lol.TheCanuck;4207283; said:Yea, different tastes for sure. I would rather have multiple 5k tanks than one 50k tank though. I would have a pack of leopards, pack of blacktip reefs, back on smoothes, pack of horns etc...
That would be a house!
Bull Sharks.
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yea i know im probably way to late in this discussion and i didnt read it all but bull sharks are now being known to spawn farther and farther in freshwater and can survive there wholelives in freshwater, maybe they wont live as long as they would in salt but still
Jabba954;4202430; said:My baby - 2009 Lambo LP-560.
That's a nice looking car indeed. Looks like you take good care of it. Our neighbour 3 doors down has one and two winters ago he tried to drive it in the snow....what an idiot.
Now it just sits in his garage... I think he is going broke...
I know im bumbing and old thread here but is it against the law to kill a shark under 54in? And if you were to catch one, how would you transport it home, doesnt it need to swim all the time. Just some questions that werent worked through before that i was curious about. Thanks
Local laws vary in regard to sharks. In most places you do need a special permit to collect them.
Transport of most sharks is very straight forward - even ORV sharks (sharks that need to move forward all the time). It requires a lot of water volume and rather large containers. Most of the time O2 or a way to use micro bubbles to maintain 90-110 % saturation of oxygen in the water. On long hauls, water chemistry is a major concern. You need to account for ammonia and the typical drop off in pH.
Method of catch is also very important. I'm a fan of netting when ever possible. The less struggle the animal puts up the better. During a fight (like on a line) lactic acid, adrenaline and testosterone are released into the blood stream. Those chemicals can kill an animal if you don't account for them after the animal settles down. You need to make sure they keep swimming in order for their body to burn them off. A lot of ORV can slow or stop in high oxygen situations, but you don't want that in transport (though there are exceptions).
I've moved sharks all over the US (from Utah to Texas to Minnesota.....). There are many other factors, but that covers the basics. There are pics of transports in my Shark Album. Just click the link in my sig.
Transport of most sharks is very straight forward - even ORV sharks (sharks that need to move forward all the time). It requires a lot of water volume and rather large containers. Most of the time O2 or a way to use micro bubbles to maintain 90-110 % saturation of oxygen in the water. On long hauls, water chemistry is a major concern. You need to account for ammonia and the typical drop off in pH.
Method of catch is also very important. I'm a fan of netting when ever possible. The less struggle the animal puts up the better. During a fight (like on a line) lactic acid, adrenaline and testosterone are released into the blood stream. Those chemicals can kill an animal if you don't account for them after the animal settles down. You need to make sure they keep swimming in order for their body to burn them off. A lot of ORV can slow or stop in high oxygen situations, but you don't want that in transport (though there are exceptions).
I've moved sharks all over the US (from Utah to Texas to Minnesota.....). There are many other factors, but that covers the basics. There are pics of transports in my Shark Album. Just click the link in my sig.
