A 13 foot Great White shark washed up on the beach in Morris Island last month. Yeah, that’s an awesome thing to see on your pawn patrol session as you’re walking to water’s edge. The world’s deadliest shark staring back at you with its black beady eyes. Think anyone paddled out that morning? They have no idea what killed it, because the shark’s body had no battle wounds of any kind.
“pristine condition, a perfectly healthy shark, inside and out, lying dead on the beach.” - DNR fisheries scientists Josh Loefer
He thinks maybe the shark got lost in the shallow water and couldn’t find its way back out. That seems strange to me, because the land is one way and the deep end is the other. Seems Kind of hard to get “lost”. I’m thinking this shark flopped dead when it heard about Kelly Slater winning making 15 foot Pipelines on a 5’11″ surfboard. That’s less than half this shark’s size. This shark was approximately 12 years old, and not yet fully mature. Great White sharks don’t start to mature until they’re 14 feet long, and are known to grow well over 20. Great White’s are eating machines, and don’t typically flop dead for no reason. The guy running the show sent off tissue samples to labs all over the country hoping analysis can shed some light on the shark’s death.
Suddenly putting 8 pounds of neoprene on and surfing Lake Michigan doesn’t sound all that bad…
Apparently Chicago is the only city in the world where surfing is illegal. The Surfrider Foundation is currently trying to get that law revoked, and I don’t see why. All the good waves are in Northern Indiana.
Did I really just say that?
On the other hand, that shark could have died of a broken heart. The Holidays are rough, and the suicide rate is at its highest this time of year.
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