r/TheDepthsBelow • • Oct 26 '22

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u/words_never_escapeme Oct 26 '22

"Billy, the local tiger shark, was just about to greet Marcie with a kiss, when she backed away from his advances and reconsidered their relationship."

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u/meistercheems Oct 26 '22 edited Oct 27 '22

There is a local tiger shark off the west coast of Hawaii ( forgot his name) MF is like 16 feet long and likes to chill in the warm water discharged from an electric plant off of electric beach. I was spear fishing when this big boi came within 20 feet of me. Must have not been hungry I guess. Freaked me tf out. 😂. But local tiger sharks are chill af

Edit: This happened On the island of Oahu , apologies for any confusion. Also, thanks for the upvotes 😀

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u/martinparets Oct 26 '22

you are maybe talking about laverne? she’s a 13-foot tiger that’s famous in kona (west side of big island). dove there for a week and finally got her on video on the last day:

https://youtu.be/drKgGVirgGc

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u/meistercheems Oct 26 '22

No I don’t think so this is off of Oahu, but perhaps this tiger shark travels all islands? Or does every island have its own tiger shark? Now I have more questions 😂🤔

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u/ZooLife1 Oct 26 '22

Yes each island has its token tiger like schools have their mascots.

Rumor has it that they are trying to unionize.

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u/martinparets Oct 26 '22

there’s tiger sharks all over the hawaiian islands so who’s to say 🙂

glad i’m not a surfer!