Re: [Paddlewise] Shark attacks on kayakers

From: Jackie Myers <jackie_at_muddypuppies.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:21:18 -0700
Bradford R. Crain wrote:

>   Thanks to Jackie Myers for so thoroughly researching this incident off
> the California coast. The death of two seakayakers by breaching whale 
> seems
> like a bit of a stretch.


Oh, I forgot to add.... I believe the thought was that a breaching whale 
cracked one of the kayaks.  Since the two kayakers were out kayaking in 
January and not dressed for cold-water immersion, it's possible they 
succumbed to hypothermia.  A common killer of kayakers.


Jackie
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