Enormous Shark’s Secret Hideout Finally Discovered


	Enormous Shark’s Secret Hideout Finally Discovered

tabsey

5-9-2009 10:07 AM

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tabsey says:

The full article is quite interesting. Lot of hypothesis. No one has seen a pregnant basking shark of baby basking shark.

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5-9-2009 3:45 PM

chestnut501

Now that is one ugly shark.

5-9-2009 7:21 PM

shaor

and I am off to the caribbean in 3 weeks

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