And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When you're on a teathered air supply, you look more like a seal to a great white shark than you do if you have a metal air supply system strapped to your back. And ocean beasts "see" magnetic signature.
Had that happen to me diving off Rockport. Lost sight of my dive partner, stopped saw him coming through the murk, wasn't him. That was a long 3 seconds. Found my partner, went back to shore and got out of the water; the car was gone. Ever taken a train ride home carrying full dive gear? My friend gave up diving after that.
aussies tested the bite strength of reef sharks in their bit of the big pond. 14,000 psi as gauged by the crushing of an aluminum bar in a large chunk of smelly dead tuna. 3/16" of neoprene won't even slow them down.
When sharks bump like that, they're investigating a thing to see if it's edible. Read a source years ago that said it was like a taste test, that they get some sense of what they're bumping tastes like.
If a shark that size thought you were food, you'd be swallowed whole, or bitten in half and both pieces swallowed. Instead of being a shark attack story, it would be a missing persons story.
Most shark attacks are simply the sharks testing to see if the humans are edible and then swimming off.
That looked to be around a 10" male White, so that was like a high school sophomore White. The males are adults at about 12", the females at about 13".
"Neoprene is used for wet suits because the tensile strength is enough to contain the projectile ejection of fecal matter without breaking, as seen here..."
That, was cheap thrills!
ReplyDeleteWhen you're on a teathered air supply, you look more like a seal to a great white shark than you do if you have a metal air supply system strapped to your back. And ocean beasts "see" magnetic signature.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, too close for comfort.
He should be safe now.....I understand sharks are repelled by the smell of shit....
ReplyDeleteExactly what I was thinking.
DeleteHad that happen to me diving off Rockport. Lost sight of my dive partner, stopped saw him coming through the murk, wasn't him. That was a long 3 seconds. Found my partner, went back to shore and got out of the water; the car was gone.
ReplyDeleteEver taken a train ride home carrying full dive gear? My friend gave up diving after that.
Curious, where off Rockport and when? Live and Gloucester but I always stay on the dry side of the water - in my boat.
Deleteaussies tested the bite strength of reef sharks in their bit of the big pond. 14,000 psi as gauged by the crushing of an aluminum bar in a large chunk of smelly dead tuna. 3/16" of neoprene won't even slow them down.
ReplyDeleteWhen sharks bump like that, they're investigating a thing to see if it's edible. Read a source years ago that said it was like a taste test, that they get some sense of what they're bumping tastes like.
ReplyDeleteIf a shark that size thought you were food, you'd be swallowed whole, or bitten in half and both pieces swallowed. Instead of being a shark attack story, it would be a missing persons story.
Most shark attacks are simply the sharks testing to see if the humans are edible and then swimming off.
Were gonna need a bigger boat!
ReplyDeleteThat looked to be around a 10" male White, so that was like a high school sophomore White. The males are adults at about 12", the females at about 13".
ReplyDelete"Neoprene is used for wet suits because the tensile strength is enough to contain the projectile ejection of fecal matter without breaking, as seen here..."
ReplyDelete- Aesop