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  1. August 20th, 2002, 06:15 PM #1
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    And you think you're having a bad day at work?

    AND YOU THINK YOUR HAVING A BAD DAY AT WORK !!

    Although this looks like a picture taken from a Hollywood movie, it is in fact a real photo, taken near the South African coast during a military exercise by the British Navy.

    It has been nominated by Geo as "THE photo of the year".

    Last edited by WebHawg; August 20th, 2002 at 06:18 PM.
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  2. August 20th, 2002, 07:22 PM #2
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    Thumbs up

    Nicely done though.
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  3. August 21st, 2002, 02:20 PM #3
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    Wow. That would scare the poop out of me. Kind of makes customers yelling at me seem a little better.
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  4. August 21st, 2002, 02:26 PM #4
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    Nice. But I'd really like to see the next frame in that film !

    What happened to the guy?
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  5. August 21st, 2002, 02:27 PM #5
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    Nice. But I'd really like to see the next frame in that film !

    What appened to the guy?
    C'est la Vie...

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  6. August 21st, 2002, 02:31 PM #6
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    Here's the original

    Courtesy of
    Museum of Hoaxes.com

    It's still a great picture though
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  7. August 21st, 2002, 02:53 PM #7
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    Nice website, kingtbone.

    There goes the rest of my afternoon.
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  8. August 21st, 2002, 03:53 PM #8
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    Says the shark: Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?
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  9. August 22nd, 2002, 12:06 AM #9
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    Originally posted by kingtbone
    Here's the original

    Courtesy of
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    It's still a great picture though
    Good find. I kinda figured it was PhotoShopped. The text I included above the pic was from the email I received. The first thing I thought of was that the noise from the helicopter, and all that motion of the water would probably scare that shark away. But yeah,.. I agree. Nicely done photo though. Good find kingtbone.
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  10. August 22nd, 2002, 07:51 AM #10
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    Figured it was Photoshopped?

    I don't think great whites can jump quite that high.
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  11. August 22nd, 2002, 09:41 AM #11
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    Why, shore they kin jump that high!. Why, ah saw it in that there Jaws movie wif my own eyes, and that movie's tha' gospel truth, I tell ye.
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  12. August 22nd, 2002, 10:30 AM #12
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    Do sharks even "jump"
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    Sharks DO Jump

    saw a really cool documentary on Discovery about great whites leaping out the water to attack prey. Happens very frequently off the coast of south africa by "Seal Island" conditions such as lots of seals and steep drop offs create extremely aggressive feeding behaviors, and the sharks will attack from underneath the seal,usibg the deep drop offs to gain lots of speed and energy, then breach the water going completely airborn. really amazing to see.

    he's the orignal documentary and there are some video clips. from the cover of the video, it looks like that's the shark they used in the picture above.

    http://shopping.discovery.com/stores...tnumber=635441

    edit: you gotta check out the video!
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  14. August 23rd, 2002, 06:27 PM #14
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    Originally posted by DiR[ëctory]
    Do sharks even "jump"
    Yes,.. and they can chew gum and rub their belly at the same time.
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  15. August 23rd, 2002, 06:35 PM #15
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    Re: Sharks DO Jump

    Originally posted by kato2274
    saw a really cool documentary on Discovery about great whites leaping out the water to attack prey. Happens very frequently off the coast of south africa by "Seal Island" conditions such as lots of seals and steep drop offs create extremely aggressive feeding behaviors, and the sharks will attack from underneath the seal,usibg the deep drop offs to gain lots of speed and energy, then breach the water going completely airborn. really amazing to see.

    he's the orignal documentary and there are some video clips. from the cover of the video, it looks like that's the shark they used in the picture above.

    http://shopping.discovery.com/stores...tnumber=635441

    edit: you gotta check out the video!
    that documentery is shown on The Discovery channel every year during "Shark Week". its really quite unsettling to see a 12 to 15 foot Great White Shark jump completely out of the water. i don't think i wanna go fishing anymore. theres also footage of a feeding frenzy on the documentery. somehow a whale carcus had shown up in the area and the sharks went apesh*t. looked like a school of really big piranha.
    Last edited by Budd; August 23rd, 2002 at 06:40 PM.
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