Re: [Paddlewise] My Great White Shark Attack Report

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:11:41 -0700
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Duane Strosaker <strosaker_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Kayakers,
>
> I'm not sure if this will be good or bad for the kayaking business in
> California:
>
> http://www.rollordrown.com/shark.htm
>
> Well first of all I'm glad you're ok. If it had been me some of that water
in your cockpit would have been yellow!

It's interesting that the shark didn't try to rip off a chunk of kayak...
but he almost certainly knew it wasn't food right from the get-go (despite
the yummy filling). I wonder if sharks have mastered the concept of a
"container". Maybe this one is working out the idea. Not pissing him off was
a good idea.

I wonder how many kayaks have been documented as having been attacked by a
shark of any species.

Craig
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