Thanks for posting the pictures, very cool to see 'toothy'!!
Here's more teeth although I never did get a shot of the cage being bit like some did.
So did anyone survive the Great White Trip???
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Posted 16 October 2007 - 07:19 AM
Here's more teeth although I never did get a shot of the cage being bit like some did.
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Posted 16 October 2007 - 04:00 PM
.... there isn't a lot of other marine life to look at.
Well, I guess you would have to be a pretty dumb fish to want to be in the water with Great Whites.
Oh wait.....sorry
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Posted 16 October 2007 - 05:18 PM
Well, I guess you would have to be a pretty dumb fish to want to be in the water with Great Whites.
Oh wait.....sorry
We have Great Whites in New Jersey too but we just can't see them coming
and yes sometimes when we saw them coming up from the bottom to take the bait I wondered how smart an idea this was to trust my life to a cage built by the lowest bidder!
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Posted 16 October 2007 - 06:42 PM
That was the guy next to me breathing so fast not me! Really!?!?Hey Cajun, nice video but why are you breathing so fast?
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Posted 16 October 2007 - 07:52 PM
The pics and video are great. That must be quite a trip!
Good thing I wasn't in the cage with you during the video shoot. You would have had to learn to "bleep" out some parts!
Hmmm.... another trip to put on the "must do" list.
Good thing I wasn't in the cage with you during the video shoot. You would have had to learn to "bleep" out some parts!
Hmmm.... another trip to put on the "must do" list.
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Posted 17 October 2007 - 06:08 AM
Thanks - yes it was a great trip! One to do againThe pics and video are great. That must be quite a trip!
Good thing I wasn't in the cage with you during the video shoot. You would have had to learn to "bleep" out some parts!
Hmmm.... another trip to put on the "must do" list.
I would have just said it was the sharks - of course they would have been cursing in Spanish
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Posted 17 October 2007 - 06:09 AM
Good thing I wasn't in the cage with you during the video shoot. You would have had to learn to "bleep" out some parts!
Hmmm.... another trip to put on the "must do" list.
The stuff that needed to be "bleeped out" would have been during the surface shots when the GW's came out of the water chasing the bait!
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Posted 17 October 2007 - 06:37 AM
He must have been in the cage with the Wench or Rosa...Hey Cajun, nice video but why are you breathing so fast?
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Posted 17 October 2007 - 07:37 AM
He must have been in the cage with the Wench or Rosa...Hey Cajun, nice video but why are you breathing so fast?
The wench wasn't always "in" the cage, sometimes more out than others!
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Posted 18 October 2007 - 11:23 PM
Hey Kamala, Ray and Butch, thanks for posting. I have just been overwhelmed with work, returning to regular life and trying to finalize plans for my next trip in 3 weeks. This trip was amazing, in great company. Nice boat, great crew. And yes, I froze my..err... nose off in the cages. Even in a 7 mm suit AND a 5 mm vest and hood. I am an utter wimp.. the water was what.. high 60s / low 70s???. But we were not moving!!! Definitely time for a drysuit class!!!! The hot tub was invaluable!!! Especially when you could take your hot chocolate in there, and then switch to a vodka tonic once you warmed up!!! After you were done diving for the day, of course. Of course you miraculously warmed up whenever one of the GW showed up. I will also try to post some pics in the gallery whenever I can. Until then, here are some pics from Butch's and my collection... Forgive me, I did not have a really cool camera. Just a basic point and shoot!!! And no photo-shopping! Enjoy.
Great White Pics Guadalupe Island
Ray, I will need to get some of your pics. Looks like you got some nice ones topside!!!
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Of course you miraculously warmed up whenever one of the GW showed up. I will also try to post some pics in the gallery whenever I can. Until then, here are some pics from Butch's and my collection... Forgive me, I did not have a really cool camera. Just a basic point and shoot!!! And no photo-shopping! Enjoy.Great White Pics Guadalupe Island
Ray, I will need to get some of your pics. Looks like you got some nice ones topside!!!
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Posted 19 October 2007 - 06:40 AM
Hey Kamala, Ray and Butch, thanks for posting. I have just been overwhelmed with work, returning to regular life and trying to finalize plans for my next trip in 3 weeks. This trip was amazing, in great company. Nice boat, great crew. And yes, I froze my..err... nose off in the cages. Even in a 7 mm suit AND a 5 mm vest and hood. I am an utter wimp.. the water was what.. high 60s / low 70s???. But we were not moving!!! Definitely time for a drysuit class!!!! The hot tub was invaluable!!! Especially when you could take your hot chocolate in there, and then switch to a vodka tonic once you warmed up!!! After you were done diving for the day, of course.
Great White Pics Guadalupe Island
Ray, I will need to get some of your pics. Looks like you got some nice ones topside!!!
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Great shots Rosa! Just curious.... did you guys discuss the one GW that looked so beat up? Broken tail fin and all those gashes? I really don't know too much about them...
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Posted 19 October 2007 - 07:55 AM
Great shots Rosa! Just curious.... did you guys discuss the one GW that looked so beat up? Broken tail fin and all those gashes? I really don't know too much about them...
Broken tail as we called her hadn't been seen there before, the researcher was looking in other databases to see if she was already named or if the injuries were new and she was known by another name.
They can be ID'd by the markings on the gill, fin and tail.
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Posted 19 October 2007 - 08:38 AM
I'm curious what the researcher said about the injuries. If I saw a close-up of the correct shark (posted below but the tail fin was not in the photo) some injuries appear concentrated around her pectoral fins, which I though might indicate injuries received while mating? During some shark mating, which can be very brutal, the female is held down by a male by the male biting and holding her pectoral fin. There may be more than one male involved and sometimes the biting and struggle during mating become so severe the female dies. In all the footage I have seen where struggles ensue, mating does not appear to be a mutual act.
Great shots Rosa! Just curious.... did you guys discuss the one GW that looked so beat up? Broken tail fin and all those gashes? I really don't know too much about them...
Broken tail as we called her hadn't been seen there before, the researcher was looking in other databases to see if she was already named or if the injuries were new and she was known by another name.
They can be ID'd by the markings on the gill, fin and tail.
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Posted 19 October 2007 - 08:46 AM
Yes those fin bites are from rough sex and BTW, Broken Tail was the only one with Pilot fish.
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Posted 19 October 2007 - 01:07 PM
Did anyone play their DVD yet? I've tried three different players and all I'm getting is the opening screen and "I want to be...Under the sea..in an octopuses garden" over and over and over! 
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