ex Elly 267 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Dozens of sharks spotted off popular Coromandel beach including a large group of hammerhead sharks Aerial photos showing dozens of sharks just off Matarangi Beach might surprise some people. But Whitianga resident Philip Hart often flies over the water and says seeing sharks is normal, with some just 50 to 100 metres away from surfers and swimmers. Yet the fear-inducing predators are more interested in fish, he says. Hart recently took aerial images, which show groups of bronze whalers – measuring about 1 to 2.5m long – and hammerhead sharks just off the popular and placid Coromandel Peninsula beach. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123911467/dozens-of-sharks-spotted-off-popular-coromandel-beach-including-a-large-group-of-hammerhead-sharks 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 530 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Media whore 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 329 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Imagine that, sharks in the ocean! Why don't they fcuk off back home, wherever that is? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 530 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 16 minutes ago, Bad Kitty said: Imagine that, sharks in the ocean! Why don't they fcuk off back home, wherever that is? Yeah like outside the environment 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I regularly swim/ wind/ surf/ paddle board/ kayak fish there - see them all the time - awesome to watch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 and bronzies swim around Fitzroy all the time, how dare they! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Its the summer holidays. The media go on about car crashes, the road toll, and sharks. This year they got a big boost to the shark angle with a fatality. So shark stories will be bread and butter until normal business resumes some time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 267 Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 More people are killed by bees and cows. But its good that crew.org has a resident shark spotter! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 155 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 21 minutes ago, ex Elly said: More people are killed by bees and cows. On a hike back in the day, we encountered a group of bovines in the hills above Blenheim, and a young bull apparently thought that I was flirting with his girlfriends. He was totally ready to go at it. Just lucky I had my magic Kiwi walking stick with me . . or it could have gone South . . . . hey wait, when it goes sideways, do you say North? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 You look ripped in your photo AJ. I never knew retired professors were so buff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ex Machina 390 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 11/01/2021 at 5:16 PM, Deep Purple said: Media whore Yeah na bloody ! what would a pilot know about bronzies and hammers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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