Friday, October 21, 2005

Shark Caught with Whole Seal in Stomach

(Raglan, New Zealand) A great white shark about 15 feet long and weighing more than 3,000 pounds was caught near Raglan on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island yesterday.

Great White Jaws
Fisherman Warwick Harris
holding the jaws of yesterday's catch.

The shark had a whole bull seal weighing about 200 pounds in its stomach. It had been eaten in two pieces. According to marine scientist Clinton Duffy of the Conservation Department, the great white was a juvenile female which would have grown to more than 21 feet in length at maturity.

Wow!

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