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03-19-2009, 02:07 PM
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That was a bluntnose six gill shark. All I can say is wow!!! I would of loved to have seen that. They are extremely rare and are usually found to the north and very deep like 3000 feet down. They are one of the most primitive sharks from a group that is mostly extinct and has not changed much for 200 million years. That's just a pup as I think they get up to over twenty feet in length. This is such a rare sighting that you may want to contact Scripps. I've never heard of one doing what you described on the surface, and it was probably attracted to your lights because it feeds on deep water fish that are bioluminescent. One more thing those sharks though slow are aggressive carnivores, if you had fallen overboard it would not surprised me at all if that shark would of taken your hand off. Jim |
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03-19-2009, 02:21 PM
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03-19-2009, 02:34 PM
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Your a better man then me I would of baited the sucker. I contacted a friend of mine who knows some shark Guru's in fisheries. He said they definitely would be interested in your story and pics. He's going to send me some E-mails if you want them, or you can send the pics to me and I'll just pass them on. Too cool... I would of loved to seen that one. I'll tell you though you got some balls hanging out there with that thing bumping your yak, what if Moma had showed up  Jim |
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03-19-2009, 02:48 PM
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No problem, feel free to forward. I'd be happy to talk more about it also. I wish I would have gotten a better photo, it would usually surface just as I was getting my hoop up to the side of the kayak then be gone by the time I got my camera ready. In the photo posted you can see it is swimming under my paddle and leash, what looks like an ear is the splash ring on the paddle, you can see some text on the paddle itself on the other side of the shark. It bumped my kayak at least three separate times as I was pulling hoops. A very gentle "I love you" type bump.
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03-19-2009, 03:41 PM
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Great job getting out and catching them bugs on the final night. I think you just got the BIG BRASS ONES award for being out in the dark with an unknown sea creature bumpin' the 'yak!. Cool post. Thanks!
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