Quoted in "Fishermen Pulled In an Orange Shark Off Costa Rica: ‘My God, What Is This?’/Scientists published a study this month on the nurse shark, which was caught and photographed by sport fishermen last year" (NYT)(gift link, so you can see the pictures and lose yourself in sharkdom).
August 29, 2025
"Thank you for making this trip such a happy experience. Thank you for being here at the exact right moment, by my boat. Thank you for taking my bait. Thank you. We love you."
Said Garvin Watson, as he kissed the orange shark and let it go.
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It was the brightest shade of orange, this I can tell you.
---- said Daniel Arauz Naranjo
Wait a second here.... !!
Orange Shark Good?
It's the best orange you've ever seen, there's never been anything like it.
Make Sharks Great Again!
How could the NYT publish that story and not mention Trump?
"Mr. Watson caught the six-foot nurse shark — mostly docile animals whose snouts have a hint of catfish to them "
So..... the shark got into the stinkbait and was waiting with baited breath?
(Yes, I know.)
I use AI a lot, and this sentence tripped by AI Slop detector:
"Hooked under the water, it could be a red snapper or an amberjack, they thought — powerful, large game fish known for their strong fighting ability.
What emerged was something entirely different."
The em dash is supposedly a dead giveaway, but the NYT will use em dashes, what was a giveaway was that it didn't sound like anything that a New York Times writer, or a human being, would actually write.
I see Hannio spotted another em dash, the case that this was written by AI strengthens. NYT might use them, but it doesn't overuse them.
I should have written: "I see Hannio spotted another em dash —the case that this was written by AI strengthens."
If Orange Man bad, shouldn't the same apply for sharks?
Thank you for taking my bait. Thank you. We love you.
Catch and release is a funny kind of love. It's more like hooking up.
Thanks for the memories.
One advantage of being an orange shark, it doesn't have to worry about being shot accidently during deer season.
Tim and Nancy somewhere grumble something negative…then oh wait…
UT (Tennessee or Texas) biological studies department needs to be reined in.
Yeah, thanks. Let's do lunch. (Wink). I'll dangle a hook for you.
The exact color of the orange sherbert pops I enjoyed as a child.
It's odd that the scientist involved has the surname "Naranjo" (orange in Spanish). A hint of a hoax.
"Whatever it was, the creature was feisty. The fishermen had spent the last half-hour trying to pull it toward the surface. Hooked under the water, it could be a red snapper or an amberjack, they thought — powerful, large game fish known for their strong fighting ability.
What emerged was something entirely different."
Sorry, but that is AI generated slop. You can feel it when you read it.
A hint of a hoax
…and after releasing the orange shark he kept circling the boat, as if he was trying to talk to the fishermen. The shark led them to a turtle stuck in an abandoned fishing net, so the fishermen cut the net. The shark and turtle were so happy they waved a loving flipper to the fishermen. The next week the fishermen spotted the duo who were bringing them a tuna and a dozen lobsters as a thank you for saving them….
This is what happens when a shark mates with a goldfish ;-)
Not to be confused with Andy Cohen's Gay Shark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHpCEP2CPTc
Although the orange shark does also "surpris[e] prey they vacuum with their large throat." RR, JSM
Elle Woods: "Whoever said orange is the new pink was seriously disturbed."
The scientist's last name is Naranjo. Heh.
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