Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Sharks No Longer Rare? Swimmers Beware

These cute little guys make an appearance in my new ebook. They are swimming off Wellfleet, as well as Chatham and Orleans. Again this year great white sharks are in pursuit. Not many people swim in the ocean in July, since it is so cold. Should you venture into the water, or even be kayaking, as our current Green Room guests are, beware of the great whites. A man in Orleans did not take the threat seriously. Read what happened on Boston.com. There is also a comprehensive report on CNN ...
Posted by Alexandra Grabbe at 6:00 AM

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Living Large · 663 weeks ago

I saw this on the news the other night, they were telling people to stay away from them as the sharks are not far behind! A scene right out of Jaws! The thing that always irritates me with wildlife is that people go to be near nature. We walk in their untouched forests and swim in their oceans and then we kill them when they react as nature does. Makes no sense to me.
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Allison · 663 weeks ago

"Not many people swim in the ocean in July, since it is so cold." That statement is just not true. I was in Wellfleet and Orleans, and at Nauset where the kayak incident took place, last week, and loads of people were in the ocean. For 37 years, I have been swimming in the ocean in Wellfeet in June and July, with loads of other people.

While seals might be "cute," the increased seal population on the Cape and Islands is decimating fish populations in areas where people depend on fish for a living, and, worst of all, they are attracting large sharks to beach areas where they have haven't been for generations. Nature rules, and eventually the sharks will eat enough seals to restore the balance, but in the meantime, swimmers need to be aware because a swimmer and a harbor seal don't look all that different to a shark.
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chezsven 82p · 663 weeks ago

Hi, Allison. Thanks for your comment. I guess you are right and I should qualify what I meant by "swimming" in the ocean and add "except for years when the temperature got hot early." We had 90 degrees in April this year. Let's hope it is not going to be the new norm. Also, by swimming, I do not mean standing near the shore or riding the waves. I mean real swimming. Sven is one of the few people I have ever seen swimming in the ocean. Of course, right now I am too busy to go to the ocean, so perhaps someone you know is swimming off Cahoon right now. But, I mean back and forth, staying-in-the-ocean-for-fifteen-minutes type swimming. That's the way he would swim when he went swimming 10 years ago. Now that he's 74, he sticks to the ponds.
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Champion of My Heart · 663 weeks ago

I also saw this on the news. Crazy!
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socalledmidlife 14p · 663 weeks ago

I missed this report when it was on the news. Frightening! I can't imagine being on a kayak and spotting a shark. Yikes!
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