Not really a surprise for us

On Sunday, Phil and I stood in the outer bay exhibit watching the fish and speculating on how long it would be until it was time to let the great white shark go. We figured it was getting to be about that time -- you could tell where the Carcharodon carcharias was because every other fish was on the exact opposite site of the aquarium. They were all schooling together, and I swear, some of them actually looked panicky when they were not buffeted by other fish on all sides.

Anyway, guess what happened today? My favorite part of the press release:

The shark had grown from an initial length of 4-foot, 9-inches and a weight of 67 ½ pounds when it arrived on August 28, 2007 to its current size of 5-foot, 10-inches and 140 pounds. He was healthy and feeding at the time of release, but had recently been seen leaping into the air above the million-gallon Outer Bay exhibit where he was housed, said Randy Hamilton vice president of husbandry for the aquarium.

“We were concerned that he was getting a little too frisky for his own good,” Hamilton said.

Also, that he might go all Air Jaws on some poor ichthyologist.

Comments

[Jacquie F]

We went to that exhibit last year. It was great watching all the other fish try to be as far as possible from the little fella. (Thanks for the reminder).