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From: Bernard Burke <_bernieb1@EastLink.ca_ (mailto:bernieb1@EastLink.ca) >
Date: September 27, 2011 6:48:31 PM ADT
To: _jimwolford@eastlink.ca_ (mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca)
Subject: Porbeagle Shark(?) photo
Hi Jim
Just found this alleged photo of a Porbeagle Shark in Hubbards, posted
back in August on the Community Herald site that may be of interest:
_http://communityherald.ca/read/25/47439_
(http://communityherald.ca/read/25/47439)
Bernard
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<DIV>There was indeed such a shark in the cove and I note that the pic is p=
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by someone who has a boat in the cove. Although I didn't see it, several=20
observers noted extensive slashes on the side of the shark, possibly from a=
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propeller.</DIV>
<DIV>Peter Stow</DIV>
<DIV>Hubbards</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 27/09/2011 11:40:06 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time,=20
jimwolford@eastlink.ca writes:</DIV>
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rial>From a=20
Google search and then Wikipedia, "<SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px"=20
class=3DApple-style-span>The most distinctive features of this species ar=
e its=20
three-cusped teeth, the white blotch on the back of its first dorsal fin,=
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the two pairs of lateral keels on its tail." The photo seems to sho=
w the=20
white spot just behind the first dorsal fin, so it probably indeed is/was=
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porbeagle shark. This is a true Canadian shark, or rather a shark o=
f the=20
North Atlantic, liking cool waters, and the Committee on the Status of=20
Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has written a status report on it=
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evaluated the species as a possible species at risk under the federal Spe=
cies=20
At Risk Act (SARA). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</SPAN>=20
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color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT=20
style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>September 27, =
2011=20
6:48:31 PM ADT</FONT></DIV>
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title=3Dmailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca=20
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A></FONT=
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color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT=
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photo</B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> Hi Jim</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Just found this alleged photo of a Porbeagle Shark in Hubbards,=20
posted back in August on the <EM>Community Herald </EM>site =
that=20
may be of interest:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> <A title=3Dhttp://communityherald.ca/read/25/47439=20
href=3D"http://communityherald.ca/read/25/47439">http://communityherald=
.ca/read/25/47439</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bernard </DIV>
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