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Re: [OM] [OT] I may never go in the creek again

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] I may never go in the creek again
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:59:19 -0600
Interesting, Charlie.  But is all of that based on a single "ping" in your 
creek?  Could it be a false signal?  Or female curiosity............

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:39 PM
Subject: [OM] [OT] I may never go in the creek again


>  This is way off topic but I have to share:
>
>             http://sharks-ocearch.verite.com/
>
>   Go to this website. It will display a map of the Atlantic Ocean and
> the east coast of the USA. This is a web page put out by a research
> group that tracks sharks with radio tags. On the right side of the
> page you will see a tab "Sharks". Click on it and a list of names will
> appear. Click on the shark named "Mary Lee". A window with information
> will slide out. Scroll down and click on a button labeled something
> like "Where I've been". A path will appear on the map. As you can see,
> this shark was tagged up along the NE coast up where Chuck lives. She
> made her way down the coast at a pretty good clip. Off the coast of SC
> she moved in closer. From this far out it looks as if she went inland.
> WTF. Zoom in closer and we see that she entered Charleston Harbor,
> swam up the Wando River and took a turn into Beresford Creek. I know
> this creek well as my house backs up to it. This shark probably turned
> around and went out the way she came in since the creek gets pretty
> small as it nears where it goes under I-526 Interstate. Ultimately she
> made her way out to sea again. Now go back to the information panel
> about this shark and you see that she is a 16', 3500 lb. Great White
> Shark! At the point of the last radio ping in Beresford Creek it is
> only about 40' wide. I've seen plenty of small sharks up these creeks
> but would never in my wildest dreams imagined a shark this size going
> that far up the river.
>
> Charlie
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