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Re: Dealing with Marine Wildlife

Postby dracop » Thu May 29, 2014 4:50 am

Drew22 wrote:New smyrna inlet Memorial Day weekend.

Thats nuts, although those were small sharks and the paddle boarders were able to stay up top of their boards. The shark I saw was heavy duty, 300 lbs+. It was bigger than I am, the tail splash was impressive.

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Re: Dealing with Marine Wildlife

Postby VOMKB » Thu May 29, 2014 7:05 am

dracop wrote:You guys are having a field day with all of these kooky solutions lol. I still like my rubber Never realized so many people had a shark phobia. You gotta understand, this thing was pretty close to me and I was stuck in a weak wind lull. Lets see if you don't get a jolt out of a Close Encounter of the Shark Kind.

These gimmicks are pretty amusing though - electric shock therapy, Beetles costumes, etc. lol

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Re: Dealing with Marine Wildlife

Postby Rufusz » Thu May 29, 2014 8:30 pm

Dave_5280 wrote:Another option based on research on colors and shapes as protection.

http://www.gizmag.com/shark-mitigation- ... tem/28368/
This is ok for sharks, but also creates an other serious risk factor...
Wearing this outfit in South Africa might confuse a pack of lions on the beach that you are a zebra... hopefully they working on the solution!


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