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Posted: 7/5/2023 8:50:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you find yourself in danger of a shark attack -- immediately place yourself in the middle of a large city. Especially if it's a white shark. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 8:58:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I avoid them by not going to the ocean. In return, sharks stay off my mountain. When the sharks came & ate the people in the ocean - well I wasn't in the ocean so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the coast - well I wasn't at the coast so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the river - well I wasn't at the river so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the lake - well I wasn't at the lake so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the mountain streams - well there wasn't anyone else left to care about me Except those bastards living in the desert - and those frick'en sharks will show up in their oasis wells soon enough... 
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:03:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stay out of the water ? It wouldn’t take long before you start to stink. Or you could use that deodorant advertised by that fat blonde bitch. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:05:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:. Stay out of the water ? Won’t help. 
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:06:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I guess if the shark is coming head on. I've read touching the shark's head makes them stop. But you seen all those videos of sharks coming from under and jumping up with the seal in the mouth? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpOiYssXEAALITF?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Good luck trying to touch that head. https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ThatValidAuklet-size_restricted.gif "Some days, the snoot boops you..." |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:09:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:. I’ve dove with sharks on quite a few occasions, the big thing is be aware of your surroundings. Great Whites are curious, they might take a bite because they confuse you with prey like a seal or your thrashing which will kick in their prey instincts. I’ve dove in seal rookeries at night around Great Whites, you can generally fend them off IF you see them coming, yeah not one of my smarter decisions, but it was a heck of a dive. Bull and Tigers are just assholes, you find yourself in their territory get the heck out, they don’t back down, can’t be intimidated, and will attack without provocation. Makos are the real mother lovers, they’re fast, aggressive, and once they lock onto you as prey just like Bulls and Tigers your only option is to get out of the water. She’s really not wrong, but it’s better to have a stand-off device like a spear pole or even better a bang stick for those sharks that just won’t take the hint. And yes, Great Whites can and will back off if you don’t antagonize, but just prod. In her case the GW wasn’t displaying signs of aggression like arched back or stiffened pectoral fins, it just was just curious as to what she was. A lot of great white sharks in Arizona, huh? |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:13:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don’t go in the ocean. Problem solved. Explain this map. 
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:16:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess if the shark is coming head on. I've read touching the shark's head makes them stop. But you seen all those videos of sharks coming from under and jumping up with the seal in the mouth? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpOiYssXEAALITF?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Good luck trying to touch that head. It’s kinda like telling you to have one of those little emergency car kit hammers in case you need to the break the window glass from inside to get out. Sure, in the right circumstances it might work. But it’s not even moving the needle in lowering your odds of being able to save your life in car wreck because that type of situation is so rare. Most shark attacks are misidentification/murky water scenarios where the person never sees it coming, correct? |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:16:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Especially if it's a white shark. 
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:17:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stay out of the water ? This and Get a bigger boat. Flower Class corvette miminum but Iowa class best class. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:35:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Don’t go in the ocean. Problem solved. Explain this map. https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2021/10/19/a8f926b1-b7ad-446b-a22c-e8bce0aa7a0a/thumbnail/1200x630/6f14f060e582f98d2349c49fdceef42d/fbdvx9nuyaqhzvi.jpg?v=f3503a7856c58c20acab4eae8bb1f0f4 Bull Sharks have been caught as far north as St Louis. Sharks can and do swim in freshwater and brackish water. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:38:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I avoid them by not going to the ocean. In return, sharks stay off my mountain. They play their games, we play ours |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 9:39:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Unfortunately, this is not always effective. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/137980/TSDSANI_NB097-e1684340231625-2874330.jpg And don't even get me started on Sharknados. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Stay out of the water ? Unfortunately, this is not always effective. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/137980/TSDSANI_NB097-e1684340231625-2874330.jpg And don't even get me started on Sharknados. Just be wary of unsolicited candy grams. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:04:18 AM EDT
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did a couple of shark dives in bahamas, it was cool, wasnt scared but one time it was dusk in cozumel and I could see one shadowing us that was a little scary. glad to get out of water that time.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:07:31 AM EDT
