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re: 3 shark attacks in Destin in the last 5 hours
Posted on 6/8/24 at 7:47 am to TigerbaitTigerbait
Posted on 6/8/24 at 7:47 am to TigerbaitTigerbait
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Can we send Brandon on vacation to Miramar ?
Only if we send Felon x 34, too
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Posted on 6/8/24 at 7:55 am to BugAC
Wouldn't bother me if they had some guys from Elgin fly over and light up the bigger bull and tiger sharks. I could be persuaded against it if there was some food-chain disaster that might come of killing the large ones. But if the reasons are "large sharks have families too" or "how would you feel if you were a large shark?" then we aren't coming from the same mindset.
If the smaller ones could do ecological job of the big ones then idgaf. Good luck getting a biologist who loves sharks to give an accurate answer though.
If the smaller ones could do ecological job of the big ones then idgaf. Good luck getting a biologist who loves sharks to give an accurate answer though.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 7:58 am to Stevo
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Easy, Chief Brody. There are not tons of Tigers, Bulls, and Hammerheads. Most people are lucky to spot a single shark. If there were tons, beaches would be closed. They exist in the area, but let's not get carried away.
I know a dude in the coast guard and he flys in the helicopters up and down the beach.
He says sharks are everywhere. Like swimming through people, etc and nobody knows they’re even there.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:00 am to CaneyLake
Beautiful Tigers in that video.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:09 am to blueboxer1119
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Like swimming through people
I think I would feel it if one swam through me
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:10 am to BugAC
Shouldn’t it be a purple flag…
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:12 am to blackandgoldGOD
No because purple means people can still go in the water. It’s double red to close the beach water to public.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:13 am to Turnblad85
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I could be persuaded against it if there was some food-chain disaster that might come of killing the large ones.
Of course it would.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:16 am to blueboxer1119
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I know a dude in the coast guard and he flys in the helicopters up and down the beach.
He says sharks are everywhere. Like swimming through people, etc and nobody knows they’re even there.
When I was a kid I remember one of my Dad's buddies telling him about parasailing at the beach (this was when it was still relatively new and novel).
Dad asked him how he liked it and he said he liked it fine except for one thing. While he was up in the air he could see how many sharks were swimming down below and he was afraid to come back down.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:18 am to Turnblad85
quote:Scotland? Aye!
Wouldn't bother me if they had some guys from Elgin fly over and light up the bigger bull and tiger sharks.
Cool Cathedral ruins in Elgin.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:24 am to SloaneRanger
There are reefs on the bay side and the gulf side in Navarre.
You can easily reach the one from Navarre public beach by wading in from the shore to snorkle. The Gulf side reef is about a hundred yards from the beach, and the water depth is 10-15 feet. I've done it several times. The bay side reefs are a lot sketchier to me because that water is murky as hell, and warm as a bath tub.
There are a lot of them in Florida, and even Orange Beach.
As others have said, "reef" is a pretty generous description.
You can easily reach the one from Navarre public beach by wading in from the shore to snorkle. The Gulf side reef is about a hundred yards from the beach, and the water depth is 10-15 feet. I've done it several times. The bay side reefs are a lot sketchier to me because that water is murky as hell, and warm as a bath tub.
There are a lot of them in Florida, and even Orange Beach.
As others have said, "reef" is a pretty generous description.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:25 am to BugAC
Government’s fault. There are a zillion sharks bc of conservation efforts.
I was fishing 25 miles out last week in the Atlantic and couldn’t even reel anything in, sharks were taking everything.
I was fishing 25 miles out last week in the Atlantic and couldn’t even reel anything in, sharks were taking everything.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:27 am to BugAC
I paddleboarded the Deschutes River in Central Oregon yesterday.
There were no sharks.
There were no sharks.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:28 am to tide06
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There was video of some Orcas near destin this week. Its possible the sharks are getting chased out of their preferred hunting grounds by apex predators. Of course all of that is speculation.
I didn’t see the video but the description was pretty cool. Said there was a 30 footer and a bunch more in the pod and they were running like they were on a mission. I know the sharks GTFO when those bad mofos arrive. Interested whether they might have an impact on those shark attacks.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:30 am to wackatimesthree
We had access to a condo in Navarre whenever we wanted. It was on the 10th floor so it had amazing views. But, we would sit up there and look down on all the sharks swimming amongst the people in the water, blissfully unaware.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:31 am to Bwmdx
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blissfully unaware
Exactly how I like to live my life
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:39 am to One72
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I paddleboarded the Deschutes River in Central Oregon yesterday.
There were no sharks.
Yeah, but there were probably a bunch of liberals. I will take sharks over liberals any day.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:40 am to CorkSoaker
So glad my high anxiety wife caught this story late last night. We leave for the beach on Wednesday and she’s already in freak out mode about how our kids won’t be allowed to get into the water. I told her that the attacks happened in water that’s waist deep on adults, and that our kids could stay at the shoreline if the flags weren’t red/purple. She said, “the flags could be green but that wouldn’t mean they know sharks aren’t attacking! No one knows when it could happen again! And sharks can kill in 1 foot of water!”
About to be a waste of a few thousand dollars down the drain.
About to be a waste of a few thousand dollars down the drain.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:45 am to StringedInstruments
I’ve been bringing my kids out to sandbar since they were less than a year old. Won’t change anything for us.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 8:45 am to blueboxer1119
They are simply everywhere. I live on east coast of Florida. I see them everyday. I cannot go surf fishing without catching them it’s pain in the arse.
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