Great White Shark breaches into boat
Picture courtesy of Oceans Research.
Pictures have emerged of a three-metre great white shark after it breached into a marine research vessel off the coast of South Africa.
According to the Cape Times, six researchers from Mossel Bay on the Southern Cape, were collecting data on sharks near Seal Island on Monday when the 500kg shark landed in the boat.
“Activity around the boat ceased for about five minutes and all was pretty quiet at the stern,” field specialist Dorien Schroder told the Cape Times.
“Next thing, I hear a splash and see a great white breach out of the water from one side of the boat hovering, literally, over a crew member chumming on the port side.”
The predator landed on the boat’s fuel and bait storage containers. The shark began to panic cutting fuel lines as it thrashed around on the deck.
Another boat of scientists was radioed to assist with removing the great white from the deck. While the researchers waited for help, water was poured over the shark’s gills in an endeavour to keep it alive.
Attempts to return the shark to the water, including tying one end of a rope around its tail and the other end to the side of another vessel, failed.
The vessel was then towed to Mossel Bay harbour where a crane was used to lift the predator off the boat.
Water was hosed into the shark’s mouth to ventilate its gills while ropes were secured to its tail.
As soon as the shark was returned to the water it swam away towards the mouth of the harbour and about 30 minutes later was found beached.
This time rescuers attached ropes to the shark’s tail and behind the pectoral fins and slowly towed it out to sea.
About a kilometre out to sea, the shark regained its orientation and swam away.
thesupervisor
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imagine ringing club marine
imagine ringing club marine to explain that one
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
scotto
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Awesome!!
One less we gotta worry about over the next few months!!
fishy fingers
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Not Realy
It lived
Markie
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Survived!
Amen to that. Awsome creatures would hate to hear it died.
Tony Halliday
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yes they saved it, as they
yes they saved it, as they boys live, eat, breath and sleep for their sharks.
Good on them,
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Blue Whaler
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Great to hear they got big
Great to hear they got big 'nunu' going again - reading this makes me think what daft things I have done in the past - going out with a 3,5mt rubberduck out about 1,5nm point rock of Beacon Island, Plettenberg Bay to catch Garrick's - them nunu's at bigger than the duck and they come up close for inspections - just gives me the chills!!!
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PattyT
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haha, that is outrageous!
haha, that is outrageous!