Originally published at: Curious great white shark follows kayakers fishing off San Francisco Bay Area coast (video) - Boing Boing
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Some friends were racing to Hawaii from SF in a sailboat a few weeks ago and hit a great white.
It almost sunk the boat.
The apex of the apex predators.
Compared to a human in the water, sure. But these folks would like a word:
My uncle lived in the Bay Area and frequently went kayaking around the area with his daughter. He asked his son to go with once, but he refused saying “I don’t go anywhere I’m not the apex predator.”
This story would have changed no minds.
I like how the guy in the video told us about the old “hit them on the nose” thing.
Look, most people do have the fight or flight gene, but there’s also the crapping in your drawers gene as well.
Also, because someone has to do it -
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