Earlier in the summer did I mention that some dolphins made it up the Navesink River and there was concern about their safety and survival? It was in the news like a big thing. And then itjust died off. Turns out the dolphins are still there. I guess they are doing OK in the river. I would suspect they need to relocate soon with the cold weather coming...
So last week when I was in NJ they closed some beaches because of a shark sighting.
And then I read there are thoughts that sharks have now followed the dolphins into the Navesink. The story cited that a man saw a fin while swimming and tried to catch up to it but it never resurfaced - so either the dolphin swam really far and really fast before having to resurface - which could be the case - or it was a shark because they don't need to surface to breathe. Oh joy....
This has been known to happen before. There was a great story on one of the educational cable channels on the whole thing... I don't remember the name. There is a book too.
And let's not forget - the next river down the coastline - Shark River. It's called that for a reason. As a child I liked to not think about that reason.
And I will try not to think about it while I am swimming laps as well.
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