has anyone seen a shark in person that was not in a zoo or aquarium??
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yes i was in Tobago 2003 in the man of war bay. I was in a canoe.It was also my first time trying this sport. I was told no sharks come into the bay yet this one did. It was jumping out of the water rather close to me, Scared me silly. Unfortunately a few days later the local fishermen caught one. a hammer head shark. Lovely to look at but would have been better if it was alive in the sea.
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yes, there is a home i saw in a nearby town, out in the pasture with a couple of horses was a zebra. looked strange seeing one outside a zoo, but they all looked content.
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Steven Spielberg's lawyer.......wait.....that was the shark used on Jaws....sorry, don't know!!
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goblin sharks are very very rare and little is know about them.The Goblin shark is a bottom-dweller found in depths of about 3,940 feet (1,200 m) in the western Pacific, the western Indian Ocean and the western and eastern Atlantic. Not easy to find even at 14ft long.\nIt has 2 rows of teeth so you cant really count one by one. as soon as it loses one tooth another one is on the way.
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you need to take a picture of this fish and register it under your own name. if this fish was never discovered by anyone else but you, this could be great chance. also if this fish looks like a dragon when you approach it, you can call her "Sea Dragon" or "Oceanic Dragon". :-)
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Yes. They need a coating on their scales to protect them against the change in water condition. Some sharks can do this as well as some salmon...but in a tank....there is no way for them to live on.
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actually... I have not been in one... :(
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The only ones I have ever seen were at the zoo, and I thought they were beautiful creatures, but I suppose if \nI came across one in the woods yeah I would be scared.
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EASY !!  A dolphin.. And I didn't just write that because it was mentioned on your list. You'll find dolphins in every room of my home, and I swim with them every time I get a chance to do so ! They are magnificent mammals !!
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My largest was a 12-inch bass of some sort in Jesup, GA!\n\nThat's hilarious both of our fish were in GA, and I don't even live there!
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I doubt that anyone would really be able to answer that unless he or she just so happened to work there.  I suggest calling or e-mailing someone from the aquarium.
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Sometimes I think about that while swimming in a pool. Creepy, even though I know there shouldn't be a problem. Also, there probably aren't any sharks in Lake Erie.
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white sharks,tiger sharks and zambesi bull shark\n\n\nAt least 34 species of sharks have been recorded off the Pacific Coast of North America.  These are listed in their hypothesized phylogenetic sequence with notes on their known geographic distribution off the West Coast.  Those known or strongly suspected to have attacked humans are marked in red\n\nOrder Chlamydoselachiformes\nFamily Chlamydoselachidae\nChlamydoselachus anguineus - Frilled Shark\nonly one Pacific Coast record:  Pt. Arguello, California\n\nOrder Hexanchiformes\nFamily Notorynchidae\nNotorynchus cepedianus - Broadnose Sevengill Shark\nBritish Columbia to Gulf of California; most abundant off Central California\n\nFamily Hexanchidae\nHexanchus griseus - Bluntnose Sixgill Shark\nAlaska to Bahia de Todos Santos, northern Baja California\n\nOrder Echinorhiniformes\nFamily Echinorhinidae\nEchinorhinus cookei - Prickly Shark\nMoolach Beach, Oregon, to Baja California and Gulf of California\n\nOrder Squaliformes\nFamily Squalidae\nSqualus acanthias - Spiny Dogfish\nBering Sea and Alaska to central Baja California\n\nFamily Etmopteridae\nCentroscyllium nigrum - Combtooth Dogfish\nSouthern California to Strait of Magellan, Chile\n\nFamily Somniosidae\nSomniosus pacificus - Pacific Sleeper Shark\nBering Sea and Alaska to Baja California; in shallow waters in northern part of its range, but in deep water from California southward\n\nFamily Dalatiidae\nEuprotomicrus bispinatus - Pygmy Shark\nrare off California; found well offshore\n\nIsistius