Check out the sharks!!!

[sweetreef]

How would you like to be climbing up that latter!!!

 

[sweetreef]

Are to be surfing in that water

 

[moraym]

I wouldn't mind being either. Since one's fake and one's a dolphin.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/shark.asp
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/surfer.asp

 

[moray345]

MorayM #1 I believe is fake but #2 cant be because dolfin tail fins are horizontal rather than vertical like the one in the pic!

:cheer:

 

[sweetreef]

lmao...still very cool pics!!!yeah i new the first pic couldnt be real

 

[sweetreef]

well the second pic is pretty big for a dolphin...

 

[moraym]

Originally posted by Moray345
MorayM #1 I believe is fake but #2 cant be because dolfin tail fins are horizontal rather than vertical like the one in the pic!

:cheer:
You're looking at a picture, of a creature underwater, through complex lighting, and telling me definitively that the shadow has a vertical tail fin. Look at the lighting of the picture, and then look at the fact that the vertical sections of the fin are not opaque, as a tail would be.
Could it be the fact that the light filtering through is making a shadowed reflection to look like a vertical tail? Yup. That's my call.

 

[moraym]

BTW, the photographer's own website states it's a dolphin.
Check out the second picture, it clearly shows a horizontal tail that is casing a shadow to give it a little vertical depth:
http://www.surfshooter.com/DolphinInfo.html

(always wanted to use that icon)

 

[moraym]

Here's one that's still up in the air though: Is this really a 1035-lb shark??
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/yarmouth.asp

 

[moray345]

YOU GOT ME!!!!

 

[moraym]

Originally posted by Moray345
YOU GOT ME!!!!

Yeah, but what do ya think about the fat shark?!?
I think I could keep him in a 50g or so. With a big skimmer and wet-dry of course.

 

[jacknjill]

how does a shark drown? lol

 

[aquaman]

Originally posted by JacknJill
how does a shark drown? lol
Most sharks, when not moving cannot breath, because no water is passing over their gills, thus they effectively drown.

 

[jacknjill]

yeah i know but i thought that articl;e said he was "towing the boat" ?

 

[tapeworm]

It is normal for dolphins to go surfing, serious
I wonder if a shark can drown because the way their blood system, urine secretion, works. If, for example, they are under unusual strain, such as towing a boat, andthe levels of uric acid in their blood goes way up, maybe their water balance changes?
From what I understand, sharks dont have bladders, they keep urine in their blood. Thats why you have to bleed a shark off when you catch them. Thats what also allows them to go into brackish/fresh water as well. This is all in short of course and Know I am not even close to being complete.

 

[lilstrup]

the second pic is a mako shark

 

[ames8534]

also when sharks are under a lot of pressure for long periods of time (towing a bout for an hour) the gill muscles tend to contract not letting water pass through which would cause the shark to drown

 

[fishhugger]

Yeah, but if you die because you cant breathe, you are not necassarily drowning, you are suffacating, if I get a chicken bone stuck in my throat, and I cant breathe, I am not drowning

 

[aquaman]

Originally posted by FishHugger
Yeah, but if you die because you cant breathe, you are not necassarily drowning, you are suffacating, if I get a chicken bone stuck in my throat, and I cant breathe, I am not drowning
Point taken. I am just referring to the article, and making a speculation.