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Old 09-29-2003, 08:18 PM   #25
LUVBUGZ
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Originally posted by Uryoces
This is a picture of a dolphin. The fluke/tail is laying flat. Sharks tails are vertical. The really ironic thing is that there are great whites swimming that close to surfers in these areas, and they never know it. The sharks are not in any way interested in them; they prey on seals, and it's astronomically rare they make a mistake.
The animal in the pic posted in this thread appears to have a vertical tail fin to me. I would agree that fatalities from shark attacks are very rare, but not shark bites. While shark bites are somewhat rare I wouldn't say they are astronomically rare.
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