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As i promised, i have spent today out on one of our fishing boats, the luxurious Aquano Mermaid. This is our largest and most advanced fishing ship in the entire islands fleet, with up to date fish tracking software and some of Aquano's best fisherman.
It was a very early start, one that i am not use to, at the tender hour of 04:00am. But needs must if i wish to tell you all about the new shark in our waters. We sailed out for about an hour before the sonar started to bleep away. "Where here boys" shouted Captain Jimmy, owner of the Aquano Mermaid, "Cast your rods, men lets get ourselves some sharks".
I had assumed they were going to be catching straight away, however this proved to be wrong when Captain Jimmy told me "These sharks are very smart ya see, takes awhile for them to be lured to our bait and hooks".
All was not lost when eventually one the rod tips went round, "where in" screamed the fisherman who's rod it was, bending almost over into the sea. Now the fun began as all the other men on the boat rushed to reel there lines in so the one fish could be played in without being snagged in another line. This fisherman was strong as he slowly played with whatever it was on the end of his line. And whatever it was, it was big. So we all sat round watching waiting for him to bring this fish closer to the boat so we could see what was causing this man to puff, pant and drip with sweat.
Eventually a shadowy shape began to appear from the deep. Slowly moving close towards the boat, it must of been at least 20ft down however seemed enormous, at least 20ft wide by my reckoning. It looked to of tired out as the fisherman seem to find it more comfortable to reel the fish in, either that or he had broken through so many pain barriers he was merely possessed in catching this fish. It was Captain Jimmy who stepped in and told me that the sharks live in deep waters, they fear the sun light, "That is why it has given up on the fight" he said.
Now the shark was on the surface of the sea floating along side the boat. This vessel must be at least 30ft long and the shark was close to that length. As well as its extreme length its width was just as impressive, this has to be the largest creature i have ever laid eyes on. A strange pattern seemed to be visible along its back similar to that of a mackerel, in fact more like a zebra stripe, running round the entire girth of the shark.
"Zebra Shark" i shouted to the joyous fisherman, relieved by their wondrous catch. However as i have now found out, that shark already exists in the world, and is nothing like this shark.
So what do we call this amazing creature, its long, large, wide, has zebra stripes, lives in very deep water, has a phobia of light. Let me know what you think of this unusual shark, tweet me #namethatshark
As i promised, i have spent today out on one of our fishing boats, the luxurious Aquano Mermaid. This is our largest and most advanced fishing ship in the entire islands fleet, with up to date fish tracking software and some of Aquano's best fisherman.
It was a very early start, one that i am not use to, at the tender hour of 04:00am. But needs must if i wish to tell you all about the new shark in our waters. We sailed out for about an hour before the sonar started to bleep away. "Where here boys" shouted Captain Jimmy, owner of the Aquano Mermaid, "Cast your rods, men lets get ourselves some sharks".
I had assumed they were going to be catching straight away, however this proved to be wrong when Captain Jimmy told me "These sharks are very smart ya see, takes awhile for them to be lured to our bait and hooks".
All was not lost when eventually one the rod tips went round, "where in" screamed the fisherman who's rod it was, bending almost over into the sea. Now the fun began as all the other men on the boat rushed to reel there lines in so the one fish could be played in without being snagged in another line. This fisherman was strong as he slowly played with whatever it was on the end of his line. And whatever it was, it was big. So we all sat round watching waiting for him to bring this fish closer to the boat so we could see what was causing this man to puff, pant and drip with sweat.
Eventually a shadowy shape began to appear from the deep. Slowly moving close towards the boat, it must of been at least 20ft down however seemed enormous, at least 20ft wide by my reckoning. It looked to of tired out as the fisherman seem to find it more comfortable to reel the fish in, either that or he had broken through so many pain barriers he was merely possessed in catching this fish. It was Captain Jimmy who stepped in and told me that the sharks live in deep waters, they fear the sun light, "That is why it has given up on the fight" he said.
Now the shark was on the surface of the sea floating along side the boat. This vessel must be at least 30ft long and the shark was close to that length. As well as its extreme length its width was just as impressive, this has to be the largest creature i have ever laid eyes on. A strange pattern seemed to be visible along its back similar to that of a mackerel, in fact more like a zebra stripe, running round the entire girth of the shark.
"Zebra Shark" i shouted to the joyous fisherman, relieved by their wondrous catch. However as i have now found out, that shark already exists in the world, and is nothing like this shark.
So what do we call this amazing creature, its long, large, wide, has zebra stripes, lives in very deep water, has a phobia of light. Let me know what you think of this unusual shark, tweet me #namethatshark
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