Knockneed Man
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Does anyone have the pictures and story of the tiger shark at Molokini that was eating the manta that was caught in the mooring line? I tried to search for it but couldnt find it. Thanks!
Anyone have the pictures from the Molokini tiger?
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If you are referring to the incident from early this year, Andy of Mike Severns has several minutes of video including lots of closeups of the Tiger. Brad of B&B was also there, but I don't know if he had a camera or not. I don't think either posted anything on the web.
I know that staff for both Mike Severns and Makena Coast Dive Charters got video and photos. Maybe try contacting them directly.
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WOW!!! Awesome photos! I remember hearing about it around the time it happened. Those are the first photos I've seen.
Circle of life with a human assist.... Rough!
Circle of life with a human assist.... Rough!
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I've been told that when a manta touches the mooring line that their instinct is to do a roll or a backflip and this sometimes wraps the line around them.
That particular mooring line is exceptionally long -- IIRC it's in ~110' of water.
In the Molokini MLCD, the DLNR has restricted the size of the balls that can be attached -- a larger ball may have kept the line vertical so that the manta would have basically "bounced" off of it when doing its roll, rather than getting all tied up. Instead, the ball kept just enough tension to allow it to get tangled.
Pauline Fiene measured the manta -- IIRC it was ~12' wingspan. She said it was indeed alive even after the first few bites.
Another observation was the "nips" from the white-tips versus the "gouges" from the tiger.
In the Molokini MLCD, the DLNR has restricted the size of the balls that can be attached -- a larger ball may have kept the line vertical so that the manta would have basically "bounced" off of it when doing its roll, rather than getting all tied up. Instead, the ball kept just enough tension to allow it to get tangled.
Pauline Fiene measured the manta -- IIRC it was ~12' wingspan. She said it was indeed alive even after the first few bites.
Another observation was the "nips" from the white-tips versus the "gouges" from the tiger.
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