[Randman]

How's you like to have this one above the fireplace?

[brapper]

'tis indeed a big fish.

[MindFad]

"You know, you really shouldn't be hittin' that shark from the back like that."

"o rly?"

[iLikebeer]

Good thing that wasn't in Hawai'i. You'd have some big Polynesian guys wanting to know why you killed one of their ancestors.

Really though, that's too bad. Killing sharks is bad, they're an apex predator that has been through really rough times since at least Jaws came out. Beauty of a catch though; I'd take some pride in it if I caught it, but damn, what a waste. They should have let it go.

As far as I can remember, I've seen at least 5 sharks, 1 alligator, many
barracudas, moray eels, ... while in the water, and not one has ever come after me. That pic just really sucks.

[Gankdawg]

I'm surprised this wasn't a 'Caption This Picture' thread.

[koogz]

Sweet. I'd eat that. (Wrong thread)... oops.

Nice 'fish' though.

CAPTIONS:

When I said "pets allowed, fish, small dogs, etc... the SMALL also applied to the fish as well..."

or, "Doc, what do you think is wrong with my fish? Do you think it is something he ate?"

How many of you called the number on the crain?

[DeathToWindows]

Doesn't look too tasty...

[wdlove]

I thought that it looked like a shark. It certainly put up quite a fight according to the blood, sad.

[ManOfSteal]

A shark dentist needs to be called. Surely, a root canal is in order...

[koogz]

Originally posted by ManOfSteal:
A shark dentist needs to be called. Surely, a root canal is in order...

Guy 1: I think he has something caught in his tooth... I think it's your first mate.
Guy 2: Let'em have'r...

Bu-dump-bump...

[Peter]

poor thing.

[jcadam]

Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
Doesn't look too tasty...

shark is good eatin'

[Xeo]

Originally posted by MindFad:
"You know, you really shouldn't be hittin' that shark from the back like that."

"o rly?"

Originally posted by wdlove:
I thought that it looked like a shark. It certainly put up quite a fight according to the blood, sad.

looked? Past tense? What the hell else would it be?

But yes, there is a certain sadness to the great beast being slain like that, especially with the fight it put up. But it is no different from fishing the little fresh water fish we have in the lakes of Minnesota. He's just bigger.

[nredman]

i take it that it is legal to catch shark? and how exactly does a shark drown?

[Xeo]

Originally posted by nredman:
i take it that it is legal to catch shark? and how exactly does a shark drown?

Sharks can't breath if they don't continue to swim forward. At least, that's what my vague memory is pulling up. I'm no biologist.

[d4nth3m4n]

Originally posted by iLikebeer:
Good thing that wasn't in Hawai'i. You'd have some big Polynesian guys wanting to know why you killed one of their ancestors.

Really though, that's too bad. Killing sharks is bad, they're an apex predator that has been through really rough times since at least Jaws came out. Beauty of a catch though; I'd take some pride in it if I caught it, but damn, what a waste. They should have let it go.

As far as I can remember, I've seen at least 5 sharks, 1 alligator, many
barracudas, moray eels, ... while in the water, and not one has ever come after me. That pic just really sucks.

i don't think there is really a "let if go" option once you get a shark on deck. i would imagine that the thing is pretty much dead by the time you want it anywhere near the deck. they could have cut the line, but what fun is that? i know that my grandfather when he was pike fishing (3 feet is a pretty big pike) would either take a small club or a .22 revolver with him to kill the fish before he had to reach into its mouth to retrieve the hook.

and 'Fad-

[Scientist]

Originally posted by Xeo:
Sharks can't breath if they don't continue to swim forward. At least, that's what my vague memory is pulling up. I'm no biologist.

That is correct.

[olePigeon]

Originally posted by Scientist:
That is correct.

Depends on the shark.

[Xeo]

Originally posted by olePigeon:
Depends on the shark.

Yeah, like the ones from Deep Blue Sea where they were all like "oh dude, they are totally swimming backwards, wtf yo?"

BTW, you've never truly seen that move until you watch it on Japanese TV and hear the horrible dubbing over Samuel L. Jackson.

[macroy]

Wow... When I saw the pic I was thinking damn.. Big Great White.. then I read the article and its actually a Mako. That's a big freakin fish.

hehe.. "Deep blue sea".. what a dump of a movie.
"my head is like a shark's fin!" - LL Cool J

[Xeo]

Originally posted by macroy:
Wow... When I saw the pic I was thinking damn.. Big Great White.. then I read the article and its actually a Mako. That's a big freakin fish.

hehe.. "Deep blue sea".. what a dump of a movie.
"my head is like a shark's fin!" - LL Cool J

But the big hero Sam dies. How cool and unexpected is that? But it's a better movie when you can't understand it.

