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The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Tiger Shark Controversy

from The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356 · #356

3 min

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Eli recounts a fisherman winning $6,000 for killing a pregnant tiger shark whose 25 pups were cut out and used in a mocking TikTok set to 'Baby Shark,' which he found deeply upsetting.

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  • The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is the biggest fishing bloodbath in the United States, where thousands of boats compete.
  • They added a bear hunter who brought in great hammerheads, bull sharks, and tiger sharks, causing massive upset.
  • Tim compares shark bites to investigative bites—like testing a sandwich you're not sure about before committing.
  • Sharks attacked five people at the beginning of summer, but the bites weren't fatal.
  • More people die from fentanyl, bees, and dogs than from sharks, so the crusade seems selective.
  • Shark meat contains 35 times the allowable amount of mercury in the human body.
  • Tim questions Ocean Ramsay redirecting sharks and tapping their noses, comparing it to touching his doctor's nose in Beverly Hills.
  • Brett Rutledge won the rodeo by killing a thousand-pound tiger shark and took home six thousand dollars paid for by iHeartRadio.
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