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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:44 PM Original message |
Tourist killed by 'dinosaur sized' shark off South African beach... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dinosaur sized? Like t-Rex sized? Do they get that big? |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't know how big they get... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I don't know about dinosaur-sized... |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. most dinosaurs were small |
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Betty Karlson (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 05:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
50. Up to 22 feet, I believe. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. If it was that large, it was a megalodon |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Yes, but your parrots |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 03:23 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. You clearly don't know many parrots ;) |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. !!!!!!!!! How awful! |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. a great white can grow up to 21 feet... how long is a "minibus"? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Probably about 18 feet long |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Frigging Dupe |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I saw that the other night. Fascinating. This is some planet we share with these creatures. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
51. Wow, that is interesting! |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. And....my friends wonder why I don't go out in the ocean here (in Florida) ..Oh I know it.. |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. lol.. ty for the laugh.. that was funny. n/t |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Just off the beach in Venice, FL several years ago |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sharks don't like goggles? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Didn't this just happen in Australia, too? Like a week ago? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Just goes to show ya |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. They're 'way smarter than we are. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. No plastic is allowed on the 'raw human' diet. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That's horrible. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why not? I witnessed a 20+ foot great white being chased down the Cape Cod Canal many years ago. |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Indeed, out there you're a nice bite sized meat sack. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yup. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. You're in more danger driving down the road. |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. take away our tools |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Whites that big are semi-routine off of NorCal in season. That's just unusually big for South Africa |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. not only that but |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The biggest white sharks in the world are at the Farallones. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I have heard people say |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. OK, that's bad, but I watched a couple of episodes of "River Monsters" on... |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I watched that also....Damn...that thing was a strange Fucker. Took the Dude awhile.. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. I see what you mean! ick!! |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Would that be the same dinosaur-sized shark posted about here last Wednesday? |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Whoops! |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. "There are giants out there in the canyons" |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Very true. |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Am I the oldest person at DU? Not one Jaws mention! |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Too easy, and it is kind of a tragedy. So there's that. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Not that unusual |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. Untrained viewers give crazy estimates of shark sizes. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The guy's body |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Probably not. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I thought I read that people recognized an entire |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Untrained eyewitnesses routinely get it wrong. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
42. This Thread Is Useless Without Pictures! I love Dinos and Sharks! |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
45. All right |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
49. Now imagine looking at a 50 footer great white |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I was very into marine biology as kid. And I recall maximum size estimates of whites |
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