Figure we have a shark thread since we have shark fans around here.
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Sharks
- Thread starter moon puppy
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Figure we have a shark thread since we have shark fans around here.
Greg Kimsey
Well-known member
That is cool!
Love it but let me warn you that I now have over 3000+ photos of shark mouthed vehicles! Not all are military either!
sharkman
Master at Arms
Might have opened a "Pandora's Box" Bob!
This is Pinky, I tagged her last year. She's about 11' probably just a juvenile or just maturing. You can see the 2 tags we apply on the base of her dorsal fin. The first one is an acoustic tag which is good for 8-10 years, the second trailing one is a pop up archival satellite tag good for 1 year. The scratches on her head are from grey seals that they prey on. Looks like she had a fair bit of practice!
And this is another girl, close up! they are beautiful animals!
That's awesome Warren, tell us, when you tag one do you sort of take ownership of that shark, like a kinship?
sharkman
Master at Arms
No, older and wiser Warren is very careful which sharks he gets in the water with. We use GoPro cameras mounted on painters poles! Seeing a white shark up close is a completely different experience from some other species. They are a whole different creature on their own and after seeing just what they are capable of, I'm quite happy staying on the boat!
We tag them with 2 tags but only tag them once. The tags are tied in tandem. With our colleagues in Cape Cod in the US, we have over 400 tagged now. We try to have as little interaction with the shark as possible. We just lure them close to the boat with bait and then dart the tags into them. No hooks, no catching, trying not to disturb their natural behaviour any more than we need to.
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sharkman
Master at Arms
Not in that sense Bob, we don't really advertise them to the public, we just name them more for our sake. They become part of the data set as a Tag number. It's easier to give them a name over "1326754" to know who's who when they are detected on our receivers.
Rhino
Super Moderator
Following the food?
Mako is some good eats for real.
More a toad than a shark but I love it!
sharkman
Master at Arms
Looks a bit like a T-rex to me with those tiny, two-clawed arms on the doors! Cool!
sharkman
Master at Arms
Agreed on reptilian or amphibian! The latter is closer to the water and therefore closer to the shark subject!
