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#2502666 - 04/26/08 08:54 PM Re: Fatal shark attack near San Diego [Re: Trident]
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Registered: 01/03/01
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OK, for those who are curious, here's my little guy trying to swallow a cell phone. Sharks do this you know. They don't discrimate between living and non living objects. They just eat it.



Now from the reverse angle, which we rarely get, unless the shark in question pariticipates:




This one did, but hey, he's been room temperature for over twenty years.

Don't know if you can see it, but the rows of teeth are there.

And after all these years, they remain sharp, I can tell you with confidence.
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#2502731 - 04/26/08 11:17 PM Re: Fatal shark attack near San Diego [Re: 20mm]
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imagine that as a 20+foot montrosity coming for you....i'd go into total shock
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#2502759 - 04/27/08 12:05 AM Re: Fatal shark attack near San Diego [Re: Trident]
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Registered: 05/10/06
Loc: San Diego,Calif
Just a few minutes from my home as well.
My son and I were at that very beach last Sunday afternoon.
Quite a shock.Never heard of attacks in this area due to the warmer water.

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#2502760 - 04/27/08 12:06 AM Re: Fatal shark attack near San Diego [Re: Trident]
RDDR Offline
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Registered: 05/10/06
Loc: San Diego,Calif
Just a few minutes from my home as well.
My son and I were at that very beach last Sunday afternoon.
Quite a shock.Never heard of attacks in this area due to the warmer water.

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#2502780 - 04/27/08 01:06 AM Re: Fatal shark attack near San Diego [Re: RDDR]
KraziKanuK Offline
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Registered: 01/03/01
Loc: Ottawa Canada
Dressed in black (seal) and splashing in the water (in distress) is an invitation for a shark attack.

That the shark swam away after the attack, shows that it was not the seal in distress which the shark thought it was.

There have been several good documentaries on the TV about White sharks.

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#2502802 - 04/27/08 01:53 AM Re: Fatal shark attack near San Diego [Re: KraziKanuK]
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Registered: 01/01/01
Loc: NJ USA
This is a Megalodon tooth that we found in a remote area on the James River in Va.
It is four inches in length and the top is chipped off so that it could be used as a spear point
by the local Powhatan Indians, the tribe that befriended the Jamestown settlers.



Here are a few more various teeth my wife and I have found over the years in the same area.



The river and the Chesapeake Bay were home to prehistoric Megalodons where they fed on whales and their calves. Not exactly a friendly place in the good old days.

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#2503338 - 04/27/08 10:27 PM Re: Fatal shark attack near San Diego [Re: Hankmc]
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Registered: 02/09/01
Loc: Vermont, USA
Often times, these sharks are just taking a nibble to get a taste of a potential meal. Of course, that nibble is typically fatal to the prey.
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#2503784 - 04/28/08 03:32 PM Re: Fatal shark attack near San Diego [Re: 20mm]
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Lifer

Registered: 12/30/00
Loc: Columbus, GA USA
 Originally Posted By: 20mm
Sad indeed. Man, like getting hit by lightning, you just never know.


Except there are generally no leisure activities where you purposely run around in a lightning storm.
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