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	Captive Great White Kills Second Tankmate
Stormy Big Fish Posts: 357 Kudos: 606 Votes: 81 Registered: 13-Mar-2004	Thought this may be of interest to some in here... [link=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050310/ap_on_sc/captive_shark_1]http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050310/ap_on_sc/captive_shark_1" style="COLOR: #FFFFFF[/link]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	I actually saw that shark a couple weeks ago, and it was amazing. I'm not surprised it attacked the other shark though; they are probably very territorial. And despite what that article says, the shark's nose is not raw from scraping against the sides of the tank. It swam a couple of feet in front of my face, and it looked perfectly healthy (no injuries whatsoever) and well-fed, and it never even touched the sides of the tank as it swam. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32
lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003	Of course it killed them. Great Whites travel 10s of thousands of miles, that tank is HIS now. Expecting tankmates to survive would be like expecting children to be safe Last edited by Callatya at 11-Mar-2005 05:19
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32
tiny_clanger Fish Guru Posts: 2563 Kudos: 571 Votes: 12 Registered: 17-Sep-2002	poor baby - there are some animals that just shouldnt be kept in captivity ------------------------------------------------- I like to think that whoever designed marine life was thinking of it as basically an entertainment medium. That would explain some of the things down there, some of the unearthly biological contraptions
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	I saw that shark recently too. There might have been a little scratch on the nose, but it certainly wasn't "rubbed raw". It certainly is a beautiful fish. They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32
iltat Mega Fish Posts: 1076 Kudos: 1216 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Oct-2002	wants to go, wants to go Interesting that it killed two Soupfin Sharks but hasn't touched any of the tuna...hard for me to make a convincing argument that it was being predatory towards the sharks if the fish that present a meal to it aren't being touched... PM/email/msg me if you have any questions/comments regarding me or my knowledge or if you want me to read a thread.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	You obviously haven't seen the tuna . They are HUGE! and REALLY thick. They're perfectly torpedo shaped and streamlined, but are still really bloatedish looking overall. If that makes sense... Besides, they have no reason to attack tuna. They are well-fed, I'm sure. The issue is territory, not hunger. Those soup-fins were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32
fishguy Enthusiast Posts: 152 Kudos: 189 Votes: 8 Registered: 01-May-2004	This is a live cam of the tank that the shark is in :http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_hp/hp_obw_cam.asp
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Since when were nomadic fish territorial?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:32


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