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GratefulDiver":2c4c6qon said:
seamaiden":2c4c6qon said:
I wonder if they're going to actually feed it its preferred food.
Theres not that much of a surf there is there?

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Seriously though, couldn't one (or more) slip over the small wall and wind up in a bad spot anyway? (They do only have a small rock wall separating it from the bay right?)

I dunno, but they oughta be able to at least find a goofy surfer or two wandering the joint, doncha think? That should keep her interested til they can find some nice, juicy sea lion.
 
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You should check my link for feeding suggestions for example it gives the following:

Whatever you do, keep the flow of people steady. Just a few days without proper food could ruin your shark's pleasant, non-ramming attitude and make mopping up your day job.

Another problem facing the person who must feed humans to a shark is that unlike cows, most humans will not sit docilely (though there are a few) as you lower them on a massive gurney held by chains attached to a pneumatic engine into a shark-occupied body of water, no matter how many times you ask. In fact, most will threaten you.
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Try not to take these last threats personally, as it is all part of nature's system of self-defense. As adrenaline speeds through their bodies for the last time, their heightened reaction time causes many people to speak before thinking if what they're saying is going to hurt you. Also, by this time, you should have suitably distanced yourself emotionally from the intended meal in order that these remarks don't permanently scar you. A friend of mine once made the mistake of spending one last "quality day" with his wife and 6 year-old twins before feeding them to his Great White, POKEY. He spent most of the next afternoon a little upset.

Since you don't want the pet adversely affected, poisons and anesthetics are generally discouraged in subduing a meal. That leaves you three options to get a person into your shark:
1. overt violence
2. carefully concealed trap doors, and
3. very well-thought out arguments in favor of being eaten.
 
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GratefulDiver":15eiw43q said:
seamaiden":15eiw43q said:
I wonder if they're going to actually feed it its preferred food.
Theres not that much of a surf there is there?

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Seriously though, couldn't one (or more) slip over the small wall and wind up in a bad spot anyway? (They do only have a small rock wall separating it from the bay right?)

You're thinking of the manmade tidepool that is basically just a wild exhibit. They don't stock that with animals or anything, it just has whatever happens to float in.

The exhibit that the shark is kept in is basically an enormous swimming pool, concrete sides with a huge wall of acrylic for viewing. It's a one million gallon tank without any decorations or anything. You can't even see the opposite side it's so big. It has a bunch of tuna, another type of pelagic shark, and a sea turtle. I think there's still a dolphinfish there too. They used to have a Mola mola (sunfish) as well.

My buddy and I are going down next week to see it. He left three messages on my phone today he was so excited about it :D I'll definitely take pics!
 
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::sigh::

Sometimes I wish I hadn't moved out of the bay area. :?
 
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Marina,
It's a good two and a half to three hours from Petaluma I would guess. I'm going to try and make it down this weekend (only an hour and a half for me) but if not, it will be the weekend after next. I forgot to borrow the digi-cam from work this weekend though. :?

Matt, they didn't have a mola mola in there last time I was there, which was only about a month and a half ago. However on the live cam I see one. :D
I could sit there and watch those tuna all day. Those things are HUUUUUGGEE! There's one big boy in there that must be 700lbs.

Jim
 
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I wonder how they do long term in captivity...they eat mostly jellyfish and the like.
 
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I want to go see it too, but my jalopy is givin' me problems at the moment. I hope it manages to survive, that would be a great stride forward.
 
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Makes me sad I let my membership there expire... I love the MBA! I was gonna start volunteering there, but I ended up having to move... :x
I havent read the articles, but Im sure theyre keeping it in that awesome outer-bay tank, right? Thats the only tank I remember being anywhere NEAR big enough for any kind of shark, not even considering the multiple Sun Fishs they kept over the years there (always loved those things!)!
Now Im farther, but I think I may make the jaunt; we still have a house down in Hollister, 45 minutes inland of Monterey. By the way, anyone in the market for a 3200 square foot house on 5 acres on top of a hill?... (shameless plug) :P
 
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DewrGleision":3i2f5loq said:
anyone in the market for a 3200 square foot house on 5 acres on top of a hill?... (shameless plug) :P

Yes, is it in Indianapolis?
 
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Sharkky":3jknb10g said:
DewrGleision":3jknb10g said:
anyone in the market for a 3200 square foot house on 5 acres on top of a hill?... (shameless plug) :P

Yes, is it in Indianapolis?

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Clever. Sorry, in a town called Hollister; you know, where Marlon Brando made that biker movie a helluva long time ago? You probably couldnt afford the rediculous sticker price, though... $950K is too damn much for a house. Thanks, Bay-area Silicon valley lunatics... :evil:
 
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DewrGleision":1wz93lm9 said:
Sharkky":1wz93lm9 said:
DewrGleision":1wz93lm9 said:
anyone in the market for a 3200 square foot house on 5 acres on top of a hill?... (shameless plug) :P

Yes, is it in Indianapolis?

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Clever. Sorry, in a town called Hollister; you know, where Marlon Brando made that biker movie a helluva long time ago? You probably couldnt afford the rediculous sticker price, though... $950K is too damn much for a house. Thanks, Bay-area Silicon valley lunatics... :evil:

I hear that. I used to live in the Concord/Walnut Creek area and the few emtpy lots still in the area were being bid on in the 8 and 9 million range...for an empty LOT. Yeesh!

BTW, a 3200sq ft house on 5 acres here in Indy would go for around $350K. :) $950K for something like that in Calif actually isn't too bad at all...unless it's in Pittsburg or something. ;-)
 
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It can be had for a much better price, it's just about location. We looked at similar homes in the foothills of the Sierras around here, just outside of Placerville/Jackson. It may not be the best house in the world, but there are fewer building restrictions, and the acreage is usually nicely forested. :)
 
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seamaiden":11e7kr2m said:
It can be had for a much better price, it's just about location. We looked at similar homes in the foothills of the Sierras around here, just outside of Placerville/Jackson. It may not be the best house in the world, but there are fewer building restrictions, and the acreage is usually nicely forested. :)

I've been up to Placerville once or twice. There's a biker bar there that serves great steaks. Mmmmmmm!
 

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Matt, they didn't have a mola mola in there last time I was there, which was only about a month and a half ago. However on the live cam I see one. :D

Jim

They just introduced two small ones last month.
 
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My son and I just returned from the MBA. Yeah they had the 2 small molas in the Outer Bay tank, but you need to see their new little girl. That great white is sweet! Streamline and all muscle. Watching her cruise the tank was so cool. She made the other sharks look slow and awkward. She started just by cruising the surface, but it wasn’t long before she was all over the tank. None of the other fish seemed to mind her presence. I think they said she was 8 or nine months old but it was hard to hear as a tour group was right next to us and VERY loud. She’s eating a diet of sushi grade salmon 5 to 6 times a day which is much more than they anticipated. The other sharks kinda nudge the food on a stick, cruise a bit and then come back to feed. The new girl beelines across the tank and snatches it right up. They haven’t named her. They are refraining from naming in case she needs to be released which they swear they’ll do if she stops eating or begins unusual behavior.

For anyone within driving range make the trip. It’s well worth it.

Here's the only pic I was able to get of her. Sorry for the quality, but the Nikon’s battery died and the Kodak is old and not very adaptable to low light situations.

-Gregory
 

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Still going to get nightmares from that pic. Interesting that she is "charging" to get food. From what I've seen on the Disc Channel, this is a much more natural behavior than poking at food and coming back later. Hopefully people will learn from this shark and realize great whites aren't automatically maneaters.
 
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I was able to salvage one other photo in PS.

-Gregory
 

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