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Weekly Contest #272
NIGHT FISHINGNorthern Gulf of Mexico, Fishing Vessel Crimson Tide,40 miles south of Mobile Bay, Alabama, 4 AM The tiger shark had followed the boat for several hours attracted first by the low-frequency sounds that a working shrimp boat created and further reinforced by the smell of dead and dying fish that trailed behind. A twelve-foot female, her sensory systems fired urgent signals into her walnut-sized brain alerting her that food was nearby. Having found no prey in days, she was starving and the 38 pups she carried in her swollen belly ...
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