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5 ton shark caught in China
This is a discussion on 5 ton shark caught in China within the General Chat forums, part of the After Hours category; Fishers use a crane to load the giant blue shark on May 23, 2007.A giant blue shark was captured ...
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31-05-2007, 03:57 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 10   | 5 ton shark caught in China Fishers use a crane to load the giant blue shark on May 23, 2007.A giant blue shark was captured by a fisher in east China's Jiangsu Province on the afternoon of May 23. The shark is 10 meters long and 1.5 meters wide with a total weight of five tons or so. A businessman passing by purchased it at the price of over 100,000 yuan right after the capture. People's Daily Online -- Five-ton blue shark captured in east China This does not look anything like a blue shark from the pic's to me. Something this big it is hard to tell.
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31-05-2007, 06:27 PM
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Rep Power: 5 | Re: 5 ton shark caught in China Don't think it is a blue shark. Looks like a Basking Shark which is an endangered species. Basking shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Last edited by Makaira : 31-05-2007 at 06:33 PM. |
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31-05-2007, 07:53 PM
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Rep Power: 5 | Re: 5 ton shark caught in China Quote:
Its a Basking shark indeed. These sharks are normally found in the North Sea off Scotland. | |
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31-05-2007, 08:20 PM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 10 | Re: 5 ton shark caught in China You guys are right, indeed this is a basking shark. Managed to find an interesting video on youtube regarding this shark. [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkXThN6gTcU[/YOUTUBE] Best Regards, Edy
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01-06-2007, 11:34 AM
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02-06-2007, 09:42 AM
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Rep Power: 4 | Re: 5 ton shark caught in China For sure a basking shark but a huge one - much bigger than any I have seen! I have seen them while fishing from the shore in North West England and South west Scotland and have seen a lot on the boat in the English channel during the summer months. I actually foul hooked one (deliberately) in it's dorsal while fishing from my local pier when I was about 14 years old. It didn't know it was hooked and the hook fell out after about 5 minutes. 2 days later a fishing boat brought a basking shark in which had got tangled in it's nets (possibly the same shark as it was a similar size and we don't get too many round our way). It was 18 feet long and weighed 1.8 tonnes. Cheers Dave |
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02-06-2007, 11:24 AM
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Rep Power: 0 |  Re: 5 ton shark caught in China there's no way am i having that giant momma on the other end of my line. |
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02-06-2007, 04:35 PM
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yo, dats true... hook that and im sure all brands of rod will explode  | |
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