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No sharks in Lubbock.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:13:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When the sharks came & ate the people in the ocean - well I wasn't in the ocean so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the coast - well I wasn't at the coast so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the river - well I wasn't at the river so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the lake - well I wasn't at the lake so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the mountain streams - well there wasn't anyone else left to care about me Except those bastards living in the desert - and those frick'en sharks will show up in their oasis wells soon enough...  |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:14:39 AM EDT
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I carry a knife in the ocean
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:16:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stay out of the water ?   Landshark - SNL |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:17:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: GD’s bigger threat is shart attacks. That fuckin doctor said NOTHING about anal seepage and stress incontinence with the bowels..... Don't put that shit on us, all I wanted was acceptable triglycerides and bacon every morning. Is that so hard? Now I have to pinch when I sneeze or cough, I haven't been to a comedy club in years... And with all the science, they can't make a diaper that holds the smell? How can one little squirt of shit smell so bad? They put something in the pills, I'm telling you!! ...I'd rather have the bacon and a clogged artery. Getting old ain't for pussies. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:19:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When the sharks came & ate the people in the ocean - well I wasn't in the ocean so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the coast - well I wasn't at the coast so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the river - well I wasn't at the river so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the lake - well I wasn't at the lake so I didn't care. When the sharks came & ate the people at the mountain streams - well there wasn't anyone else left to care about me Except those bastards living in the desert - and those frick'en sharks will show up in their oasis wells soon enough... Noice!! |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:20:35 AM EDT
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Sure would be more exciting than any of the rides at Disney.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 10:40:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess if the shark is coming head on. I've read touching the shark's head makes them stop. But you seen all those videos of sharks coming from under and jumping up with the seal in the mouth? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpOiYssXEAALITF?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Good luck trying to touch that head. Holy shit. Seals/sea lions are not small. While that's not an elephant seal it's treating like a fidget spinner, it's large enough to show that's a really damned big fish. And we used to boogie board and bodysurf in its main playground.... |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 11:09:21 AM EDT
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As a kid I surfed at "Monster Hole" next to Sebastian Inlet enough to know when the mullet start jumping for their lives.. pick up your feet.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 11:16:01 AM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve dove with sharks on quite a few occasions, the big thing is be aware of your surroundings. Bull and Tigers are just assholes, you find yourself in their territory get the heck out, they don’t back down, can’t be intimidated, and will attack without provocation. Genuinely curious what you think happened to the Louisiana guy that jumped off the Black Beards Revenge boat in Nassau? I’ve read that they have a lot of Tiger Sharks in the area of the island he went missing near. We were out on a glass bottom boat excursion that very next morning and knew nothing about the incident at the time. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 11:23:33 AM EDT
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I was once told by an old timer of a very effective way to detect wether there are sharks nearby.
He always said you could take a spoon and scoop up a spoonful of the water, making sure that it’s clean and free of anything else. Once you get a spoonful of the clean water, you take a sip. If it’s salty, there’s sharks nearby. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 11:24:24 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: "Never get out of the boat never get out of the boat I got to remember: never get out of the boat." https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/572713/mqdefault_jpg-2874311.JPG  |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 11:24:55 AM EDT
[#27]
Never get out of the boat.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 11:25:40 AM EDT
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We have very few shark attacks here in KS.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 11:29:56 AM EDT
[#29]
FPNI
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:23:04 PM EDT
[#30]
I dove the USS Spiegel Grove Monday. It has 6 reef sharks swimming in it. Theyvwere not aggressive.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:32:24 PM EDT
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Can't believe the irrational fear grown men give to something that statistically will never happen to them. Shit it's very likely it's 1000X times more dangerous driving to the beach to get into the water.
Spent many hours free diving Norcal waters which are a breeding ground for Great White's. Didn't even give it a second thought going into the water. Life's to short to worry about stupid shit |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:36:15 PM EDT
[#32]
FINS TO THE LEFT! FINS TO THE RIGHT!
