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Post by flatandy on Jul 13, 2020 11:36:29 GMT
The ocean is terrifying. I don’t understand why anyone goes in it.
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Post by redanchor1 on Jul 13, 2020 12:03:50 GMT
Safer than driving a car.
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Post by mids on Jul 13, 2020 12:08:36 GMT
Driving a car in the ocean is deadly.
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Post by redanchor1 on Jul 13, 2020 12:11:20 GMT
Unless you are driving a car-go ship
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Post by mids on Jul 13, 2020 12:39:28 GMT
Or an es-car-go ship if you drive really slowly.
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Post by voice on Jul 29, 2020 15:57:55 GMT
A woman has been killed by a great white in the first fatal shark attack on record in the US state of Maine. The woman was swimming near Bailey Island - close to the city of Portland - on Monday when she was attacked. www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53572785Its that time again. |
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Post by mids on Jul 29, 2020 16:01:06 GMT
How come it's mostly white people that get eaten by sharks? Oceanic racism?
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Post by voice on Jul 29, 2020 16:08:25 GMT
whites live more pampered and privileged lives perhaps, might make the meat more tender?
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Post by mids on Jul 29, 2020 16:21:30 GMT
Or they might be avoiding black people. The sharks that is. The "great" whites.
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Post by flatandy on Jul 29, 2020 16:29:28 GMT
Isn't it because black people can't swim, so there are fewer of them in ocean that's deep enough for sharks? All the black people in the ocean have drowned within about 10 feet of the shoreline.
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Post by mids on Jul 29, 2020 16:37:00 GMT
Lower body fat, smaller lungs.
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Post by flatandy on Jul 29, 2020 16:42:25 GMT
Lower body fat, smaller lungs. Open goal here for anyone who has a weird obsession with certain former Labour front benchers... |
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Post by mids on Jul 29, 2020 16:46:53 GMT
White sharks do sometimes attack whales.
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Post by mids on Jul 29, 2020 16:57:39 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 29, 2020 18:01:57 GMT
"It is only the second shark attack ever recorded in Maine. The species is less common in the region because of its cooler waters."
Not sure that bears scrutiny.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 29, 2020 18:03:26 GMT
Lower body fat, smaller lungs. Is that right? I thought it was about bone density but I am prepared to defer to your knowledge |
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 29, 2020 18:09:36 GMT
Funny, that clip's been reported elsewhere but not as drowning. The f**k*r's clearly trying to immobilise the whale by hamstringing to poor sod. I guess that could be an instinctive tactic. It's a obvious vulnerability I suppose, a sort of Achilles' fluke. |
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Post by flatandy on Jul 29, 2020 18:24:34 GMT
"It is only the second shark attack ever recorded in Maine. The species is less common in the region because of its cooler waters." Not sure that bears scrutiny. Yeah. Given that there are loads of great whites currently hanging about off Cape Cod, 70 miles from Maine, I'm not convinced. It might be the second shark attack in Maine because of Maine's colder waters - but because there are fewer humans in Maine's waters, not fewer sharks. |
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 29, 2020 18:29:42 GMT
True dat. Also SoCal is notoriously chilly in the briney. Cold, oxygen-rich upwelling.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jul 29, 2020 18:38:34 GMT
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