Do You Wanna See a BIG Shark.....?, page 1
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Topic started on 2-12-2011 @ 02:45 AM by PurpleDog UK
You wanna see a BIG shark........??

This was a small boat with a few guys out fishing off the North Carolina Coast (25 miles of Wrightsville Beach?)

www.boreme.com...

I think this is quite a big one (white or Bull or other...I don't know?......help, ideas....)

It circled for 20 mins !!!!!

A little unnerving even if you are in a boat......

regards

PDUK


reply posted on 2-12-2011 @ 03:05 AM by sunshinesmile
reply to post by PurpleDog UK



Almost certain that's a great white (bull sharks have a squarer snout and tigers have noticeable stripes). I, of course, know this from my endless hours watching Animal Planet and National Geographic! Whatever kind it is it's a bloody big shark! I didn't think you guys got great whites up that far though, I thought they stayed around the southern oceans of Australia and South Africa


reply posted on 2-12-2011 @ 03:40 AM by Raivan31
reply to post by PurpleDog UK



Don't know what sort of shark it was but i do know that it was just waiting for them to hook a fish so it could steal the catch. sneaky bugger.
maybe a grey nurse or possibly a bull shark, the size is right for either but the black 'tips' on the dorsal and tail fins don't fit with a grey nurse so it is probably a bull. the only other shark i can think of with those colourations is a black tipped reef shark but they don't get that big.

A quick net search would answer it..

NOTE: i havent read through other post's so sorry if this has already been said or if it's been answered already.

ADD: my bad, there were no black tips, it was the lighting.

After a bit of research i'm pretty sure it's not a great white, the tail fin is all wrong and the tail tapers too much.
It's not a grey nurse as they have a large secondary dorsal fin about 2/3 the size of the main dorsal.
But it does look alot like a bull shark. Hard to tell without seeing more of it clearly.
edit on 2-12-2011 by Raivan31 because: No Black tips
edit on 2-12-2011 by Raivan31 because: Actually done some research for a change lol



reply posted on 2-12-2011 @ 09:11 AM by TriggerFish
reply to post by PurpleDog UK



What a beautiful animal, time to through the cage in the water
and go for a swim.


reply posted on 2-12-2011 @ 02:15 PM by PurpleDog UK
Originally posted by TriggerFish
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What a beautiful animal, time to through the cage in the water
and go for a swim.



More you than me !!

Your 'Name' makes me laugh.......... My ex-girlfriend in the Maldives was actually attacked by a Titan Trigger Fish and it was really going for her.....!!!!!

When i batted it with my fins it then went after me repeatedly......... seriously aggressive fish !!

PDUK


reply posted on 2-12-2011 @ 02:17 PM by PurpleDog UK
Originally posted by Soapusmaximus
That's a mighty big fishy

I would be at least nervous.

Great whites, and other big sharks are migrating further than ever before, hotter weather?

BBC sharks in uk waters -

More reports of sharks in UK waters


This film clipwas from waters off North Carolina, USA............ i'm not sure (i haven't check Maps yet) but Great Whites can easily exsist in cold waters as well as warmer climes I am reliably informed....... hence the speculation for sightings in the UK................. which as a UK surfer i beleieve !!!

There was a recent confirmed sighting of an Atlantic White Tip, a cousin of the Great White in the Bristol Channel recently !!

PDUK

PDUK
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