1 reason why not to Kayak in Ocean
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Louie;1677173; said:
i know that they do appear in warmer climated areas, but they are "warm blooded" sharks that enjoy cold water where they have the advantage over cold blooded fish. usually they stay in cold current streams and that is why it is not common to see tiger sharks (warm water sharks) with great white sharks. it is still possible, but more unlikely. the largest great white was caught near cuba which is caribbean, but the water is so deep and there are so many different streams it is difficult to know for sure how cold the water is. i know they like california waters for the reason that it is cold. just my thoughts about it. have there been great white attacks in florida? just curious. im pretty sure florida attacks are mostly tiger shark attacks.
jaysen223;1678634; said:
I think Florida attacks are mostly bull sharks though I know what your saying as Tigers are found in warm waters.
Few yrs back Florida had a record number of shark attacks going by the news it was bull sharks and that particular yr seemed bit warmer than most yrs.
Again going just by news.
The picture is real. I posted it on a thread that Liz started last week. It was taken by researchers off the coast of South Africa. They use the kayak because the sharks, for some reason, will check it out, but ultimately ignore it. The researchers found that it was the best way to get close to the sharks. Check it out on Snopes.com.
jaysen223;1677127; said:
how do you know this?. Great white sharks are migratory animals and have been seen in the north eastern part of the united states as well in southern africa and other places which i don't know of for these sharks to get from south africa to northern usa they need to pass threw some type of tropical water. also i am no expert on south africa but i hear it can be pretty hot as well.
Ive seen a great white attacking seals off the coast of cape cod MA and another one got stuck in a tidal pool for a while.... it was a fairly deep pool like 15ft and the size of a football feild but surrounded by shallow water the shark must have gotten confused or just unlucky and was trapped in there until the tide came in and it swam out big thing too 13+ feet
As a shark person, I'll tell you guys the photo is REAL. Great whites aren't just cold water sharks.
However, if it's with the email claiming it's a guys friend after saving it from a net, with other pics of guys 'petting' it.... that is a LIE. The pics of 'petting' are really from a different study done to document the sensory abilities of the rostrum (nose). It's not a new thing by any means.
However, if it's with the email claiming it's a guys friend after saving it from a net, with other pics of guys 'petting' it.... that is a LIE. The pics of 'petting' are really from a different study done to document the sensory abilities of the rostrum (nose). It's not a new thing by any means.
