OR WORSE TIME GOT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHICH TOOK US THE SHARK SCHOOL TELLS US ALL ABOUT
THE MISUNDERSTOOD PREDATORS.
AND
THIS MORNING.
>> SOME ARE SHARKS SCHOOL IS IN
SESSION THAT’S RIGHT RIDGE IS
JOINING US LIVE AGAIN FROM
JACKSONVILLE BEACH AND RICH,
BUT PLEASE LET’S AS YOU
DESCRIBED IT YOU ARE ON A FIELD
TRIP.
>> I WAS ON A SO THE FIRST
ROUND WE’RE ACTUALLY OUT ON A
BOAT WHILE FROM THE UNF TEAM
WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING HUNTING
CATCHING THE SHARKS BRINGING
HIM IN TAGGING HIM
AND THEN.
>> RELEASING THEM SO THAT THEY
CAN DO SOME RESEARCH THIS IS A
FIELD TRIP BECAUSE THERE’S NO
BOAT REQUIRED A BATHING SUIT
HOW SOME
FLIP FLOPS AND READY TO LEARN
ABOUT THE SHARKS IS ALL YOU
NEED WHEN YOU HEAD TO THE SAINT
AUGUSTINE AQUARIUM.
>> AND THIS IS LOOK AT HOW FAST
THAT IS JUST
HOLY MOLY.
>> WITH THE HELP OF MARINE
BIOLOGIST HANNAH LEWIS AND
CAITLIN HOLLYWOOD SHARK
FEEDING TIME WITH TALKS IN HAND
AND A TASTY SHARK SNACK, WE FED
THE SHARKS YOU KNOW WHAT I DO
MY CAT WAS GOING EASY.
>> EASY AND THEN SHE TAKES IT
NICE AND EASY. IT DOESN’T WORK
FOR THE SALT RIGHT HERE EASY
EASY. NO.
>> THESE ARE NOT GREAT WHITES
OR EVEN ONE OF OUR
TIP SHARKS, THE WAY THEY INGEST
FOOD IS ALSO COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT BUT YET THERE’S NO
QUESTION TO THE POWER THEY HAVE
WHEN THEY’RE IN
THE WATER.
>> THE SMELL IS GOING TO BE THE
MOST SENSE FOR THE SKY SO AS
SOON AS WE PUT THIS IN THE
WATER.
>> SO THEY’RE GOING TO SUCK
THEIR FOOD IN AND SWALLOW
IT WHOLE.
>> AND SO WHEN YOU SAY THEIR
TEETH ARE THEY LIKE A REGULAR
SHARK OUTWARDS THE
MULTIPLE ROWS.
>>LAUREN VERNO: IT IS MULTIPLE
ROSSO IMAGINE LIKE TO CHEESE
GRADERS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER OK
SO THEY ARE SMALLER BUT IT
STILL DO
SOME DAMAGE.
>> OF COURSE IS NAME IS BRUCE
THE WAY HE EATS BETWEEN HORS
D’OEUVRES OF SUSHI FIT FOR A
SHARK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
TO PET THEM AS THEY SWIM BIKE
THAT IS JUST SO AMAZING TO
TOUCH THEM
LIKE THAT JUST BE CAREFUL WHERE
YOU REACH THE SKIN IT’S MADE
THE CUT THROUGH WATER AND IT
FEELS DIFFERENT THAN
IT LOOKS.
>> ALMOST LIKE SANDPAPER THEIR
SCANNED THE STRUCTURES CALLED
THERMAL DE NICHOLS WHICH MEANS
TO SKIN AND WHAT THESE DERMAL
DE NICHOLS ARE GOING
TO DO IT’S GOING TO HELP REDUCE
THE DRAG ON THEIR BODY SO THEY
CAN SWIM THROUGH THE WATER AS
EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT
USING A LOT OF ENERGY FOR THE
FOOD, THE SHARKS WANTED SEND ME
HOME WITH A ONE OF A KIND
PAINTING.
>> THESE GUYS ARE LIKE THE BOB
ROSS OF THE AQUATIC.
ARTISTS.
