The only people I want to hear telling me that sharks are beautiful creatures that pose no danger to humans are windsurfers and SUPpers who have had a shark display interest in them while out on the water. Happened to me once, and it sucked. No fun at all.
Yet sharks have as much a right to live as deer ticks and mosquitos and cockroaches, and thanks to the good people at OCEARCH (who research and track apex predators de la mar) we know that a 3,500 pound great white shark, 16 feet long going by the nom de fish Mary Lee is currently cruising off of Democrat Point, eating whatever the hell she pleases and taking no shit from anybody. Mary Lee is tagged and wearing a microphone, so both her position and dialog can be tracked. Her position is the more interesting, as the dialog varies little:
Mary Lee: "Get the f*** out of my way."
Everyone else: "Okay."
(Maps: Mary Lee's track from awhile back.
Note the visit to the middle of Long Island in the past. Right now Pete Roesch says she's off of Robert Moses Park, with a Superlight stuck between her teeth.)
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