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Gerald
06-18-18, 08:34 PM
We had her lie next to it for scale'

A Bay Area marine biologist says the image he took Sunday of his colleague with a dead great white shark at a beach in Aptos, Calif., was not an indulgent photo op and was meant to show the scale of the animal.
Giancarlo Thomae (http://www.thomaephotography.com/) and the woman in the photo were at the beach assisting UC Santa Cruz scientists identify the shark and load it in a vehicle to be taken to a university lab for further research.
Thomae took a photograph of the fellow scientist lying in the sand next to the eight-foot, nine-inch male with a mouthful of daggers and posted it to Facebook.


https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Giancarlo-Thomae-shark-Aptos-dead-great-white-CA-13004450.php


It seems a little ridiculous, there are lots of other possibilities to measure a fish's length.

Sean C
06-18-18, 10:15 PM
...many attacked the scientist saying the image was inappropriate and insensitive to the animal.
I have no words.I'm shocked...I'm disgusted [...] This is appalling [...] Justice needs to be had.


Are you effing serious?! It's a flipping DEAD shark! Do these people really think its feelings or those of other sharks are going to be hurt? FFS! Grow a pair!


And what "justice" needs to be had? Does this person actually think that someone should suffer legal consequences for this? Am I living in the twilight zone?!

em2nought
06-19-18, 12:10 AM
I hope Spielberg doesn't have to delete the scene in Jaws where Brody is asked to go to the bow so there's a concept of scale when Hooper photographs the shark. :doh: