I hope everyone saw the Monster Shark tournament broadcast last night, opposite the Major League Baseball "World Series", noted earlier this year in the press for the capture of a 1191 pound Tiger shark 90 miles out at sea, around Martha's Vineyard. The fish was frickin' huge. "They need a bigger boat" I thought to myself as I felt a bit like I was watching a realty tv version of 'Jaws'. It seemed entirely possible some crew member could have a very unfortunate accident.

A two hour fight. Way too long trying to get the thing in the boat. After that failed, which should've taken all of two seconds considering the opening they were trying to pull the fish through wasn't fitting 20% of the fish, and they hadn't even neared either of the pectoral or dorsals fin, they tied it off the back and raced back to the docks. To no avail, as they missed the 6:30 deadline. Did I mention the fish was gargantuan? The tournament "winner" admitted he felt bad for the crew of "Castafari", who had tangled with a once-in-a-lifetime fish and triumphed, and that the victory wasn't sweet because of "their fish." It should be noted the winners took two makos for a rough total weight of 750 pounds.

Also on the animal tip, check out this month's NatGeo for the 4 frame attack by a tigeress on a mounted mahout. Unbelievable.