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Worlds 50 freakiest animals

Que tal de snapper, grouper, yellow jack, kingfish?

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Sounds perfect to a godless man like myself. I think you're opening a can of worms though.

Here's one I like that's sort of related.

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If you keep your mind sufficiently open, people will throw a lot of rubbish into it. - William A. Orton

Sharks tend to bite extremities when they're not sure. Many times when sharks do bite they bite diver's fin tips. It may be a small possibility but in the case of a clear fin I think a shark is more likely to bite your foot or calf. There's nothing wrong with appearing larger most of the time, I get fish. Anyways on an approach/stalk you minimize your profile.

How old is he now? Looks about 3.5 months?

I look forward to your vis reports hau.

How about that ice blade..

Good post hatteras. I agree about wearing flashers being a no no.

So you got a mal! Looks cute. I don't know if they're supposed to have white markings on the paws, maybe it's a cross.

Flashers look good. Makes me want to take a closer look so why not the fish.

Very cool fuzz.

From the link.

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The dolphins, accompanied by handlers in small power boats, would work only at night. If they found an intruder, they would swim back to the boat and alert the handler, who would place a strobe light on one of the dolphin’s noses. The dolphin would race back and bump the intruder’s back, knocking the light off. The light would float to the surface, marking the spot. The dolphin would swim back to the boat, join the handler, and they would clear out. Security guards would race to the strobe to subdue the intruder. Sea lions can carry in their mouths special cuffs attached to long ropes. If they found a suspicious swimmer, they would clamp the cuff around the person’s leg. The intruder can then be reeled in for questioning.
The Navy likes the marine mammal option because the dolphins’ biosonar is better than any man has made and they’re best for covering ground in open water. Sea lions’ sonar range isn’t as good, but they can see and hear better underwater and are better for shallower work around piers. They are reliable, available, less expensive and more effective than ROVs and combat swimmers. Technology will eventually replace them, the Navy says, but it’s not there yet.

They may know but not imagine how far it can go. Now they do.

When I was a kid I snuck in behind the scenes of a dolphin show after the show was over. There were holding tanks and the dolphins of course. At that age I still had ideas that dolphin = Flipper. I was about to touch one as it came close when I approached the tank, and one of the trainers walked in. She wasn't angry to see me there and talked to me for a while. Three dolphins swam up and wanted to interact. She pointed out one and said be careful because he likes to bite. So the trainers are aware of the different personalities, that some animals are more irritable than others. What I think that many of these "animal behaviorists" are not too clear about is that they think they can always predict the switch in the animal, that it's always based on a stimulus that they can avoid giving the animal and so control its behavior. They can't see the animal taking initiative aggressively "just because", and they don't think it's going to happen to them.

It's been my experience with dogs that with most you can see things coming, and change what you're doing so as not to push the animal far enough to the point it will react aggressively. There are very few however that for lack of better terminology can be called liars. They enjoy hurting people, just for the hell of it, and will pretend to be OK just so they can get a chance to bite you. It's a type of maliciousness that I'm sure is not reserved to only canines. Now it took me a lot of exposure to dogs to hit on these relatively rare personality types. In my time I must have worked with a few hundred dogs, I can't imagine the marine mammal trainers being able to work with too many different animals.

I work with dogs and with some you have to be very careful. With experience you learn that some are different, more intelligent and sometimes capable of holding a grudge. The consequences of a dog attack, while may lead to serious injury, obviously do not present the same risk of death simply due to the drowning aspect. But the reasons for it or the mentality of the animal are the same.

I do not like to see whales in captivity, if you consider all the faculties they possess to be able to survive in the wild you'll realize that they are able to utilize a very small part of those faculties in a captive environment. This can lead to all kinds of physical and psychological imbalances. I'd happily support a law against keeping of marine mammals for entertainment, it's all about money. If you want to see orcas live make the effort and travel to where they live, or watch a documentary.

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G.R. your red gun is a pleasure to look at. It reminds me of the excitement and expectation that must have accompanied building it, at a time when such innovation meant a lot more than it does today with all the choices available to us.

Here's a link http://www.wptv.com/content/we…hNhZwFgEiEqrZ-oW1Jkw.cspx It's sad, I never thought it gets too cold for them over here.

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TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- More than 100 manatees have been found dead in Florida waters since the beginning of the year, most of them victims of a nearly two-week cold snap.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the preliminary cause of death for 77 of the endangered animals is cold stress. They were found from Jan. 1 through Jan. 23.
The Sunshine State saw about two weeks of unseasonably cold weather starting around the first of the year that killed fish and stunned thousands of sea turtles.
Officials say the numbers of dead manatees from the cold is a record for a single year. The previous record, last year, was 56 deaths from cold stress.

Welcome to the forum Rick.

This is the first I hear of it. Sounds like a natural event that our local marine species should be able to adapt to. I can tell you that at least off Miami we're seeing adult grouper in places where they were scarce before. My friend Pantoja says it's because of the cold water but it started to happen very shortly after the grouper closure.

Thanks Don.

Thanks for the vis report.

How many people live there full time?

Yes, I remember the progress of this board on SB. It's a great effort and came out very well made, but I don't think it has enough space to hold fish.

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Without this Island (26) mile offshore I would not have stayed in Calli.
It has everything, great food, good pubs, and great game fish. I just wish the Marlin were legal to spear.
Cheers, Don

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