[Cipher13]

Good old Nova Scotia... Mako's passing through there are just asking to be killed, nowadays

What a disgrace... judging by the weight, that shark must be just over 11 feet, making it a pretty huge Mako. People that kill these things should be killed themselves.

I'm not entirely sure, but there's a possibility that the shark in the picture is a Longfin Mako (I can't tell from just that picture), which is a protected species, I believe. If so, this guy better get done for it. :|

[Rev-O]

Originally posted by Xeo:
Yeah, like the ones from Deep Blue Sea where they were all like "oh dude, they are totally swimming backwards, wtf yo?"

BTW, you've never truly seen that move until you watch it on Japanese TV and hear the horrible dubbing over Samuel L. Jackson.

I can imagine how Japanese helps Deep Blue Sea. Anaconda was only watchable in Spanish (because I was only able to catch some of the swearing).

[ambush]

Must have died an horrible, slow death.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by iLikebeer:
Good thing that wasn't in Hawai'i. You'd have some big Polynesian guys wanting to know why you killed one of their ancestors.

Really though, that's too bad. Killing sharks is bad, they're an apex predator that has been through really rough times since at least Jaws came out. Beauty of a catch though; I'd take some pride in it if I caught it, but damn, what a waste. They should have let it go.

As far as I can remember, I've seen at least 5 sharks, 1 alligator, many
barracudas, moray eels, ... while in the water, and not one has ever come after me. That pic just really sucks.

If it's a protected species: prosecute the hell out of 'em.

[mixin visuals]

that is definately a infant. the one i have in my fishtank is much bigger

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Damn they can jump 20 feet out of the water.

Anywho, seems people eat them for meat so I don't think they are protected:
http://www.ocean.udel.edu/mas/seafood/mako.html

Remind me never to go swimming there.

Oh THIS is a big fish and they can get 3x larger....
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/AAO/local/w...G/Oar_Fish.jpg

[olePigeon]

Originally posted by Xeo:
Yeah, like the ones from Deep Blue Sea where they were all like "oh dude, they are totally swimming backwards, wtf yo?"

BTW, you've never truly seen that move until you watch it on Japanese TV and hear the horrible dubbing over Samuel L. Jackson.

Ummmm... no.

There are a few sharks that have figured out how to fan water across their gills so they can remain motionless for hours on end.

[Xeo]

Originally posted by olePigeon:
Ummmm... no.

There are a few sharks that have figured out how to fan water across their gills so they can remain motionless for hours on end.

I wasn't trying to imply that it only happens in fiction. I was just poking fun at the movie.

[olePigeon]

Originally posted by Xeo:
I wasn't trying to imply that it only happens in fiction. I was just poking fun at the movie.

Oh. Must've missed that one.

[mixin visuals]

90% of people hate terrorists
51% are willing to protect our country from terrorists

thank alla

[Xeo]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
90% of people hate terrorists
51% are willing to protect our country from terrorists

thank alla

what does that have to do with fishing? I will refrain from actually commenting on it so that the attempt to derail is thwarted.

[mixin visuals]

exactly what olePigeon's sig does

60% of Americans think there is an Iraqi/Al Qaeda link to September 11th.
40% of Americans think Iraq was directly responsible.
The 50% average of the two groups re-elected the lying f*cktard that started it all.
Good job, morons.

---\\

i love it when democracy causes people to call other people idiots when the majority of people don't agree with them

[mixin visuals]

Originally posted by Xeo:
what does that have to do with fishing? I will refrain from actually commenting on it so that the attempt to derail is thwarted.

thanks it was so close

[Xeo]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
exactly what olePigeon's sig does

Take it to the PM. Or add it to your sig if you want to protest it. But don't derail threads for no good reason other than that you noticed someone's sig.

[mixin visuals]

if someone is speaking their mind and then you see what their signature is that they are actively promoting, there is no reason that you should not have reason to mention it ( especially if it allows others to realize that the person doesn't mind calling everyone that doesn't see their way as morons )

i didn't have to add that everyone that voted for kerry were idiots to my sig.

i don't pm.

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Damn they can jump 20 feet out of the water.

