# JAWS!!

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Posted by LeviLovR on July 29, 2020 at 11:46:37

Wow! We just had our first fatal shark attack off the coast of Maine ever! A 62 year old woman and her daughter were swimming at their summer residence when she was attacked and killed. Authorities have announced it was a great white based on a tooth that they recovered from the woman's body.

I don't swim in the ocean and haven't for years as I prefer fresh water. Shark attacks have been more common down off the coast of Massachusetts. Great whites have been spotted off the coast in towns such as York and Kittery which are popular summer resorts. This attack happened farther north. It's believed they are hunting seals, and the mangled body of a dead seal did wash ashore about the same time this attack happened.

Great whites were never heard of here until recently. bull sharks and tiger sharks were much more common. A man claimed to have been brushed by a great white back in 2010 and believe it or not the last recorded actual shark attack here happened in the 1800s - either 1827 or 1837 - so that shows you how rare they have been, That attack was not fatal.

This is definite proof that the ocean temperatures are rising. Many of the species of fish are changing, those that prefer colder water heading farther north off the coast of Canada. Also lobsters prefer colder water and have been declining over the last few years.

I guess it was bound to happen sometime, but still comes as a shock, especially since it happened where it did. Farther north than previously seen and not off some crowded beach like you see in the movies. All the more reason to stick to the lake and the boat ramp. I had forgotten about it but in my encounter with Dee at the river as we were sitting in the water she asked about the possibility of sharks swimming up the river. They had been sighted recently. I told her they couldn't get that far as there were a lot of dams between where we were and the ocean. Plus most sharks need salt water, although some can survive in fresh water as well.

Welcome to our changing world.

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- Re: JAWS!! Jeff 14:45:07 7/29/2020 (8)
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    - Re: JAWS!! LeviLovR 19:15:13 7/29/2020 (4)
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