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Was it the Messianic Leviathan That Munched on an Oversized Great White Shark’s Head?
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:48 pm
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Marine biologists were baffled; a 12-foot-9-inch 1,164-pound great white shark, one of the most awesome predators in the ocean, was captured in the North Atlantic with huge bite marks on its head, indicating that something even more intimidating was out there, cruising the murky waters.
“It was clear that something had just grabbed his entire head,” Chris Fischer, founding Chairman of OCEARCH, a data-centric non-governmental organization formed about ten years ago that helps scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean, told McClatchy newsgroup.
“There was one healed wound on the lower jaw, perhaps from a previous year’s bite. And another that was over and across the top of his head. It was a very large animal that grabbed it, something significantly bigger than 12 feet,” Fischer said. “Anything that can grab an animal like that by the head is pretty impressive.”
The shark, named Vimy by researchers, was captured, fitted with a satellite tag, and released of the coast of Nova Scotia on October 4. A few weeks ago, a 15 feet 5 inch long great white shark named Unama’ki weighing 2,076 pounds was pulled in for tagging. A 17-foot great white eluded tagging last year in the same area.
The bite marks were estimated to be less than one week old. Fischer suggested that the bites were the result of mating rites; either a violent mating attempt with a larger female or competition with a larger male. The scientist believed that the shark was not in pain, noting that sharks have the ability to heal quickly from such wounds.
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Another possible source of the wounds could be a leviathan. The leviathan is referenced in the Bible in Job 3:8, Job 40:15–41:26, Psalm 74:13–23, Psalm 104:26, and Isaiah 27:1.Though the word ‘leviathan’ in modern Hebrew refers to whales, marine mammals that subsist on plankton, the term originated as a formidable fish in Jewish mythology. A section of the Talmud (the Oral Law) describes the post-Messianic role of the Leviathan. In the Tractate of Baba Batra 75a, it is written that God originally produced a male and a female leviathan. God became concerned that in multiplying, the species would destroy the world. God killed the female leviathan, preserving her flesh for the special banquet that will be given to the righteous on the arrival of the Messiah. The banquet will be held inside a huge tent made from the Leviathan’s skin.
This midrash (homiletic teaching) is the source of an unusual blessing recited during the holiday of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), in which we recite upon leaving the sukkah (tabernacle): “May it be your will, Lord our God and God of our forefathers, that just as I have fulfilled and dwelt in this sukkah, so may I merit in the coming year to dwell in the sukkah of the skin of Leviathan. Next year in Jerusalem.”
Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz is a features writer for Breaking Israel News. He made Aliyah to Israel in 1991 and served in the IDF as a combat medic. Berkowitz studied Jewish law and received rabbinical ordination in Israel. He has worked as a freelance writer and two works of fiction, The Hope Merchant and Dolphins on the Moon, are available on Amazon. He lives in the Golan Heights with his wife and their four children.
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This post was edited on 10/22/19 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:52 pm to Dandy Lion
Prepare thy anus for Cthulhu.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:52 pm to StealthCalais11
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Killer whale maybe?
Maybe... but I would expect a killer whale that got ahold of the head like that to finish the job.
Probably another great white.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:52 pm to StealthCalais11
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Killer whale maybe?
Whale Killer
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:54 pm to Dandy Lion
Another shark during mating according to the article you posted, dipshit.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:55 pm to LSUBoo
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Probably another great white.
Don't they use their mouths to hang on while they bang? Like the great white version of pulling hair. I think I remember that.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 2:56 pm to StealthCalais11
"Killer whale maybe?"
My first thought as well but Killer whale's mouth is too pointed to be what caused this bite
My first thought as well but Killer whale's mouth is too pointed to be what caused this bite
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:01 pm to Dandy Lion
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Berkowitz
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killer
Checks out.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:04 pm to Dandy Lion
You literally posted the answer to your question
Did you add the second quote to the scientific explanation or some article really made that dumb of a leap?
Did you add the second quote to the scientific explanation or some article really made that dumb of a leap?
This post was edited on 10/22/19 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:14 pm to Ed Osteen
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You literally posted the answer to your question
I wasn´t posing the question. I simply cut and pasted an amusing article.
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Did you add the second quote to the scientific explanation or some article really made that dumb of a leap?
No, that accompanies the article, as the newspaper is.
This was Israel Daily News, A Biblical Perspective.
Here´s the photo of the author%
This post was edited on 10/22/19 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:19 pm to Dandy Lion
That fricker looks like a dented up Natty Light Tall Boy can laying in someone's tail gate after a night of drinking.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:21 pm to Dandy Lion
It was definitely a leviathan.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:22 pm to deeprig9
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Another shark during mating according to the article
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suggested
right in the article, in fact, the same sentence.
Do you not understand the meaning of ´suggested´?
Anyway, I didn´t posit the query, it´s part of the article.
Good God. Take the G away from your name, you´re embarrassing me.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:22 pm to Dandy Lion
was probably his girlfriend and he was pimping on some shark hoes
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:23 pm to Dandy Lion
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the bites were the result of mating rites; either a violent mating attempt with a larger female
Doesn't matter had sex...or #MeToo/No Means No?
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:26 pm to Dandy Lion
Only one mouth that big...Nancy Pelosi
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:36 pm to Dandy Lion
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12-foot-9-inch
That's not oversized.
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