Anywho, seems people eat them for meat so I don't think they are protected:
http://www.ocean.udel.edu/mas/seafood/mako.html

Remind me never to go swimming there.

Oh THIS is a big fish and they can get 3x larger....
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/AAO/local/w...G/Oar_Fish.jpg

Shortfin Mako's are fished for meat, but Longfin Mako's are not. Their meat is of a low food value. Shortfin's aren't protected, but I believe Longfin's are.

In my opinion, any organism with such a low birthrate (high juvenile mortality, long incubation period, etc), should be protected. We can't wait until we notice their absence to protect them.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
if someone is speaking their mind and then you see what their signature is that they are actively promoting, there is no reason that you should not have reason to mention it ( especially if it allows others to realize that the person doesn't mind calling everyone that doesn't see their way as morons )

i didn't have to add that everyone that voted for kerry were idiots to my sig.

i don't pm.

You can switch off signatures in your User Center if you find they make it difficult for you to follow threads.

[roberto blanco]

Originally posted by macroy:
Wow... When I saw the pic I was thinking damn.. Big Great White.. then I read the article and its actually a Mako.

that's exactly what i thought too. especially since the two are closely related.

[nredman]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:

Oh THIS is a big fish and they can get 3x larger....
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/AAO/local/w...G/Oar_Fish.jpg

DAMN!

[mixin visuals]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
You can switch off signatures in your User Center if you find they make it difficult for you to follow threads.

not difficult. just thought it was lame.

[iLikebeer]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
i don't think there is really a "let if go" option once you get a shark on deck. i would imagine that the thing is pretty much dead by the time you want it anywhere near the deck. they could have cut the line, but what fun is that? i know that my grandfather when he was pike fishing (3 feet is a pretty big pike) would either take a small club or a .22 revolver with him to kill the fish before he had to reach into its mouth to retrieve the hook.

and 'Fad-

I take it you've never seen video of the Japanese fishing boats in "international waters" pulling in sharks like that off of long lines, cutting off their fins(the valuable part for some asian healing beliefs), then dumping the rest of the still alive shark off the side of the boat to drown because they can't swim w/out their fins.

Now I'm not a huge animal rights activist, but if you kill something, make sure you eat it all. And I'm sure some of the hunters in here would say that they've seen a buck so powerful or great or whatever that they decided not to shoot it. Same kind of thing. That huge shark could possibly make or break the species.

I'll prolly come off like a hypocrit, since I posted a pic of a barracuda(ono) that I caught in Hawaii in another thread( http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...ight=barracuda ), and love to fish; but man-eater sharks aren't the same as every other fish. They're the top of the ocean food chain. And if you ever get to come face to face w/ one, you'll understand why.

Your grandfather was smart, we did the same thing w/ the barracuda I caught, I thought it was cool as hell. Their teeth can cut through steel wire. Another thing, if you fish off a pier and catch sand sharks, turn them on their back. They go stiff and are immobilized, and you can pull the hook out of their mouth. I saw it on discovery channel and my dad freaked when I stuck my fingers in the sharks mouths to pull out the hooks when I was 15.

And yeah, shark is kind of tasty.

[Peter]

killing is wrong, we're in no place to decide which animals and which dont.

[buffalolee]

Originally posted by Xeo:
Sharks can't breath if they don't continue to swim forward. At least, that's what my vague memory is pulling up. I'm no biologist.

Only certain species of sharks need to do that. That is why some swim in their sleep.

[MilkmanDan]

Man, now I want to find a joint in Osaka that serves Shark Fin Soup.

[bells0]

On my round the World trip i went to a place on the Eastern coast of Australia, a museum for a shark hunter [some bloke called Hislop].

There was a tank with a 20 foot dead Great White sharks in it, was one of the scariest things i've ever seen!! Even though it was dead, it was still very un-nerving being so close, it looked so evil.

I am totally against Shark hunting though and respect them as one of the best predators on the planet [just wouldn't ever want to see a fin coming towards me in the sea!!]

edit - found the link to the guys site

http://www.ozmagic1.homestead.com/Vi...pHomePage.html

[jcadam]

Originally posted by Peter:
killing is wrong, we're in no place to decide which animals and which dont.

It is simple:

1.) The animals that are tasty should die and end up on my plate.

2.) The animals that I find bothersome (bats especially, ack!!) should die so that they no longer bother me.

3.) There are a few exceptions, for example, honeybees are bothersome, yet they make tasty honey that ends up on my plate. So they can live under controlled conditions.