Not a white shark. I don’t care what they say. That’s a blue shark.
Sorry Easy, but that is no white shark. You can tell right away just by the eye color. Hard to tell from the pic, but would say that is the biggest blue shark I have ever seen.
Chad
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I don’t know about that!http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-real-shock-fishermen-stunned-by-great-white-shark-devours-another-shark-next-to-their-boat/
Cobia, you do know that when a Great White bites, something like an opaque film rolls forward and covers their eyes, right?
If that is a peck fin next to the victim than that is no white shark. Their pecks are not that long.
Mary lee, is now in the breaking surf off of 6th block Jacksonville beach!!
Hunter P. Hames
11’ Tarpon 100
19’ Sea Fox 125 merc
Don’t know what it is
Easy no offense, but that news article is wrong. I have grown up my whole life mako fishing out of OCMD. I have caught/seen many different sharks. One way to tell a mako is the dark black eye, teeth, and snout. One thing to make sure of before you stick a gaff in a mako is that it is not a white shark as juvenile white shark can be mistaken for a mako based on the eye and snout. Since you can’t see the teeth well or gills and pectoral fins of that shark you can’t use that, but can see the eye and the snout and it is clearly not a white shark. Great whites and Makos don’t have that membrane they roll there eyes in the back of their head to protect them, but rarely do.
Supported by the article below
http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/8130638/Double-take-as-big-shark-snaps-up-live-bait
Chad
Cobia 256 Express
Pulled by a Dodge Ram 3500
cobia; I stand corrected! Most sharks have the eye covering Great Whites roll their eye up in the head to protect them.
http://www.jawshark.com/great_white_shark_anatomy_appearance.html
Eyes
Great White Shark eyes are similar to the eyes of other vertebrates, including similar lenses, corneas and retinas, though their eyesight is well adapted to the marine environment with the help of a tissue called tapetum lucidum. This tissue is behind the retina and reflects light back to the retina, thereby increasing visibility in the dark waters. This gives the Great White and other sharks their black eyes which have been described in books and movies as appearing evil. The effectiveness of the tissue varies in sharks, but the Great White is believed to have a stronger nocturnal adaptation of this tissue. Most sharks have eyelids, but they do not blink because the surrounding water cleans their eyes. This membrane moves to cover the eyes when they bite, and when the shark is being attacked. However, the Great White shark doesn’t have this membrane. Instead it rolls it’s eyes upwards and back into the socket to protect them from injury when striking prey.
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2#/video/bestoftv/2013/01/09/exp-early-fischer-shark.cnn
She is checking out surfers in Jax Beach.