Comments on: Feeding Time! – Sharks in Monterey http://openroad.tv/blog/2008/03/29/monterey-bay-aquarium-feeding-time/ The Traveler's Video Guide to the American West Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:33:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Francina Leday http://openroad.tv/blog/2008/03/29/monterey-bay-aquarium-feeding-time/comment-page-1/#comment-53846 Francina Leday Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:46:33 +0000 http://openroad.tv/blog/2008/03/29/monterey-bay-aquarium-feeding-time/#comment-53846 Long time reader, 1st time commenter. I just want to say I appreciate all you do with your site. This is one of the first sites I visit every day. Long time reader, 1st time commenter. I just want to say I appreciate all you do with your site. This is one of the first sites I visit every day.

]]> By: Doug http://openroad.tv/blog/2008/03/29/monterey-bay-aquarium-feeding-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Doug Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:35:33 +0000 http://openroad.tv/blog/2008/03/29/monterey-bay-aquarium-feeding-time/#comment-1322 Could be true. Now, not to say that Great Whites can't be dangerous to humans, especially if they surf or dive in the close vicinity of seals, sea lions and elephant seals, but the fact is that Great White attacks along the West Coast are few and far between.....and death by Great White is exceedingly rare given the billions of hours people spend in the water every year. I don't have time to check the statistics tonight, but I think the number of deaths attributed to Great Whites along the coast from British Columbia to Mexico in the past 60 years is about 10. Usually, when Great Whites "attack," they bite and spit....probably mistaking us for a more tasty mammal morsel. Meanwhile, we humans are absolutely wiping out sharks and shark habitat around the world. Way more shark fins are put in soup than limbs are nibbled by sharks. By the way, Jim, the Indianapolis story is truly an incredible and morbid tale. As you know, the ship left San Francisco carrying the atomic bombs that were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of '45. Then, the ship headed towards the Philippines and its tragic fate......just weeks before the war ended. I think it was Blue Sharks that attacked in the open ocean. I can't imagine the horror. Could be true. Now, not to say that Great Whites can’t be dangerous to humans, especially if they surf or dive in the close vicinity of seals, sea lions and elephant seals, but the fact is that Great White attacks along the West Coast are few and far between…..and death by Great White is exceedingly rare given the billions of hours people spend in the water every year. I don’t have time to check the statistics tonight, but I think the number of deaths attributed to Great Whites along the coast from British Columbia to Mexico in the past 60 years is about 10. Usually, when Great Whites “attack,” they bite and spit….probably mistaking us for a more tasty mammal morsel. Meanwhile, we humans are absolutely wiping out sharks and shark habitat around the world. Way more shark fins are put in soup than limbs are nibbled by sharks. By the way, Jim, the Indianapolis story is truly an incredible and morbid tale. As you know, the ship left San Francisco carrying the atomic bombs that were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of ‘45. Then, the ship headed towards the Philippines and its tragic fate……just weeks before the war ended. I think it was Blue Sharks that attacked in the open ocean. I can’t imagine the horror.

]]> By: Dear AL http://openroad.tv/blog/2008/03/29/monterey-bay-aquarium-feeding-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Dear AL Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:16:02 +0000 http://openroad.tv/blog/2008/03/29/monterey-bay-aquarium-feeding-time/#comment-1293 Sea Notes - "Just how do you feed a white shark?" Toss them a few limbs, they'll enjoy it! Sea Notes – “Just how do you feed a white shark?”

Toss them a few limbs, they’ll enjoy it!

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