In a strange
way the summer is looking like a marine sequel to the movie “The Birds”
With
increased shark attacks on the East Coast that being in shallow water has not
deterred
We know as
humans when it comes to the oceans we are at a disadvantage when it comes to
sharks that we must coexist
Absent armor
and a spear gun it is next to impossible to a shark bite resist
Even if we wore
clothing that “I am not a sea lion or seal “ said
Sharks are
not evolved enough to have that message understood much less read
But the news
today out of a Florida river is both tragic and bizarre
A sturgeon leaped
into a boat hitting three people with a force like a moving subcompact car
A five year
old girl hit by the fish tragically died
Her mother
and older brother injured but survived
This poet knows
that salmon jump en route to the spawning streams
And flying
fish off Catalina flying out of the water are like a surrealistic dream
But jumping sturgeon
known as primitive, toothless fish?
Best prized
for their prized caviar dish
Also live
longer than humans and can jump from the water to a height of seven feet
At over 200
pounds not a flying force a small child or adult would want to greet
A majority
of the classes of the species have endangered classifications
Wonder if a
mere accident or a sturgeon’s growing sense of being overfished frustration
In any event
another example that life is precious and our lease can be short term
Always hug
your children and live life with a purpose is the lesson from this tragedy to
be learned
© July 5, 2015 Michael
P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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