>> USING A BAIT BALL AS
MOTIVATION AND A CONTRAPTION
BUILT BY RUBE GOLDBERG THE 3
COMBINED TO CREATE A WORK OF
ART. LOOK AT THAT THAT IS A
HAPPY MISTAKE.
>> I DON’T KNOW YOU CAN TELL THAT THE COLORS THAT THE SHARKS PICKED BY THE WAY, BUT THEY
WERE ORANGE AND BLUE SO SHARKS
AT THE SAINT AUGUSTINE AQUARIUM
AND AN AFFINITY FOR REPTILES
FROM GAINESVILLE WHERE THE
GATORS SO COMING UP HERE IN IN
OUR SHARK FIELD TRIP
WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF
THE WEB SITE SO IF YOU WANT TO
TRACK SOME OF THE BIGGER
SHARKS. THE ONCE HIT AREN’T
THERE AT THE SAINT AUGUSTINE
AQUARIUM WILL INTRODUCE YOU
TO THAT AND IF YOU’VE EVER
WANTED WE HAD THAT REALLY COOL
STORY ABOUT AGAIN FERNANDINA
FINDING THE PREHISTORIC SHARK
TEETH. NOW THAT’S UP NEAR THE
SAINT MARY’S RIVER THERE ARE
PEOPLE THAT FIND PLENTY OF THEM
RIGHT HERE ALONG JACKS BEACH
WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME OF
THE TIPS IN CASE YOU WANT TO GO
OUT THE CV CAN FIND YOURSELF
SOME NEW DENTURES.
>> YOU KNOW IN CASE YOU AND OLD
AGE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: I JUST LOVE THE
GROUP NOT ONLY LOVES TO EAT
RICHARD, BUT HE’S ALSO AN
ARTIST TO KNOW I’M AN
>> YEAH THAT SNACK THAT THEY THE BAIT BALL. IS SO LOADED WITH
GARLIC WHEN THEY PUT IT ANY
WALK OVER ITS KIND LIKE YOUR
WALK INTO AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT
TAKE WHAT IS THAT THERE ARE
APPARENTLY SHARKS LOVE GARLIC
SO I’M GOING TO START CUTTING
BACK ON THAT NOW THAT I THINK
OF IT. I WANT TO BE A BAIT
BALL.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: HERE’S WHAT
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
FINDING SHARK’S TEETH LATER
WHICH YOU MENTIONED,
YOU KNOW YOU FIND ONE OF THOSE
LITTLE BABIES EVEN A LITTLE
SMALLEST ONES THEY CAN BE
MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD.
>> YEAH ABSOLUTELY I MEAN THE THIS WHOLE THING IS JUST LOADED WITH THE FOSSILS BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT’S REALLY COOL THE ONLY
TIME I’VE EVER GONE SHARK
TOOTH HUNTING WAS ACTUALLY IN
FRESH WATER WE WERE IN THE
ARCADIA RIVER AND YOU DO
KAYAKING OR CANOEING AND THEN
YOU FIND THESE SANDY BOTTOM SUN
GO DOWN THERE WITH A LITTLE 70
SCOOP
AND I MY MOM AND DAD PROBABLY
STILL HAVE IT BUT WE FOUND A
BUNCH OF THOSE SHARKS TEETH
THAT WAY, I’M LOOKING FORWARD
TO IN SEE IF I CAN GET OUT
MAYBE GET LUCKY WALK DOWN THERE
ALONG THE WATER’S EDGE, THE
COOKIE LINE AND SEE IF WE CAN
FIND SOME OTHER SHARKS TO MAYBE
THIS WILL TURN INTO A
TREASURE HUNT.
>> AS MUCH AS IT IS A FIELD
TRIP AND IT IS SO RELAXING AND
PEACEFUL DOING THAT RIGHT IS
JUST SORT OF TAKES YOU AWAY AND
AND IT’S GOING TO BE A GORGEOUS
DAY OUT THERE AT LEAST RIGHT
NOW PEOPLE PROBABLY WANT TO GET
OUT EARLY BEFORE SHOWERS
YET BECAUSE WHEN WHEN THAT
THAT’S WHEN THE SUN GLISTENS
OFF THIS TRUCK THROUGH THAT’S