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Posted: 8/31/2005 2:41:33 AM EDT
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WOW!!!! Be gators next.....though they are probably already crawling around.
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Posted: 8/31/2005 2:41:49 AM EDT
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<knock knock>
"Who is it?" "Candygram." "Who is it???" "Amway." "Who is it?" "Land Shark" 
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Posted: 8/31/2005 2:42:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:40:04 AM EDT
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Link please! 
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:41:19 AM EDT
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that should slow the looters down a little
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:44:16 AM EDT
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Woohoo, watch the looters fight Jaws for their TV.
 Kharn |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:45:13 AM EDT
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I'm rooting for the sharks.
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:45:32 AM EDT
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Was on TV. Have not seen it in print yet. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:46:08 AM EDT
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Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...it gets worse.
 I, for one, would like to see footage of sharks swimming in city streets. 
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:47:04 AM EDT
[#10]
What was once a human became a looter...and then...A MEAL!
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:49:23 AM EDT
[#11]
Cool! Freshwater sharks!
Wait...  |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:51:54 AM EDT
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Isn't New Orleans being flooded with fresh water from Lake Ponchetrain? Reporters aren't the bright bunch. Those idiots may have seen cat fish cruising through & mistaken them for sharks.
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:53:41 AM EDT
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I saw it too. It was "an unconfirmed report" of one shark.
The talking heads on Fox and Friends are idiots. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:54:38 AM EDT
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actually they are saying chances are they are from the aquarium, and bull sharks and some other types can live in fresh water just fine and attacks have been documented in fresh water rivers close to the ocean. 
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Posted: 8/31/2005 3:58:51 AM EDT
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Lake Ponchartrain is brackish and all kinds of fish can survive there. I would think most fish wouldn't want to hang out in the city long due to all the gas and other chemicals in the water.
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Posted: 8/31/2005 4:05:45 AM EDT
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Lake pontchartrain is not exactly 'fresh' water, it is a brackish lake, and the second larget salt water lake in the US. It would be perfectly habitable for smaller sharks. I dunno if it is deep enough to have any larger sharks, and even if there are larger sharks in the lake or they got pushed in with the storm surge, thats the last thing I'd be worried about. Disease from the nasty sewage water, alligators, poisonous snakes and mosquitoes would all be above sharks on my list.
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Posted: 8/31/2005 4:23:55 AM EDT
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crap, i fogot about the aquariam - they have pirranah there! |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:01:57 AM EDT
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And those white gators! What about the rare white gators? |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:06:49 AM EDT
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I hope the New Orleans PD has a man like Tackleberry they can put on this case.
"Ceast and desist.....and leave the swimming area NOW, mister!" (said as he cocks a .44 magnum and pushes it into the shark's nose) 
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:09:59 AM EDT
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How could they be important? They're white! Everyone knows the White Gator stands for nothin' but OOOOpression! |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:13:18 AM EDT
[#21]
bull sharks are man eaters, and CAN live in freash water
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:13:43 AM EDT
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Bull Sharks (and some others) are perfectly happy in brackish and, sometimes, fresh water. Bull's have been known to swim pretty far up rivers.
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:16:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:21:27 AM EDT
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Yeesh, that is one tidbit of info I did not know.
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:21:51 AM EDT
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Bullsharks have been caught very deep inland on the Mississippee river. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:25:36 AM EDT
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Most salt water fish can and do live in fresh water when necessary.
Florida's Crystal River is fresh water spring fed and leads to the gulf. During the winter the sea trout, red fish, jack fish, etc can all be caught in the headwaters which are warmer than the gulf. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:32:02 AM EDT
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In New Jersey during the month of July 1916, two swimmers were attacked by a shark in a fresh water tributary to the Atlantic.
The attacks occurred 2.5 miles up tiny Matawan Creek. Apparently quite common for Bull Sharks to travel this far inland in search of food. IIRC, both swimmers died, and the shark was never caught. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:40:21 AM EDT
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Just curious but what would one use to shoot a shark? Would my .44 slow her down or should I keep my .340 weatherby handy?
Patty *ETA* when I was a kid in California a shark was caught and killed in the Colorado. No known deaths that I know of. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:44:09 AM EDT
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The freshwater sharks of Lake Nicaragua turned out to be nothing more than Carcharhinus leucas, (The Bull Shark). They breed in the summer months and prefer to do it in brackish estuaries.
They are a shallow water species found to thrive in depths of less than 3 feet and have been recorded travelling up the Mississipi as far as Illinois. In terms of attacks on humans, they take the number three spot right behind the Great White and Tiger. If there is carrion in the flood water - there will be sharks looking to feed. It's Mother Nature's full package deal in effect. I'm thinking Brenneke KO slugs would be a good way to go. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:44:23 AM EDT
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Last night a shark was "reportedly seen" swimming up the highway on one news channel. This morning all of them are chattering that a shark was seen swimming down the streets.
An animal expert was asked if it was possible, he said it was possible but a bigger problem would be from snakes and gators. I won't believe anything unless I saw a picture or video. The only sharks I've seen on TV are the ones in front of the cameras holding microphones. It's a feeding frenzy for the newspeople. On a side note, it's sad to see all the landmarks from my childhood destroyed on the MS GUlf Coast. I took my kids to the Gulfarium a few summers ago, they are too young to remember it. It's destroyed. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:44:52 AM EDT
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Where's that aquabump thread??? |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:46:12 AM EDT
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Let's see here:
* Hurricane * Looters * Sharks Yep, it doesn't take very long for the veneer of civilization to rub away and expose how dangerous the world is. Who said "The world is a cold place, you gotta pack your own heat?" |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:49:02 AM EDT
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For the sharks or for the looters?  BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:49:54 AM EDT
[#34]
Yep. Here's the wikipedia for it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 5:51:54 AM EDT
[#35]
 No Joke! Patty
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Posted: 8/31/2005 6:49:20 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 6:53:13 AM EDT
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didn't know lawyers could swim... |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 6:57:27 AM EDT
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It's happened several times in fresh water tributaries in NJ. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 6:58:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 6:59:29 AM EDT
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This should help get rid of all of those dead bodies floating around.
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:01:53 AM EDT
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I hope they weren't the sharks that belong to this guy...
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:04:42 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:07:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:08:01 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:08:30 AM EDT
[#45]
Wow, sharks...
what odds would you give in a Gator vs Shark slugfest? |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:08:41 AM EDT
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Jeez. Everyone knows the only way to be sure about killing a shark is to stick an O2 tank in it's mouth and shoot it with an M1 Garand. It's the only way to be sure.... It will blow the shark up.
I saw it in Jaws..... |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:11:49 AM EDT
[#47]
Great, now even the sharks are going to start looting.
Next we'l see a pic of one carrying a 12 pack out of Winn Dixie. |
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:12:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:14:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/31/2005 7:21:33 AM EDT
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Spearguns work underwater. Normal guns dont go past a couple feet.
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