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Just in Time for Spring Break
Stephen Schafer, a 39-year-old kiteboarder, was jammed fatally by one or more Sharks while kiteboarding off Stuart Beach, Florida yesterday. It has yet to be released what species did the jamming. As all the Chum Slickers know, Florida is the jammingest place on Earth; but most of these jams, are quick little numbers, nonfatal, usually Blacktip or Spinner Shark related. The fact that Stephen bled out means that a larger species did the jamming. All the regular researchers players--George Burgess, Neil Hammerschlag, Grant Gilmore--they are all weighing in, but there has not been a definitive answer about the species. Gilmore thinks it may be a juvenile White Shark...this would be pretty rare for those waters...watch this:
Dig the redonkulously sensationalistic horror movie graphics? We know that you don't.
Thanks to CL for pointing out the absurdity of the following comment:
"I've never heard of multiple sharks in this area surrounding someone and fatally wounding him," said Teague Taylor, 36, a childhood friend. "He was the nicest person ever."
[LA Times]
--Sharky
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At the risk of appearing stupid (it wouldn't be the first time) what is the absurdity of the comment? I live in Florida and have never heard of multiple sharks attacking one person around here. I suspect that the attack was actually committed by one shark (probably a bull), but there happened to be many sharks in the area as there often are this time of year, so the attack was attributed to multiple sharks. Anyways, please fill me in on the absurdity.
Timman
As to the single Bull Shark hypothesis with other Sharks in the area--I agree with you %100.
--Sharky
Thanks for hanging in there with Zinn and Salinger gone. I thought of you immediately when I heard the story about the kite-skier. Our local fishwrap says that it was "a species of requiem shark"....
It is always good to see you lurking. We are pretty sure it was a Bull Shark...a single Bull Shark, with maybe a few others of indeterminate species circling, attracted by the blood and action.
Requiem pretty much means Bull or Tiger...or a movie with an unfortunate foreign object scene about heroin addicts in Coney Island.
--Sharky
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