Shark Sighting today

[Smiling JOe]

SJ are you kidding???? Alligators! Now, those really scare me!

Not kidding. I grew up water skiing in a lake with plenty of gators and I spent a summer working with them all around me in waist deep water. Sharks seem a little erratic and more unpredictable, and when blood hits the water, forget-about-it. Not so with gators.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Then he turned East again and at that point Ed Walline lifeguards must have heard and rode by on a Polaris to warn folks so I turned around and went back to my beachchair to tell my big fish story to my wife who missed the whole thing because she was out on a kayak looking for marine life!

Life is funny like that sometimes. Occasionally, we get so focused on one thing that we forget to open our minds and look at the life right before our very eyes.

 

[seacrestkristi]

A strange calm came over me- the realization that:

A) the shark did nothing
B) if sharks can come in so close to us without being detected on a clear day then one who wanted to harm me could and there is really nothing I can do about it anyway so why worry ~geowickey

After seeing the killer whales hunting seal on discovery channel, I too have resolved myself to this thinking. Did anyone else see that? They slide up on the beach, then back in the ocean, even risking their own life, out of hunger for seals. Do you think it makes any difference if you remain still or get out slowly or quickly, to the shark that is? I guess it just all depends on the unique situation and the shark's mood. Regardless, way to remain calm, geowickey. I hope I can be like that when I have my first close-up but I might be tempted to :leaving: !!! I'm gonna try not to cuz they will get you if they really even want you. Menopause is a good thang for swimmin' in the Gulf. Sorry, please don't sig this line on me, ya'll. ;-)

 

[Smiling JOe]

Knowing that sharks can detect heart rates of other animals in the water, I'd say that how you exit the water can make a difference. They are born predators which often hunt their food. They cannot help but to get excited when they detect the increased heart rates and sense arms and legs moving erratically about in the water. The hunt is on! CHOMP!

 

[Jdarg]

Knowing that sharks can detect heart rates of other animals in the water, I'd say that how you exit the water can make a difference. They are born predators which often hunt their food. They cannot help but to get excited when they detect the increased heart rates and sense arms and legs moving erratically about in the water. The hunt is on! CHOMP!

:angry: :boxing: :bicycle: :nono1:

 

[Teresa]

Interesting. Then that makes 2 days in a row-

Yesterday (just after 3pm), I had my very first up close and personal experience with a shark since moving here in February. It was directly in front of the Spooky Lane beach access.

I was in the water about 15 feet from shore in about waist deep water holding my 4 year old son who was dangling his legs in the water. We were in the water for less than 2 minutes when I looked up and right in front of me, no more than 20 feet away and swimming East was about a 6 foot bull shark.......


Cheers, GW

wow! amazing story! so glad I didn't have such a close look at the shark - I never saw a thing. and so glad I didn't have my 5 year old with me!