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Incredible Flying Sharks

Every once in awhile I come across photos that are so incredible, I can’t resist sharing them. This is one such occasion.

Sharks are nature‘s most efficient killing machine, and can hunt and kill their prey with remarkable ease. These photographs capture the amazing splendor -- and horror -- of two-ton great white sharks traveling at speeds up to 35 mph, and leaping 10 feet out of the water, to catch their prey.

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Posted On Jan 29, 2008
Amazing!  I love the cool photographs that have been published recently. 
What a wonderful metaphor to follow yesterday's story with Gardasil and young women.  Let shark=Mercola and seal=young women.    Although, these pictures are depicting what nature intended.

 
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Posted On Jan 29, 2008
Dan Akroid's old Saturday Night Live LAND SHARK skit ("Candy Gram" - may still be on www.youtube.com )  seems also, image wise, appropriate in analogy, en referring to MERCK and the Jewel Encrusted
Underpants crowd over at FOR PROFIT, damn the body count, Big Pharma.


samurai
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Posted On Jan 29, 2008
Folks, I have a typo up there:  Let shark = MERCK.  Whoops.  That's what I get for 86-ing my lattes. 


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Posted On Feb 16, 2008

i think the bigger beast is clinton the smaller victim  is obama but all we need is ron paul -_-



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Posted On Feb 19, 2008

This is a powerful reminder that evolution isn't always what it's cranked up to be. The seal, being a mammal, is a far higher stage of evolution than the shark, but that doesn't keep the shark from dining on his favorite delicacy.

Humans are arguably the highest stage of evolution on earth, but that doesn't keep us safe from all kinds of natural hazards, never mind the man-made ones we foolishly indulge in, such as cars, pollution and wars.


 
 
 
Posted On Feb 15, 2008

I just can't help but feel sorry for the seal... Go seal! Go! I live in Australia and love going to the beach but those pictures aren't going to help my peace of mind next time I'm catching some waves. I hope I don't look like a seal...


 
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Posted On Feb 16, 2008

Unfortunately, in the Great White's eyes, you look very similar to seals espcially when floating or on a serf board.  Fortunately, however, these pictures were likely taken at a remote location.  As a caution, you should not likely swim anywhere in the vicinity of seals...



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Posted On Feb 24, 2008

I totally agree.  My heart went out to the seal.  

I realize that sharks and other predators have a right to life also.  But, I support the little guys like the seals.

What I don't support is the killing of wolves, grizzlies, polar bears, birds by the Bush Administration, who is opening pristine lands and wildlife refuges for questionable practices, including coal fired power plants, the drilling of oil and gas, because friends of V.P. Cheney want massive killings on the still endangered wolves, which they have recently delisted --not because they've reached sustainable levels, but because of politics and opening the doors to shootings and poisoning of wolf families. This was planned while the animals were still on the endangered species list.

For more information, see: www.peer.org/.../federal_info.php

also see: www.peer.org/.../index.php

www.peer.org/.../index.php

**Environmental and health specialists are heartsick over the malfeasance of their agencies in failing to protect the health of children, workers and the public at large.**

www.peer.org/.../index.php

And how to Bush Adminstration has used your tax dollars...

**Most of the public has no idea that a significant portion of the federal wildlife management budget is actually devoted to extermination. Given all of our unmet social and infrastructure needs, the federal government should not be spending $100 million a year slaughtering wildlife.**

www.peer.org/.../index.php


 
 
 
Posted On Jan 30, 2008
WOW!  These are amazing creatures.  They have been around for a very long time evolutionarily.  Their design is perfection for the role they play in the environmental balance.  Nature knows what it's doing.

 
EQ
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Posted On Jan 30, 2008
Nature certainly does know what"it's" doing.This must speak to intelligent design.

 
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Posted On Jan 31, 2008
Or predator-prey relationships.


4Hand Healthy
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Posted On Jan 31, 2008
Where did predator-prey relationships come from if not intelligent design?They didn't just happen by chance.

 
 
 
Posted On Feb 16, 2008

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."                RIP Roy Scheider


 
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