Maybe a good reason to become a Bi-athlete
04-25-08, 04:11 PM
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Maybe a good reason to become a Bi-athlete
04-25-08, 05:03 PM
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On a serious note, I am really really sorry to hear this. I know those waters well, having grown up in both Solana Beach and La Jolla - home to the La Jolla submarine canyon which happens to be the second largest great white population next to the barrier reef. I trained many times a week swimming out of La Jolla cove, including swim for the cove to Scripps pier and back - 3 miles over the really deep water.
You can swim 10 days in a row and bam, on the 11th you are out there and convinced that something big is just below. The whole swim back to shore is tense and nerve-racking as you tell yourself there is really nothing to worry about. The next day, back to normal again. We were convinced that those days weren't imagination, but our primitive instincts kicking in. Meaning something really was there.
You can swim 10 days in a row and bam, on the 11th you are out there and convinced that something big is just below. The whole swim back to shore is tense and nerve-racking as you tell yourself there is really nothing to worry about. The next day, back to normal again. We were convinced that those days weren't imagination, but our primitive instincts kicking in. Meaning something really was there.
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I'm just shocked it was a great white. They don't show up near the beaches around here very often.
04-25-08, 05:56 PM
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I never had much luck in running and would not stick my head under the water if you paid me, I think I will stick to bike racing.
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The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (in La Jolla) doesn't seem to agree:
...Rosenblatt, the Scripps scientist, said there isn't a resident population of white sharks off San Diego County...
--Richard H. Rosenblatt, a professor emeritus of marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
04-25-08, 05:59 PM
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what the heck? yea la jolla doesn't have anything last I recall.
There are petty tiny sharks, but they don't really attack humans... they can't.
There are petty tiny sharks, but they don't really attack humans... they can't.
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Do you have a source for this statement?
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (in La Jolla) doesn't seem to agree:
...Rosenblatt, the Scripps scientist, said there isn't a resident population of white sharks off San Diego County...
--Richard H. Rosenblatt, a professor emeritus of marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (in La Jolla) doesn't seem to agree:
...Rosenblatt, the Scripps scientist, said there isn't a resident population of white sharks off San Diego County...
--Richard H. Rosenblatt, a professor emeritus of marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
https://www.topp.org/species/white_shark/
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How tragic. Can you imagine how big the huevos must be on the two swimmers who turned around from 20 yards ahead to go back for the guy, knowing that there was blood in the water and at least one shark prone to attacking (maybe more)? Not to trivialize the event, but it's a bit ironic that the victim was a retired veterinarian.
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How tragic. Can you imagine how big the huevos must be on the two swimmers who turned around from 20 yards ahead to go back for the guy, knowing that there was blood in the water and at least one shark prone to attacking (maybe more)? Not to trivialize the event, but it's a bit ironic that the victim was a retired veterinarian.
04-26-08, 05:33 AM
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I'm in FL and spend a lot of time in the water. I've had a few close encounters. I'd say my chances are a little bit higher.
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