Molest any wildlife lately?
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underwasser bolt:
Do you live directly in the ocean? If can breath water 365 days, go deep down to 3,000 feet, migrate from where you are back to California then I'll agre with you that the ocean is our world.
underwasser bolt:
tsk tsk tsk, so much hatred, you need a hug :hug:
underwasser bolt:
Thank you very much.
If I'm not mistaken the Human domain extends from the Marinas Trench all the way to the Moon. I guess it's that opposable thumb thing, combined with the abstract thought ability, apex preadator, id, illiad, ego, alpha...
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Tigerman
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When I started looking at those pictures, I really didnt think much of it..
Then I looked at some more and saw a bunch of people holding on to its fin, which I would think wasnt the whalesharks most favourite thing for one to do. As far as touching a whaleshark by itself (as in "patting it") I dont really see how that would do it damage. Some mental stress by the ammount of people ganging up on it? Possibly, but it SEEMS to have stayed around to let the people get close or even swam close to them to have a looksee. Id think if a whaleshark where swimming around your boat and you entered the water, itd have no problem parking your *** in a swimming contest..
Then I looked at some more and saw a bunch of people holding on to its fin, which I would think wasnt the whalesharks most favourite thing for one to do. As far as touching a whaleshark by itself (as in "patting it") I dont really see how that would do it damage. Some mental stress by the ammount of people ganging up on it? Possibly, but it SEEMS to have stayed around to let the people get close or even swam close to them to have a looksee. Id think if a whaleshark where swimming around your boat and you entered the water, itd have no problem parking your *** in a swimming contest..
Missdirected
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archman:That's another snorkeler's shoulder.
Check out the big knife on the center snorkeler's leg. I guess he needs that to cut his way out of the whale shark's stomach if it inhales him.
Oh geeze Arch, I saw an eyeball and a mouth
. Guess it was looking at the clouds, you can see all sorts of things.Personally, I do not know what happened there. To me, it looked like the chance of a lifetime. However, from the pics it looks as though people allowed themselves to become out of check/overhwhelmed by its presence and mishandled the shark. It seems they may have stopped thinking.
Missdirected
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RoyN:I wouldn't mind seeing a whale shark, but then I'm not reaching out and touching it. However, thats me and I'm going to keep it that way since I wouldn't want my biologist professor giving the bad looks now.
I ain't touchin' it but brother let me tell you my camera will be going ballistic. That said, if he swims away, as many subjects do, well he swims away.
Missdirected
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RoyN:
Oh grief, lingo I am picking up from my kids, forgive me
:14: Actually, I have gotten some decent pics of sharks lately, I have been very lucky. No whale sharks though, some day though. Right now I am pretty keen on finding a mola mola or sunfish. ScubaKevDM recently spotted on in his area. I did a dive with him recently and couldn't stop hoping, the entire dive.
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