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Snorkeling in La Jolla Bob, I have recently
starting snorkeling at La Jolla Cove about 3x a week. Yesterday I
decided to try the shores. I saw 20-30 leopard sharks (3-5 ft) and was
wondering if they pose a threat of any sort (to me)? <Nope...
Triakis semifasciata are at times VERY abundant where you were on up to
the Sea Lodge (just shy of the Shores)... but don't bother people
in the least> I enjoyed watching them, but not enough to put myself
in harms way. I also saw many sting rays in 3+ ft. water. <Have seen
thousands of Guitarfishes there seasonally...> if one gets spooked
could it surface enough to make contact with me or will they stay
strictly to the ocean floor? <They do get up, swim about at times...
but aren't interested in people> I guess I feel a little out of
place/helpless in their beautiful world. It's one thing to look
through my aquarium glass, another to swim with them. Is there a good
location that I can look to find the means to classify the fish I run
across here in S.D.? <Miller and Lea Bulletin 157 Cal. Fish
and Game... go to the S.I.O. (Birch) Aquarium book/gift store (you
don't have to pay to just go in the side door there. And ask for
this Bulletin... Green cover, you can't miss it... a dichotomous
key to all fishes off our coast> For example, I saw a
"fish" that was about 3' long and looked like a cross
between a ray (round, flat body) and a shark (tail). It remained on the
bottom until startled, and then swam away like a shark (as opposed to
the swimming motion of the rays). Thanks for the help, Mark <Ah!
Likely one of those Guitarfishes... Please see here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/rays.htm Bob Fenner> |
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