brasiliensis - Cookiecutter Shark\nBaja California south to Isla Galapagos\n\nOrder Squaltiniformes\nFamily Squatinidae\nSquatina californica - Pacific Angel Shark\nsouthern Alaska to Baja California and Gulf of California; to depth of 186 meters in Gulf of California\n\nOrder Heterodontiformes\nFamily Heterodontidae\nHeterodontus francisci - Horn Shark\nCentral California to Gulf of California and southward, probably to Ecuador and Peru; rare north of Southern California\n\nHeterodontus mexicanus - Mexican Horn Shark\nBahia Magdalena, southern Baja California, into the Gulf of California and southward to Peru\n\nOrder Orectolobiformes\nFamily Rhincodontidae\nRhincodon typus - Whale Shark\noccasionally off Southern California\n\nFamily Ginglymostomatidae\nGinglymostoma cirratum - Nurse Shark\nsouthern Baja California into Gulf of California and southward to Peru\n\nOrder Lamniformes\nFamily Mitsukurinidae\nMitsukurina owstoni - Goblin Shark\nonly one Pacific Coast record, from Southern California\n\nFamily Odontaspididae\nOdontaspis ferox - Ragged-Tooth Shark\nSouthern California and Malpelo Island, Mexico\n\nFamily Megachasmidae\nMegachasma pelagios - Megamouth Shark\nSouthern California\n\nFamily Alopiidae\nAlopias pelagicus - Pelagic Thresher\nSouthern California southward; oceanic, epipelagic\n\nAlopias superciliosus - Bigeye Thresher Shark\nCalifornia to Gulf of California\n\nAlopias vulpinus - Common Thresher\nGoose Bay, British Columbia, to Chile\n\nAlopias sp. - [undescribed species of thresher shark]\nknown only from Southern California\n\nFamily Pseudocarchariidae\nPseudocarcharias kamoharai - Crocodile Shark\nprobably off Southern California\n\nFamily Cetorhinidae\nCetorhinus maximus - Basking Shark\nAleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska to Gulf of California\n\nFamily Lamnidae\nLamna ditropis - Salmon Shark\nBering Sea and Gulf of Alaska to central Baja California\n\nCarcharodon carcharias - White Shark\nGulf of Alaska to Gulf of California, mostly shallow coastal waters\n\nIsurus oxyrinchus - Shortfin Mako\nBritish Columbia to Chile\n\nOrder Carcharhiniformes\nFamily Scyliorhinidae\nApristurus brunneus - Brown Catshark\nsoutheastern Alaska to northern Baja California; deep (137-1298 meters)\n\nApristurus kampae - Longnose Catshark\nCape Blanco, Oregon, southward to Southern California and Gulf of California;deep (180-1888 meters)\n\nCephaloscyllium ventriosum - Swell Shark\nMonterey Bay, Central California, to Acapulco,
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I didn't.  But I saw the Loch Ness Monster on the way to work today.  he was driving in the car pool lane with no passengers
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Well I lived close to Loch Ness for around eight years and saw nothing. Everyone hears about someone else seeing them, but never have I actually MET anyone who has, with their own eyes.\nI find it absurdly improbable that a dinosaur of that scale would remain undetected for so long, especially with all the investigations that have been conducted there.
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Being eaten by a shark!
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There are sharks in all seas and oceans aaround the world. \n\nThere are many species of sharks found in the Mediterranean, especially in the western and central Med - including Hammerheads and Great Whites. Unfortunately the numbers of these sharks, of all sharks in the med, are in great decline and in many areas the numbers are close to non-existent. The culprit for this is commercial fishing (for blackfinn tuna and swordfish - both as a result of being caught in netsAND having their natural food sources depleted, in some cases to extinction - bluefin tuna became extinct in the Med in the 1940's)and, ironically enough, tourism. Especilly around Croatia in the late 90's there were several 'Jaws Tours'operating. The 'chumming' undertaken to attract sharks obviously attracted sharks into tourist areas which resulted in the culling of many, many sharks so as not to endanger tourism!\n\nSo, yes, there are sharks in the Med but I wouldn't be put of swimming in the Med as shark attacks here are almost non existent. Between 1508 and 2004 therewere a total of 38 shark attacks in European/Mediterranean waters. 18 of which were fatal with the last reported fatal shark attack being in 1984.  \n\nBut please get your friend to put the possibility of shark attack into persective. WORLDWIDE shark attacks between 1508 and 2004 totalled 1,986 of which 486 were fatal - in almost 500 YEARS! More people have been killed by deers running into their cars than by sharks!