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Re: Shark attack
[Re: Maria_and_Steve]
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12/12/2020 03:35 PM
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Actually the Nature Foundation said something to the effect that they would be very surprised if it was a shark attack, but they definitely are doing some backtracking.
Totally sad situation, first and foremost for the family and friends of the victim.
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Re: Shark attack
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12/13/2020 08:03 AM
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Georgia--what a sad experience for you to be on the beach when this happened. Even though the attack occurred in front of La Playa, the boat that retrieved the body came from and returned to the watersports area on the other side of Bikini. Some of the folks sitting near us walked down that way to see what was going on, but we stayed put where we were. Not the way I wanted to remember my last day, so although we were there, we stayed removed from the tragedy.
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Re: Shark attack
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12/13/2020 10:45 AM
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Re: Shark attack
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12/17/2020 10:47 AM
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Yes we did. I believe it was a great white. Very sad.
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Re: Shark attack
[Re: Maria_and_Steve]
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12/17/2020 01:59 PM
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I always thought that humans and other primates were the only ones who could actually REASON, but sharks can certainly be trained, just like other inhabitants of the sea, like dolphins. I would view that statement as being some type of natural learning, not reasoning, per se. The statement from the Nature Foundation that it was extremely unlikely this was a shark attack (before the autopsy was perfomed) was the really odd statement. I guess that was based on how unusual fatal shark attacks are, but this one certainly did seem to be a shark attack from the very start.
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