Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
From the website of NBC's Los Angeles affiliate--and, no, I am not making this up:
A great white shark struggles on Venice Beach while rescuers work to save the animal's life
A group of Venice Beach surfers came to the rescue of a baby great white shark that had washed ashore near the Venice Pier on Saturday morning.
A fisherman had realized that a shark had hooked onto his line. He and several other fishermen ran down to the beach to pull the shark from the water....
"Everyone was terrified…This guy in the yellow shorts came out of nowhere," said Van Es. "People started screaming. Guys were yelling, 'shark. It’s a shark. He caught a shark.'"
The man in the yellow shorts, known to locals as Willy, approached the shark and struggled to remove the hook from its mouth.
Peter Wallerstein from the group Marine Animal Rescue said it was a heroic act, but probably not the safest thing to do.
Doesn't there more or less have to be a writers' room somewhere in Hollywood that's working on this right now? The joke, Rob--what's the joke?
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Dec '10
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
Only in Venice would surfers, known in Great White dialect as, "Nummy", attempt to rescue a nearshore-feeding Great White. I hope someone grabs a blood sample to compare DNA against future attacks.
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
The joke, I think, is on the surfers -- or the European tourists, who are all over the beach right now -- when they go into the water over the next few days.
I mean, I'm no marine biologist, but where there's a baby great white, isn't it likely that there's a couple of, um, bigger great whites around?
May '10
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
The joke?
That's not a shark that's my ex-wife's attorney.
OR
That's not a shark that's my agent.
OR
That's not a shark that's my congressman.
Work with me people! This is FUNNY. Where's my bearclaw from the deli? Where's the intern?
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
Cliffhanger! Could there be a sequel?
Oct '10
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What’s wrong with this picture? “A group of Venice Beach surfers came to the rescue of a baby great white shark that had washed ashore …”
We need a new Public Service Announcement for So Cal: “Keep in mind, surfers, that if a Great White is going to gobble up any one at Venice Beach, it’ll be the dude or dudette dangling arms and legs over the side of a skinny board, just out from shore far enough where the water is not uncomfortably shallow for a deep sea predator. You might want to just let nature take its course if a baby shark happens to strand itself, even if aided by a fisherman’s hook. After all, Beach Happens.”
Edited on Sep 29, 2011 at 3:42pmJun '10
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
Where's George Costanza when you need him?
Jan '11
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
I'm with Rob on this (although sharks lay eggs and aren't such great parents): it's not funny. There have, apparently, been a couple of Great White sightings off Encinitas (Swami's) and La Jolla. But of course it is because of global climate chaos change that the sharks are in this cold part of the Pacific.
http://www.cbs8.com/video?clipId=&topVideoCatNo=149659&topVideoCatNoB=155712&topVideoCatNoC=155713&topVideoCatNoD=155710&topVideoCatNoE=155711&clipId=6214059&autostart=true
Jun '10
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
Will Rob be moving on now that Venice Beach residents have finally jumped the shark?
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
Ethan Safron
Cliffhanger! Could there be a sequel? · Sep 29 at 3:39pm
There's aways a sequel!
Dec '10
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
" (although sharks lay eggs and aren't such great parents)"
Most sharks lay eggs, but great whites give birth to live young. They are also warm-blooded.
Dec '10
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
Rob, I am a Marine Biologist (the only conservative one I have ever encountered) and the answer is, unclear. How's that for squishy!
Sharks are not brooders, which is to say that they don't hang around to take care of their young. However there is nothing to preclude adults from an area in which the young wander in to feed, except that the adults are more careful about getting into the shallows. The adults prefer to hang out where the surfers await the waves, before they break in the shallows.
May '10
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
Jaws: The Prequel
Edited on Sep 29, 2011 at 5:17pmMay '11
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In other news, a surfer locally known as "Willy", was arrested today by California Fish and Wildlife officers for interfering with a protected species. Interestingly, a nearby shark offered Willy his brother's business card. He is a partner in the prominent Venice law firm Dewey-Chetham, PA.
Edited on Sep 29, 2011 at 5:02pmJan '11
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Foxman: " (although sharks lay eggs and aren't such great parents)"
Most sharks lay eggs, but great whites give birth to live young. They are also warm-blooded. · Sep 29 at 4:35pm
Thanks for the correction!
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
This being California, Peter, I think the joke is that the shark was on shore rather than out hunting because he was union.
Jan '11
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
Ironically, the same thing happened in Washington, DC, but what with all the lawyers, no one noticed the shark.
Jul '10
Re: Shark Washes Ashore Blocks from Rob's House
I wondered what had happened to Maria Shriver.
May '10
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Whatever you do, don't let Vince Vaughn near that beach. We need to keep him very healthy.