tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post6336894920985237613..comments2024-03-25T12:38:37.998+12:00Comments on The Best Shark Dive in the World!: Fiji: new Shark Record?Andrew Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675497080700112390noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-54549354101827347212013-07-10T03:10:40.690+12:002013-07-10T03:10:40.690+12:00There are some great photos of spinners and surfer...There are some great photos of spinners and surfers from New Smyrna.Shark Defendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431027663009473972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-13641427078646095882013-07-09T22:30:15.848+12:002013-07-09T22:30:15.848+12:00Ra[t]s. Ra[t]s. jsdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-12460605241833192972013-07-09T21:58:50.915+12:002013-07-09T21:58:50.915+12:00Touché would have sufficed!
And at the risk of be...<i>Touché</i> would have sufficed!<br /><br />And at the risk of being called <i>pedantic</i>, again - it's <i>tilstoni</i> with a "t"!<br /><br />Detail detail! :)DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-25819104781140698812013-07-09T21:38:50.816+12:002013-07-09T21:38:50.816+12:00I was keeping the possibility of a wayward tilsoni...I was keeping the possibility of a wayward <i>tilsoni</i> under my hat.jsdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-16015395417628030292013-07-09T21:22:46.854+12:002013-07-09T21:22:46.854+12:00Crikey - polytomous???
Are you trying to dazzle us...Crikey - <i>polytomous???</i><br />Are you trying to dazzle us with brilliance?<br /><br />But since you insist - with only two likely candidates, wouldn't it have been more parsimonious (literally!) to have used <i>dichotomous?</i> <br /><br />Detail detail! :)DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-15631136883768879912013-07-09T21:22:39.313+12:002013-07-09T21:22:39.313+12:00My first thought also was Spinner but that dorsal ...My first thought also was Spinner but that dorsal fin is more in keeping with the Blacktip. Interestingly (or not) Spinners are regularly reported exhibiting that exact same behaviour in Florida when chasing baitfish in those same conditions and particularly in shallow water.<br /><br />That said I see no reason why it could be discounted that Blacktips would do similar so judging by the size if OfficetoOceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05994215418331139925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-89806773856217307352013-07-09T21:08:11.898+12:002013-07-09T21:08:11.898+12:00I agree with your polytomous starting point. It is...I agree with your polytomous starting point. It is definitely possible that the most parsimonious presumption is <i>limbatus</i>; if not, the most probable alternative is presumably <i>brevipinna</i> (though the use of 'most' is probably unnecessary) though both possibilities are indeed unprovable.<br /><br />Or the frond of a coconut tree.jsdnoreply@blogger.com