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Jumping Shark Caught on Camera...Video Story

Environment (tags: shark ocean Florida surfers once in a li )

Patti
- 81 days ago - us.cnn.com

Shark leaps behind surfer 1:42 CNN's John Zarrella reports on a photographer snapping surfer pictures who captured a shark jumping behind them.

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Kathy W. (177)

Friday July 18, 2008, 1:48 am
If I ever want to learn how to surf.... remind me to NOT go to Smyrna Beach to do it!

Pam F. (137)

Friday July 18, 2008, 2:13 am
This amazing pic was even in our newspaper here in Adelaide.

Kathy C. (279)

Friday July 18, 2008, 2:47 am
And this is why I'll stick to swimming pools:)
The movie Jaws freaked me out.
Noted with thanks Patti

Birdie B. (148)

Friday July 18, 2008, 3:15 am
wow, agrees with Kathy
thank you, Patti

Ombretta LittleShadow (405)

Friday July 18, 2008, 4:23 am
LOL...and people wonder why, with my Mrs. Magoo vision without my glasses, I am fearful of swimming in the ocean (not to mention the pollution!).

Jocelyn Koopmann (128)

Friday July 18, 2008, 4:51 am
Noted. Now this is ace, so funny to see. Can you imagine how they felt when they saw the photo?

Joycey B. (511)

Friday July 18, 2008, 5:36 am
How cool is this. It looks like the shark wants to surf too. But I am like everyone else, no more ocean swimming for me anywhere.

Carolyn T. (209)

Friday July 18, 2008, 7:36 am
Noted. What a delight for the photographer who captured this moment! I, for another, no longer go into lakes or oceans due to pollutants and, for us here in Louisiana, there are many buildings, cars, etc. still in the water from Katrina. Thanks for this interesting story and video, Patti!

ALPHA W. (99)

Friday July 18, 2008, 7:41 am
WOW! THAT WAS VERY TIGHT! THIS IS A RISK THAT THE SURFERS ALWAYS TAKE WHEN THEY ENGAGE IN SURFBOARDING! LOL!!! - THANKS PATTI, FOR POSTING!

Summer Daze (168)

Friday July 18, 2008, 9:20 am
You have less of a chance getting bit by a shark than most things that happen to you....I heard the odds the other day....it consoled me! I live at the ocean and LOVE to swim there! Just this month a teenage girl got bit near where I live. But does that mean I won't go swimming in the ocean anymore??? NOOOOO. She was swimming late afternoon/evening WITH shiny jewelry on. Two things you DON'T DO in the ocean! Use common sense and *SWIM* all you want. You will probably get struck by lightning before you get bit by a shark! Ohhhh yea....and remember....we are swimming IN their POOL! Not the other way around!

Pamela R. (185)

Friday July 18, 2008, 2:36 pm
OOOOOHHHH!! New Smyrna is closer to me than any other beach in Florida! (And I do still swim there, albeit with trepidation!)
Great submission, Patti!

Sherri O. (76)

Friday July 18, 2008, 3:43 pm
Yikes!!!

Blue Apes Revolution A Go Go (131)

Friday July 18, 2008, 6:33 pm
This reminded me of the fact, that when The Fonz jumped over a shark in an episode of Happy Days,it symbolised the end of the road for the series.It was felt that this desperate storyline took the series to a real low.Shame, as I always enjoyed Happy Days.

honeysucklebarb Liebowitz (541)

Friday July 18, 2008, 7:29 pm
i will go surfing in my shower ha ha

Denice G. (47)

Friday July 18, 2008, 10:50 pm
WOW!!!

Amalthea Lalaith (113)

Saturday July 19, 2008, 12:42 am
I must be crazy. This picture makes me WANT to go to Smyrna beach! I love sharks :)

Donna Smith (17)

Saturday July 19, 2008, 2:29 pm
That is pretty scary,I live on the coast of nc but never go in the ocean.I am a chicken.

JOYCE ROOKER (7)

Saturday July 19, 2008, 3:01 pm
You're not a chicken Donna. I live on an island on the eastern shore of Va. When my son started catching sharks while surf fishing I stopped swimming. If your a chicken so am I. Cluck Cluck. lol. Good bit of photography. Loved it.

Sandy V. (39)

Saturday July 19, 2008, 8:58 pm
Love Sharks. They can forever have the ocean and I will take the lakes and streams.

Tammy Hanley (0)

Saturday July 19, 2008, 9:06 pm
I look upon this encounter as a beautiful experience and gift, as if it was a dolphin swimming beside me.

Samantha O. (423)

Sunday July 20, 2008, 12:38 am
What cool pictures. Sharks do not eat people. They occasionally bite them but then so will a dog if you are a stranger in it's territory. Sharks are amazing and just trying to survive. They are being decimated in their millions every year by having their fins and tails hacked off and being pushed back into the ocean alive to die a horrible death. They are becoming endangered. Very few people get bitten by sharks and certainly never attacked or they would be shredded in most cases with no hope of survival. If they stopped chasing sharks away from their food in boats, helicopters and spotter planes then they would pose less danger to humans. They have always been there and we have co-existed quite well with them with a handful of attacks a year. Now we are depleting their food supplies they are venturing out of their normal territories which is what is causing the danger, the actions of humans.

Past Member (0)

Sunday July 20, 2008, 6:47 am
Great Pic! The shark almost seems to be having fun! Like a dolphin! Well, great picture to show that just because a shark has an oppurtunity to attack a human...IT DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL! Kudos, Sharky!