Arnold Pointer, a professional fisherman from south of Australia set free from a certain death a big female White Shark that was caught in his fishing nets. Now the fisherman has a problem: He says “It’s been 2 years and she doesn’t leave me alone. She follows me everywhere I go and her presence scares all the fishes. I don’t know what to do anymore.”

It is hard to get rid of an almost 17 foot long shark since the White Sharks are protected by the wildlife conservation, but a mutual affection established between Arnold and “Cindy”. Arnold says: “Once I stop the boat she comes to me, turns on her back and lets me pet her belly and neck, she grunts, turns her eyes, and moves her fins up and down hitting the water happily…”

Real photograph of a Great White Shark trailing a kayaker

Man petting his pet Great White Shark

OK, this apprently is a late, very late, April Fools Joke.  Alway check out Snopes.Com first…

I wonder if your snake-proof boots would stop a monster western diamondback rattlesnake of this size.  Something tells me, no.   This sucker would probably strike you in the thigh. I wonder how many wouldn’t wet their pants when running across this giant. Seems I recall that you can tell the age (in years?) of a rattle snake by counting the number of rattle segment on it’s tail — something related to how many times it sheds its skin. Any herpetologists out there? I count 14 segments. Very impressive, no doubt.

I hope the hunter had the common courtesy of mounting its hide and consuming its flesh after killing such a beautiful specimen.

Wow.

Maybe it's just perspective? Paralax from the camera lens?

Maybe it’s blown out of proportion due to the camera lens.  Kind of like when you catch a fish and you want your picture taken.  You hold the fish as far out in fron of you as possible to make it look bigger.  I’ve heard that, anyway.  Ahem.

Maybe he’s holding it that far out in front of becuase he’s not 100% convinved it’s dead…

Wow!  I love gamecam photos.  Mostly boring stuff but occasionally something dramatic happens.

Case in point:

Dramatic moment of a Mountain Lion taking a Whitetail Deer

I have no backstory on this one.  It just showed up in my email inbox.  Let me know if you know where  or when this was taken.

Seems like this should be the norm.  With the sometimes extreme hunting pressures in the US it seems odd that this monster whitetail buck would be spotted and photographed only to go on to live out a natural life.

Looks like a gamecam photo, to me.

Nice rack for a monster whitetail buck

Beautiful rack

Just another example of someone that has his priorities in line.

I'm sure he'll button up after the shot...

The question I have is who took the picture?  Why was he/she standing that close at that angle???  food or thought, no doubt.