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bottomofthehill

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12. In the North East the shark population is clearly up

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:37 PM

Aug 2020

The Marine Mammal Protection Act passes in the 1970’s is working. The seals are back and now that the sharks have plenty to eat, the sharks are back too.

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Are there more sharks hanging around American beaches than [View all] raccoon Aug 2020 OP

Floridian here. Life long. "shark attack" is the wrong term in most cases. Lochloosa Aug 2020 #1

Exactly! If we tasted yummy to a shark there Phoenix61 Aug 2020 #3

Correct. Most "attacks" occur when shark gets confused about what is prey, often in cloudy water dameatball Aug 2020 #6

I imagined we woud taste like chicken Skittles Aug 2020 #10

This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #15

I don't think so essme Aug 2020 #2

There were. A lot more. Sharks have been almost fished out. 90% decline. Lochloosa Aug 2020 #4

Have shark attacks actually increased in number in recent years Mariana Aug 2020 #5

I didn't read local news as much as I do now. Possibly that's it. raccoon Aug 2020 #9

The word got out to the sharks that American's aren't too bright. Binkie The Clown Aug 2020 #7

Da winnah! Nt raccoon Aug 2020 #8

The sharks are extremely irritated about the Baby Shark song Wicked Blue Aug 2020 #11

In the North East the shark population is clearly up bottomofthehill Aug 2020 #12

Nearly 40 confirmed shark sightings in the past 7 days bottomofthehill Aug 2020 #13

They have tagged a bunch. This one pinged off the NJ Coast today. bottomofthehill Aug 2020 #14

God, they are so creepy looking. smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #18

Its smile reminds my of the Orange Traitor's nt Wicked Blue Aug 2020 #21

God, they are so creepy looking. smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #19

Video of Great White and Kayak fishermen November 2018 PufPuf23 Aug 2020 #16

I go to the outer tip of Cape Cod every summer DFW Aug 2020 #17

Sharks do move into newer areas for various reasons: appalachiablue Aug 2020 #20