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stalked by a leopard shark

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Created by laceys lane > 9 months ago, 18 Feb 2012
laceys lane
QLD, 19803 posts
18 Feb 2012 8:38PM
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nah, but i just about ran over one. i was just getting to elephant rock(its a zoo out there) when saw this thing in the water. as i got closer i realised it was a shark.

i aimed just to the side of it thinking i would scare it off with the bullet, but it didn't move so i had to lift my paddle off over the top, then it moved off and away slowly.
looked like it was sunning itself or something. about 3 to 4 ft long. first time i've seen one on the surface

beautiful colours. no photos, but it did happen

Adapt
QLD, 723 posts
18 Feb 2012 8:47PM
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I didn't know there were any of these guys around here.

Ali Cat
QLD, 1205 posts
18 Feb 2012 8:55PM
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You must have scared it off, cause I was 100m behind and didn't see anything except lots of stingrays.

CMC
QLD, 3954 posts
18 Feb 2012 8:58PM
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Might have been lost, they are meant to be in the north west pacific.

Could it have been a tiger?

Towny
NSW, 903 posts
18 Feb 2012 10:06PM
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Juvenile tigers do have more pronounced stripes, though their sheer thickness would have given it away i'd say..

laceys lane
QLD, 19803 posts
18 Feb 2012 9:06PM
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CMC said...

Might have been lost, they are meant to be in the north west pacific.

Could it have been a tiger?


nah, i had that good of a look it multiple gills, back ribs and those feelers. its colours looked like a giraffe like. i google leopard sharks in australia- they are known to be around byron bay. remember three years ago a clubbie on jet ski stopped and spotted one where we were surfing

underwater.com.au/article/id/2-leopard-sharks-up-close-and-personal/

CMC
QLD, 3954 posts
18 Feb 2012 9:17PM
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laceys lane said...

CMC said...

Might have been lost, they are meant to be in the north west pacific.

Could it have been a tiger?


nah, i had that good of a look it multiple gills, back ribs and those feelers. its colours looked like a giraffe like. i google leopard sharks in australia- they are known to be around byron bay. remember three years ago a clubbie on jet ski stopped and spotted one where we were surfing

underwater.com.au/article/id/2-leopard-sharks-up-close-and-personal/


Wow, would have been amazing to see.

Those stingrays are freaky too when they float around on the surface basking in large numbers.

JonathanC
VIC, 1021 posts
18 Feb 2012 10:33PM
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Fantastic side benefit of supping, such a privilege to see something like that. DJ and I saw a seal playing (fishing?) in the kelp yesterday and even that is great.

Had an early morning surf in January, saw a black wallaby on the drive, a koala in the middle of the dirt road, an echidna on the track to the beach and a whopper ray out in the water, by the end I was just shaking my head. What an awesome country we live in.

hilly
WA, 7483 posts
18 Feb 2012 8:27PM
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Seen heaps of small hammerheads this season, el Nina warm water they are coming down I suppose

JonathanC
VIC, 1021 posts
18 Feb 2012 11:46PM
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hilly said...

Seen heaps of small hammerheads this season, el Nina warm water they are coming down I suppose


I saw little hammerheads both years I did the Doctor, never seen one before. Very timid, just shoot off as soon as they realise you are there.

They sure are strange looking things, ever seen a big one?

hilly
WA, 7483 posts
18 Feb 2012 9:06PM
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JonathanC said...

hilly said...

Seen heaps of small hammerheads this season, el Nina warm water they are coming down I suppose


I saw little hammerheads both years I did the Doctor, never seen one before. Very timid, just shoot off as soon as they realise you are there.

They sure are strange looking things, ever seen a big one?




Biggest about 1.5 to 2m makes you increase your cadence



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