Not Wade

We saw this in a cooler on a fishing boat at the National Park dock this week. The captain called it a Caribbean reef shark. That’s a three foot cooler. So add its tail and put its head back on, and that’s about a five foot shark. The Captain said it was caught near French Cap. We asked if that was good snorkeling out there. He looked at us, then at the cooler, then back at us and said “Good for who?” 

(French Cap is WAY off the South shore, so this isn’t your typical beach snorkeling company.)

I would’ve opened its mouth for the camera, but I remembered the recent story about that kid who chopped off a rattlesnake’s head, and the head bit him anyway.

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8 Responses to “Not Wade”

1. bud
   August 31st, 2007 06:00
   1

   sob… sob.. Oh Wade…tell me it’s not true… you were far too young to meet this horrible end..sniff…sob… Oh wait!… That’s not Wade…never mind.

2. Ruth
   August 31st, 2007 06:39
   2

   Please don’t show that photo to Wade the Shark. I think he’d be very distressed.
   -Ruth

3. rob
   August 31st, 2007 07:47
   3

   Shark’s got eyes like a doll’s eyes.

4. Carrie in Fairfax
   August 31st, 2007 08:03
   4

   Not Wade, but his less acclaimed sister, Wendy.

5. Kevin
   August 31st, 2007 08:32
   5

   “Were gonna to need a bigger boat…” Sorry…couldn’t help myself

6. RD
   August 31st, 2007 08:37
   6

   What a terrible waste!! That looks to have been a perfectly good cooler!

7. Teresa
   August 31st, 2007 08:51
   7

   I have heard that French Cap is a great dive site, but ummm maybe not for the timid.

   Teresa

8. jrg
   August 31st, 2007 09:29
   8

   I think that must be Wade’s distant cousin, Bob.
   Our regards to the family.

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