Yeah, after all those well-publicized bitings in North Carolina, I was thinking passersby finding a large beached shark might kick it or shoot it or at the very least walk on by. Instead they helped it out. Who woulda thunk it? And yeah, the “chasing seagulls” thing made me chuckle too. The teenage boy thing transcends the boundaries of species.
I’m terrified of sharks. When I was in Cuba last October (Canadian, so I can go) I refused to go further than waist deep into the water for fear of meeting one. Although our tour guide said he’d spent all his 30 years living and swimming in Varadero, and had never so much as seen a shark. But then he would say that, wouldn’t he? He did say, quite honestly, that in the economic crisis of the early 1990’s, a whole bunch of Cubans left for Florida on makeshift rafts, and a third of them were eaten by sharks along the journey. Nice cheerful information for him to bring out at the beginning of our vacation!
I refused to go snorkeling because you have to go further out that waist deep. But even though I’m terrified of them, many varieties of shark (including the Great White) are endangered. And anyway, it’s *their* ocean ecosystem. We just play in it from time to time, so we should hardly be surprised when a shark acts according to its nature.
I’m rambling about stuff that’s not even connected to the point. Getting back to the point, yes, good for those Cape Cod beachgoers. And I bet that particular Great White never chases seagulls again!
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I’m terrified of sharks. When I was in Cuba last October (Canadian, so I can go) I refused to go further than waist deep into the water for fear of meeting one. Although our tour guide said he’d spent all his 30 years living and swimming in Varadero, and had never so much as seen a shark. But then he would say that, wouldn’t he? He did say, quite honestly, that in the economic crisis of the early 1990’s, a whole bunch of Cubans left for Florida on makeshift rafts, and a third of them were eaten by sharks along the journey. Nice cheerful information for him to bring out at the beginning of our vacation!
I refused to go snorkeling because you have to go further out that waist deep. But even though I’m terrified of them, many varieties of shark (including the Great White) are endangered. And anyway, it’s *their* ocean ecosystem. We just play in it from time to time, so we should hardly be surprised when a shark acts according to its nature.
I’m rambling about stuff that’s not even connected to the point. Getting back to the point, yes, good for those Cape Cod beachgoers. And I bet that particular Great White never chases seagulls again!