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Offline helbent

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White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« on: November 30, 2011, 12:50:20 PM »
I dive alot in this area, looks like it was a perfect day to be offshore doing just that also.  White sharks are not supposed to be in this area, but that just shows you the arrogance of man telling you where or where not mother nature decides to survive.

Great video.  The largest White shark ever caught on record is 21ft.  It was caught in the Mediterranean Sea.

We dive for meg teeth alot and find many 5 inchers.  1 inch of tooth = 10 feet of shark.  You can find 7 inchers that are worth alot of money.  The smithsonian pays around $25k for a perfect 7 incher.

enjoy, that had to be one awesome experience

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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2011, 01:18:36 PM »
Cool,,,,, big fish, thanks for sharing  :aok
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2011, 01:26:17 PM »
"Is it illegal to shoot them?"

I'm making that guy an honorary texan.
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2011, 02:13:23 PM »
"Is it illegal to shoot them?"

I'm making that guy an honorary texan.

How come?  That means no more than you being an honorary piece of ghetto trash.   :aok

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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2011, 02:14:22 PM »
How come?  That means no more than you being an honorary piece of ghetto trash.   :aok



Are you implying that everyone in Texas is ghetto trash?
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2011, 02:36:36 PM »
I'm thinking he means that being an Honorary Texan means as much to him as being Honorary Ghetto Trash would mean to you.

I know your Texan but I'm not sure if he is actually referencing himself as the other.
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2011, 02:51:19 PM »
What a beautiful creature :aok
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2011, 02:55:54 PM »
What a beautiful creature :aok
I agree. But if I were in the water with it, it'd be one ugly SOB  :lol
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2011, 03:07:35 PM »
You can always tell the noobs that have never seen/swam/been in the ocean from the ones who don't in those video comments, *sigh*.  That shark is extremely docile at the time, maybe even a sick individual, but probabley just curious and checking out the scene since it smelled/heard something of interest but isn't necessarily hungry (if they're hungry and hunting, you won't know they're there until they want you to :devil ).


She is a beut, gorgeous great white.  What a sighting though, 25 miles off the east coast!


Some people should just be locked away in a cage and kept from the outdoors.  :aok
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2011, 04:34:37 PM »
She is a beut, gorgeous great white.  What a sighting though, 25 miles off the east coast!
Some people should just be locked away in a cage and kept from the outdoors.  :aok

I know that last year (year before?) that there were a couple seen off the beach in July around 20th street in Surf City NJ. I have this location burned in my head, as my wife and I get a house on the ocean around 10th st for a couple weeks in July.

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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2011, 05:44:01 PM »
1 inch tooth= 10 foot shark?!?!?!?

A 50 foot shark?!?!?!?!?!
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2011, 05:52:31 PM »
Megladon sharks (prehistoric) are known to have grown to 70 foot plus.  Big enough to chomp a whale in half.  The largest fish in the Ocean (that we know about) today is the whale sharks which tops out at 45 feet.

Ill post a pic of a meg tooth when I get home in a couple days.
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2011, 06:13:51 PM »
Are you implying that everyone in Texas is ghetto trash?

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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2011, 07:13:00 PM »
1 inch tooth= 10 foot shark?!?!?!?

A 50 foot shark?!?!?!?!?!
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Re: White shark off Wrightsville Beach NC
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2011, 08:20:53 PM »
1 inch tooth= 10 foot shark?!?!?!?

A 50 foot shark?!?!?!?!?!

I know right.  Pretty damn impressive.
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