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:40:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can't believe the irrational fear grown men give to something that statistically will never happen to them. Shit it's very likely it's 1000X times more dangerous driving to the beach to get into the water. Spent many hours free diving Norcal waters which are a breeding ground for Great White's. Didn't even give it a second thought going into the water. Life's to short to worry about stupid shit I wonder if that guy in Egypt was worried about shark attack. He probably wasn’t…until he was. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:41:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wonder if that guy in Egypt was worried about shark attack. He probably wasn’t…until he was. He did not get better. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:44:17 PM EDT
[#35]
Never get out of the boat doesn't just apply to tigers.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:50:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can't believe the irrational fear grown men give to something that statistically will never happen to them. Shit it's very likely it's 1000X times more dangerous driving to the beach to get into the water. Spent many hours free diving Norcal waters which are a breeding ground for Great White's. Didn't even give it a second thought going into the water. Life's to short to worry about stupid shit Perhaps it's a long-developed evolutionary signal that our brains are giving us when we're in environments where our eyes don't see well? Much like when we're in deep forests in low light and we get that spidey sense that we don't belong there. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:56:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/5/2023 12:57:39 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Stay out of the water ?  What now, smart guy. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:00:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a kid I surfed at "Monster Hole" next to Sebastian Inlet enough to know when the mullet start jumping for their lives.. pick up your feet. Funny you should say that. When I was in high school me and a buddy were a couple hundred yards out past the breakers next to the jetty and inlet at West End 2 at Jones Beach NY. At some point way out in the distance my buddy pointed out school of feeding blue fish and all of the bunker and other bait fish jumping out of the water. After a minute or two we realized the school was heading in our direction, and to our horror the feeding frenzy approached as and my buddy (who knew what was going on, I was still a bit clueless) said to grab my feet and pull them up close to my chest and we had bait fish jumping over us and we were getting bumped and slapped by fish under the surface until it moved past us >>> I told that story for years about how scared I was of the bluefish when one day an old salt I was surfcasting with replied that he wouldn’t have been worried about the bluefish nearly as much as he’d fear what feeds on them as the area is a nursery ground for young great whites 
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:01:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryCandy gram... |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:11:05 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you find yourself in danger of a shark attack -- immediately place yourself in the middle of a large city. The Mississippi River flows through several large cities. Bull sharks(the no. 1 attack species) have been caught in the Mississippi as far north as Illinois. Your plan is not a guarantee. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:20:17 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Stay out of the water ?  Once you enter the ocean you are nothing but bait. Saw that posted here by someone. I do not swim in ocean period and some freshwater lakes here in Florida because of gators |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:23:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stay out of the water ? But what about Land Sharks??? |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:25:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Amazing how as I got older I worry much less about death, but more about the manner of dying. I developed a big phobia about being in large bodies of water where unseen ugly creatures may lurk. Just the thought of lowering myself over the side of a small boat on a lazy Sunday afternoon for a recreational scuba swim (as many people do) freaks me the hell out!! Well put and exactly how I feel. Younger me didn't care or think much about things like that. But the older I got sometimes thinking about what I use to do make me cringe. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:25:27 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL that is a recipe for failure https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_9313_jpeg-2874314.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_9312_jpeg-2874315.JPG https://dai.ly/x5xi02k |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:26:56 PM EDT
[#46]
I've never been attacked by a shark. I've also never gone in the ocean. Seems pretty self explanatory to me.
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:27:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Perhaps it's a long-developed evolutionary signal that our brains are giving us when we're in environments where our eyes don't see well? Much like when we're in deep forests in low light and we get that spidey sense that we don't belong there. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Can't believe the irrational fear grown men give to something that statistically will never happen to them. Shit it's very likely it's 1000X times more dangerous driving to the beach to get into the water. Spent many hours free diving Norcal waters which are a breeding ground for Great White's. Didn't even give it a second thought going into the water. Life's to short to worry about stupid shit Perhaps it's a long-developed evolutionary signal that our brains are giving us when we're in environments where our eyes don't see well? Much like when we're in deep forests in low light and we get that spidey sense that we don't belong there. One of my divemasters/ instructors taught us exactly that- that if you’re in the water and feel like you’re being watched, you probably are! One of the very few times I’ve ever felt that was while riding waves (bodysurfing) at Seal Beach in SoCal. Where, btw, there aren’t (or at least weren’t) any seals. It didn’t take long for me to figure out why lol |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:33:20 PM EDT
[#48]
"If you see a shark Hooper, swallow!"
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:52:01 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I guess if the shark is coming head on. I've read touching the shark's head makes them stop. But you seen all those videos of sharks coming from under and jumping up with the seal in the mouth? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpOiYssXEAALITF?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Good luck trying to touch that head. https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ThatValidAuklet-size_restricted.gif That guy needs a new wetsuit. |
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Posted: 7/5/2023 1:52:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryMan that's crazy. There was also 5 shark bites/attacks this 4th in NY WTF is going on |
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