LOCAL Kiters on CNN, Shark Attacks For Real, sort of ...

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http://www.cnn.com/video/
and search videos for "shark."

The Delray launch and local riders in the news.

and some home video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANEujksrDMg

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I learned today that the young guy that offered up the snack to the shark was visiting from up north from an inland state. Ok, that's his excuse.

WHAT about everyone else??? When I was a young teenager I thought it was common knowledge that sharks have the capacity to bite for a long time after being landed, even hours by some reports. That is don't get anywhere near the teeth, that could be several feet away as they can more very fast with incredible force. Another common fact, (perhaps of years gone by?).

What has happened to this and other "common knowledge" out there? Lacking basic insight can hurt a lot more at some times more than others. This information is usually just laying around, pay attention and it should stick to you. If not, painful experience is frequently laying around too, just waiting for the unknowing to pick it up. Have people just "tuned out?"

FKA, Inc.

transcribed by:
Rick Iossi

[ricki]

INTO the water to fight the shark? Uh, yeah.

I learned today that our intrepid duo went back out shark fishing in the
same kayak, AFTER the biting incident. Our young fellow from up north
had something wrapped around his injured hand.


Offering a helping hand to the shark, actually a snack.

So much for excuses for either party. I can't remember the last time I
saw a fisherman fight a shark IN the water with it. Apparently they were
up for a repeat. What is it they say, oh yeah, "Darwin Take Me Away."

[ricki]

Just spoke to Dr. Burgess, the head of the Ichthyology Department of the Florida Museum of Natural History. These are the folks that track shark attacks. He told me that the spinner or blacktip migration is largely temperature related. As the waters warm the sharks migrate northward pursuing a more ideal temperature range. Bait fish go along the same path for similar reasons, providing snacks for the sharks along the way. They travel en masse up to New England and head on back as the waters cool in the advancing year. So, the migration might be described as the "big yo yo" south to north and back again, into perpetuity or until we screw things up badly enough.

Sorry guys, he said your accident doesn't go into the shark attack records as "it was a provoked act of stupidity more than an actual attack." Better luck next time.