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Florida’s great hammerhead tragedy: A wake-up call
An 11-foot great hammerhead shark, one of the ocean’s most iconic predators, was found dead off southeast Florida—killed not by a natural enemy, but by a hook left from catch-and-release fishing. Despite their reputation, great hammerheads are extremely sensitive and often don’t survive the stress of being caught, even if released. This heartbreaking loss highlights how even well-intentioned fishing practices can have deadly consequences for endangered species. Should we rethink how we interact with these majestic creatures? What changes could help protect them in the future? #Science #Florida #HammerheadShark
Florida • 12 days ago
Mike Olson
Unless someone did an actual autopsy on this shark, there is no way to say definitively what killed this shark . . . ssooo . . . nice try . . . you almost fooled us into thinking that you were an actual "journalist."
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Pierre, SD
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Sheri Brown
Every creature HUMANS makes extinct brings us closer to our own extinction.
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Tampa, FL
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Eat at Joe's
You're right, I worked on a shrimp boat a few times. When we would sort out the shrimp from the net dumped on the deck, some of my fellow shrimpers would stab perfectly healthy fish and throw them overboard. I had to quit as I was contemplating of doing the same to those effing idiots
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Arlington Heights, IL
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Not Me
there are so many rules about catching fish anymore the average fisherman's afraid to keep anything on his boat. one fish can only be so big another fish has to be even bigger you can only have one of these you can have five of those and yet The netting trawlers take anything and everything I'm sure they throw very very little back. those guys have ruined our private to your fishing completely.
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Narvon, PA
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Randal Tuttle
It's a shark they make plenty of new ons
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Lima, OH
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Alan Fox
Catch and release does not often work with hammerheads. The build up of lactic acid in their bodies from struggling on the fishing line is too much for their bodies to recover.
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Beaufort, SC
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James Paivarinta
An actual hook lift in the mouth of a shark will dissolve an approximately 7 days due to the salt content.
The hook did not kill the shark.
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Burton, MI
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nan bowen
Less than 10% survival when caught, which is why they're endangered. Autopsy found large hook stuck in the poor girls mouth...whata way to go! RIP girl...another creature destroyed by man! 🤔
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Lewisville, TX
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Charles Millhollin
Commercial trawlers are responsible for mass destruction of many species!
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Sanger, CA
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Julie Zayas
so sad!
so tragic!
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New York City, NY
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