Great White right or wrong

[archman]

This really does not surprise me at all. Here's a link detailing the history of great white's in captivity.
http://homepage.mac.com/mollet/Cc/Cc_captive.html

I'm surprised Monterey held it as long as they did. Time to let it go now. Guess their tank was too small after all.

 

[JustAddWater]

I heard they are going to release it off of a popular dive beach in Texas.

 

[archman]

I heard they are going to release it off of a popular dive beach in Texas.

We fish off all our beaches. Guess the shark will end up back on land, above someone's mantel. Yeehaw.

 

[Wijbrandus]

David,

My uncle lives in Monterey. He says there is nothing being reported about the shark's health being anything but fine. He was there a few weeks ago to see it, and said it looked like it was doing great.

Take that for what little it's worth.

 

[MontereyCADiver]

She was released this morning.

http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/whiteshark.asp

 

[H2Andy]

yup... the shark was released this morning.
here's the San Francisco Chronicle story:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/03/31/state/n093732S08.DTL

it doesn't mention anything about snout-grinding or the shark hurting itself.

personally, i don't think the UW Times pictures are of the Monterey great white.

 

[JustinW]

great, they dumped her in the spot i was going to dive tomorrow. Thats just wonderful. A hungry white shark thats now used to seeing divers every day.

 

[H2Andy]

say, justin, make sure you go diving there everyday for a month or so,
i'm coming in May. try different times of day, and make sure to get some
night dives in, ok? have a blast!

 

[JustinW]

Actually, I'm going to be helping classes, so I will be the one in the black wesuit bobbing at the surface just outside the kelp line. Maybe i will bring a gallon of beef blood, just to make it more exciting :11:
I think i'm gonna bring a copy of the SF article in case there is an annoying student, but i'm sure they will all know on sunday, some are bound to check out the aquarium saturday. What a way to get certified eh?

 

[MoonWrasse]

"Shark attack kills diver off Mendocino coast
His companion says fish struck suddenly

Cliff Zimmerman was only three feet away from Randy Fry, his old friend and diving partner, when he heard a noise and felt the pressure of something big moving by.

It was a shark, and it came out of nowhere, it came fast, and it killed his partner.

"I heard a noise, like 'whoosh,' like a submarine, like a boat going by fast. It was a shark,'' Zimmerman said. "I knew it was a shark. It almost brushed me. I saw its dorsal fin. I don't know what kind it was; all I know is, it was big. Big. It was big enough to kill.'' "
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/17/SHARK.TMP


"Unprovoked White Shark Attacks on Divers

During the Twentieth Century divers constituted the largest number of victims for any of the four victim groups: divers, surfers, swimmers, and kayakers. There were 108 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast of North America, with 50 (46%) directed at divers. The White Shark was determined to be the species responsible in 45 (90%) of the 50 recorded attacks on divers."
http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/unprovoked_diver.htm