Congrats to Penny Palfrey, her coaches, and support crew on her incredible swim!!! I was following it last night online!:applaud::bow: Steve Mullatones who taught our OW Swim Clinic at SwimFest last month was right there with her as well!
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I want to be clear I am not doubting Penny's effort or commitment to the ocean,only Mr.Ebanks.Now he is saying he hooked and dragged the sharks away.That may be,but it is not a harmless adventure for the sharks.I am not talking about the hook so much as the effect of being dragged.It would be exhausting for the shark,which could be fatal and depending on how it was dragged could very easily disrupted the flow of water across the gills enough to "suffocate" it.Even if the shark appeared to swim away there is a significant chance it did not survive the trauma.
I want to be clear I am not doubting Penny's effort or commitment to the ocean,only Mr.Ebanks.Now he is saying he hooked and dragged the sharks away.That may be,but it is not a harmless adventure for the sharks.I am not talking about the hook so much as the effect of being dragged.It would be exhausting for the shark,which could be fatal and depending on how it was dragged could very easily disrupted the flow of water across the gills enough to "suffocate" it.Even if the shark appeared to swim away there is a significant chance it did not survive the trauma.
