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pangamadness
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Cabo Pulmo shark attack?
Anyone have info about a shark attack at Cabo Pulmo?
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willardguy
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TB reporting it was a drowning.....first
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Recovered the body, drowning. He was planning to swim out to the sea lion colony, leaving from Arbolitos. Long way, stiff currents, steep, slippery
boulders on the shore.
RIP
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pangamadness
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Somthing on talk Baja mentioned somthing about dangerous marine animals sounding like a shark attack.
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According to Colectivo Pericu today, the 33 year old deceased was found in 3 meters of water. The local director of Civil Protection denies the person
was a victim of a shark attack, contrary to social media entries since Sunday. The article goes on to say that indeed body parts were recovered and
would be consistent with a shark attack, go figure.
A forensic investigation is pending.
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Cancamo
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El Sudcaliforniano through it's headline says in fact it was a shark attack, although no further information was given from the Pericu report other
than the deceased was from Mexico City.
Well documented large congregation of more than one species of sharks in the shallow water of Pulmo Bay this spring. A month ago you could see them
clearly from the bluffs.
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I had no idea there were sharks off the shore of Pulmo, now I am thankful that I snorkeled close to shore!
RIP
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There are no shark ATTACKS, only shark accidents.
I like crab and lobster but if you sit on the bottom long enough they would eat you too. 
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Three years ago, I found a nice place to park, out of the wind on the rocky point that marks the north boundary of the Cabo Pulmo preserve. The plan
was to do some snorkeling around the rocks in the morning.
I awoke to the sound of a couple of fishermen passing by my Kia on their way to fish from those same rocks, so I got up to watch the action. It
wasn't too long before one of them hooked up with a huge rooster fish!
The other fisherman reeled in his line and was preparing to help land the fish, which was stripping line rapidly straight out to deeper water. About
the time I told the would be helper that I was betting on the rooster, a shark took the back half of the fish off right behind the dorsal fin!
I did not dive there that day!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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Yeah, being the slow swimmer in a group of seals sounds like a bad idea!
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Cancamo
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El Peninsular Digital in covering the story has no mention of shark involvement.
I'd wait for the forensic study to come back before blaming los tiburones.
The species commonly found in the area are not known as being man eaters.
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Unrelated, but here in So. Cal, last couple weeks, has been news
driven over concern about tiburones, copters, drones, looking off the surf in LA for sharks, in relation to an actual
incident, a couple weeks back, took place just to the no. of the popular San Onofre surfing spot,
6 mi. of so. San Clemente, a female lost a certain amount off back
of a leg. An extremely rare occurrence, probably that doesn't
factor in, if it happens to you
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Quote: Originally posted by sancho  | Unrelated, but here in So. Cal, last couple weeks, has been news
driven over concern about tiburones, copters, drones, looking off the surf in LA for sharks, in relation to an actual
incident, a couple weeks back, took place just to the no. of the popular San Onofre surfing spot,
6 mi. of so. San Clemente, a female lost a certain amount off back
of a leg. An extremely rare occurrence, probably that doesn't
factor in, if it happens to you
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What does this have to do with Mexico. THERE ARE NO SHARKS IN MEXICO.
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Hate to break the news, but there are several species of sharks in the SOC. I caught a sand shark half way down Bahia Concepcion about 8 years back.
Hammerhead diving is popular in the La Paz area.
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Buddha, he was referring to land sharks, and except for a few timeshare salesmen, they are not in Mexico.
Now if you go into the salt water bordering Mexico, expect sharks!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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We have been in Pulmo for the past 2 months (just leaving today - longstanding plans). The local word is that cause of death is still uncertain.
There had been predation on the body, but it's unclear whether a shark attack was cause of death, or if the ocean's occupants went to work on the body
after death, during the 48 hours the body was in the water.
There are indeed a lot of sharks at Pulmo, including many bull sharks. Shark population has recovered along with the rest of the fishery since Pulmo
was made a marine reserve.
However, there haven't been any reported shark attacks on people since Pulmo was made a reserve, and many many people have been snorkeling and diving
there. We've done a lot of dives in which bull sharks have put in an appearance.
I hope there is a post-mortem done which will identify cause of death definitively, and that the results are made public. It's important not only for
family and friends, but also for the local community whose economy relies largely on tourism for diving and snorkling.
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I hear we taste like chicken. 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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No need to be faster than the shark, you just need to be faster than your buddy
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Well if a buddy and I encounter a shark, if he wants to thrash around on the surface like a wounded seal I may be able to sneak quietly away. Of
course the shark could probably follow the scent of me soiling my wet suit!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Two great white sharks, swimming in the ocean, spied a ship in distress.
"Follow me, son," the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the ship.
"First we swim around the people in the water with just the tip of our fins showing." And they did.
"Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few more times with all of our fins showing." And they did.
"Now we eat everybody." And they did.
When they were both gorged, the son asked, "Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and around them? "
His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without the chit inside!"
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