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Joan Of Shark

not.a.sock.puppet — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:33:30 GMT

Monster 16-foot great white dubbed ‘Joan of Shark’ closes Australia’s beaches The shark's electronic tag, detected by a satellite monitoring system, is what warned nearby residents to stay out of the water while a team of researchers, shockingly, went straight in. An astonishing photo of the beast flipped on its back is what followed.

A monstrous great white shark has closed Australia's most popular beaches after repeatedly spotted dangerously skimming its southwest coast.

The 16-feet-long female dubbed "Joan of Shark," while estimated weighing 1.6 tons, is the largest shark to be electronically tagged in Australia, the Telegraph reported.

That electronic tag, detected by a satellite monitoring system, is what warned nearby residents to stay out of the water while a team of researchers, shockingly, went straight in.

On Tuesday an astonishing photo captured the majestic carnivore's visit last week after being rolled on its back in the water with bare, human hands.

Mark Kleeman, of the Department of Fisheries, explained the hair-raising process of tagging the shark and the photo that followed.

"In that photo, the shark is upside down, which induces a state called tonic immobility," Kleeman told ABC.net.au of their method of tagging.

"In a sense, the shark basically goes to sleep, which enables our technical officers to do a small surgical procedure to implant an acoustic tag inside the shark's gut cavity," he said.

Once the procedure was finished, the shark was rolled over, so it could swim away.

Joan of Shark hahahaaaa good one, ay!

Re: Joan Of Shark

lakeland27 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:37:12 GMT

a swim with her would make a good gift voucher for birthdays and the like

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spotweldersfriend — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:39:16 GMT

Magnificent creatures.

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spotweldersfriend — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:41:16 GMT

"tonic immobility" .They should have named it Piers.

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j*oono — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:52:25 GMT

Spot and Lakeland, you two also make a good tag team

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lakeland27 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:54:35 GMT

i want to be Andre the giant

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*crikey*mate* — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:55:33 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
a swim with her would make a good gift voucher for birthdays and the like

next time you have an open wound, let me know and I'll send you a voucher....

*cheeky grin*

Re: Joan Of Shark

lakeland27 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:59:26 GMT

i could injure myself at anytime. maybe this afternoon. i'll chop some kindling with a blindfold on if you like

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not.a.sock.puppet — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:03:34 GMT

Re: Joan Of Shark

spotweldersfriend — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:17:40 GMT

We're both just polishing up our routine's,j*oono.Eventually we hope to become a latter day Abbott & Costello.

On second thought that's not a good idea.

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bright.ton42 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:24:26 GMT

Thank god they didn't kill it. The tagging seems a very good idea. Beautiful creature.

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joz*garage — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:23:55 GMT

The shark's electronic tag, detected by a satellite monitoring system, is what warned nearby residents to stay out of the water while a team of researchers, shockingly, went straight in.

if this fella was around he woulda rode him mate

check him out....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJnxYsZNzwM

cool hey

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tasfleur — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:23:57 GMT

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*crikey*mate* — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:30:45 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
i could injure myself at anytime. maybe this afternoon. i'll chop some kindling with a blindfold on if you like

well? How'd you go?

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lakeland27 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:08:38 GMT

it didn't work , a pile of perfect kindling and not a scratch . whats worse is i remembered i no longer use any of the fireplaces .

i could try trimming the toenails with the chainsaw i guess.

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serendipityricho — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:32:54 GMT

LL-chainsaw cutting toenails is a bit of over kill.

Must admit i use the knipex side cutters for the big toe nails.

Normal scissors wont do the job...................Richo.

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lakeland27 — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:44:34 GMT

i bent some scissors too richo . now i use some tinsnips which aren't much good. the darn things are like horse hoof, i might try some sidecutters next myself i was thinking of using the dremel tool with a cutting wheel , but that might get messy.

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serendipityricho — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:51:53 GMT

Geez-a dremel with a cutting wheel--steady hand and sober is the go.

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not.a.sock.puppet — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:09:41 GMT

the missus always uses the pliers, mate, ay!

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lakeland27 — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:17:06 GMT

i'd tape up the toe with some heavy gaffer tape first of course, but i am a bit worried about the idea myself.. 18000 rpm and a cutting wheel could get out of hand sober let alone under the influence