Anyone going to the Jersey Shore?

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Great White Bites Surfer in New Jersey
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters

PHILADELPHIA (June 8) - A 17-year-old surfer in New Jersey lost a chunk of leg flesh in what is likely the state's first attack by a Great White shark in 30 years, officials said Wednesday.

New Jersey resident Ryan Horton was about 25 feet off the beach at Surf City, Long Beach Island early Sunday afternoon when he felt a sharp pain in his ankle but didn't see what caused it. After paddling back to shore, he was taken to a hospital, Surf City Police said in a statement.

Bob Schoelkopf, director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, New Jersey said photos of the wound confirmed it could only have been made by a Great White.

The last recorded shark attack in New Jersey was at Sandy Hook in 1975, the year of the movie "Jaws," which terrified audiences with tales of Great White attacks.

Although such attacks are very rare, there is evidence that Great Whites live in the waters off New Jersey. In recent summers, naturalists have found signs of the sharks, including two dead sea turtles with 27-inch gashes that could only have been caused by a Great White.

Other sharks that share New Jersey waters with swimmers include the "very aggressive" Bull shark; the Mako shark, and the Sand Tiger, none of which could have inflicted the kind of wound Horton suffered, Schoelkopf said.

Schoelkopf said there was no reason for people to change their swimming habits because of the latest incident, noting "there's a greater chance of getting hit by lightning" than of being bitten by a shark.

Worldwide, there were 61 unprovoked shark attacks on humans in 2004, similar to the number in the previous four years, according to the International Shark Attack File, a service run by the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Didnt know dirty Jerse had great whites.....

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Great White Bites Surfer in New Jersey
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters

PHILADELPHIA (June 8) - A 17-year-old surfer in New Jersey lost a chunk of leg flesh in what is likely the state's first attack by a Great White shark in 30 years, officials said Wednesday.

New Jersey resident Ryan Horton was about 25 feet off the beach at Surf City, Long Beach Island early Sunday afternoon when he felt a sharp pain in his ankle but didn't see what caused it. After paddling back to shore, he was taken to a hospital, Surf City Police said in a statement.

Bob Schoelkopf, director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, New Jersey said photos of the wound confirmed it could only have been made by a Great White.

The last recorded shark attack in New Jersey was at Sandy Hook in 1975, the year of the movie "Jaws," which terrified audiences with tales of Great White attacks.

Although such attacks are very rare, there is evidence that Great Whites live in the waters off New Jersey. In recent summers, naturalists have found signs of the sharks, including two dead sea turtles with 27-inch gashes that could only have been caused by a Great White.

Other sharks that share New Jersey waters with swimmers include the "very aggressive" Bull shark; the Mako shark, and the Sand Tiger, none of which could have inflicted the kind of wound Horton suffered, Schoelkopf said.

Schoelkopf said there was no reason for people to change their swimming habits because of the latest incident, noting "there's a greater chance of getting hit by lightning" than of being bitten by a shark.

Worldwide, there were 61 unprovoked shark attacks on humans in 2004, similar to the number in the previous four years, according to the International Shark Attack File, a service run by the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Didnt know dirty Jerse had great whites.....

[Aaron]

UGH, this is why stupid people are affraid of the ocean.

[Aaron]

UGH, this is why stupid people are affraid of the ocean.

[DoubleA18]

F it! i'll be at the beach tomorrow and in the water!!

[DoubleA18]

F it! i'll be at the beach tomorrow and in the water!!

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Dress up like a seal and dump some fish guts in the water with you then.....i dare you

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Dress up like a seal and dump some fish guts in the water with you then.....i dare you

[xEJ20x]

You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.



I love this movie.

[xEJ20x]

You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.



I love this movie.

[sisforsurfing]

Originally Posted by DoubleA18

F it! i'll be at the beach tomorrow and in the water!!

Thank you! Eh, at least it'll keep the bennies out of the water for a few days. </pretentious.>

That really sucks though... oh well, first one in jersey in yeaaaaaaars.

[sisforsurfing]

Originally Posted by DoubleA18

F it! i'll be at the beach tomorrow and in the water!!

Thank you! Eh, at least it'll keep the bennies out of the water for a few days. </pretentious.>

That really sucks though... oh well, first one in jersey in yeaaaaaaars.

[MuddyREX]

Originally Posted by xEJ20x

Show me the way to go home.
I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
I had a couple drinks about an hour ago,
And they went straight to my head.

Best scene.

[MuddyREX]

Originally Posted by xEJ20x

Show me the way to go home.
I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
I had a couple drinks about an hour ago,
And they went straight to my head.

Best scene.