerous it is incomprehensible”, duh. Beachgoers have been urged to use caution while swimming on the Gold Coast.
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
Four people were fishing Wednesday on the Sea Ya Later II when they spotted a 12-foot 6-inch Mako shark chasing dolphins, possibly for lunch, near the shore between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach. The crew managed to hook the huge shark, which weighed a whopping 1,063 pounds, but needed help from a second charter boat, the Mother Lode.
The crew of the Sea Ya Later II used flying gaffs to secure the shark and then tied the gaffs to the boat, which soon began to tilt under the sheer weight of the shark.
After the shark died, it took eight men to pull it aboard. The largest Mako recorded in the all-tackle division was a 1,221 pounder caught in Massachusetts in 2001.
The Pensacola shark is now in a refrigerated truck and will likely be used for research.
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
A Japanese couple tied the knot surrounded by sharks on Thursday. The ceremony took place inside a 20-metre transparent tunnel running through the aquarium. Make your reservations now… I hear the place is getting booked up.
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Shark Family, a one-hour high-def special about a family whose life work is studying sharks, is scheduled to air on the Dicovery Channel during Discovery’s annual Shark Week this summer. The special is the pilot for a 13-part half-hour series slated for production in 2008.
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
Hundreds of swimmers were cleared from Bondi Beach this morning after shark alarms were sounded. Some surfers ignored the warning while a snorkeller was seen being hauled out of the water at the southern end of the beach by lifesavers.
After the warning was sounded a shark-spotting plane and helicopter was seen in the air above the beach.
Half an hour later, they allowed people to go back into the water.
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
One of the best nude beaches in America is apparently Apollo Beach on the north end of the Canaveral National Seashore. This central Florida beach is all sugar-sand with no rocks and a gently sloping sand bottom. The water is clean, the beach is flat and wide and protected bird species abound.
Apollo Beach is not an official nude beach, but there have been ongoing negotiations to place signage designating a preferred area for clothing optional recreation. You will see dolphins and, in season, whales, working their way up and down the coast at Apollo.
Although this beach looks like a great opportunity to slip away from civilization and do some skinny dipping, caution is advised. It’s not unusual to see small sharks in shallow water. Don’t go swimming alone!
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
An investigation is under way into the deaths of three sharks which were moved to an aquarium in Norfolk. The black tipped reef sharks were three of five moved 70 miles from Great Yarmouth to their refurbished tank at the Hunstanton Sea Life Centre.
Manager Nigel Croasdale said he was “deeply concerned” at the loss. “Something has clearly gone wrong on this occasion and we are determined to identify this problem,” he said.
He said a full investigation would be carried out after the incident on Friday.
R.I.P. sharks!
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Knife-wielding smugglers forced 450 Somalis and Ethiopians overboard into stormy seas along a remote stretch of Yemen coastline at Ras-Alkalb in the Gulf of Aden last Thursday. The smugglers forced their passengers overboard so they could make a speedy departure after being spotted by Yemeni security forces. The number of people confirmed dead has risen to 29. Seventy-one people are missing. Passengers who resisted the smugglers were stabbed or beaten with wooden and steel clubs, then thrown overboard where some were attacked by sharks!
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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
It’s no longer a secret how Jesus managaged to feed the 5,000 with just five loaves of bread and two fish. Those fish must’ve been a couple of these whoppers.
The giant whale shark was caught off the coast of China by hardcore fishermen who managed to harness the ten-metre, eight-tonne whopper. It took over an hour to be hoisted in an industrial crane back on to dry land, where it was sliced into relatively smaller pieces for fish-lovers to enjoy.
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