BEASTLY TALES

SOME WHITE POINTERS

“If they came any closer, I’ll just push them away slowly.”
Dauntless Dan, a diver, was humble and lowly,
But he was referring to a Great White Shark,
They were diving with them, from a boat, after dark.
They were off Stewart Island, New Zealand,
A fair and pleasant land, a free land.
But these waters had the biggest, fiercest, of sharks,
And the diving team were tagging them, just for a lark!
Well, not exactly, it was a scientific mission,
Tagging a Great White, reminded one of nuclear fission!

The sharks in question weighed over half a ton!
Twenty feet long, maybe twenty one!
Yes, this type of shark is a voracious feeder.
Said Dauntless Dan, the Expedition Leader,
“We think Great Whites differ in various area,”
“One thing, though, in common. They are all scarier!”
“Guadalupe Island, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia,”
“We’re tagging in all areas, don’t want any failure”
“In fact, we think their personalities do vary so much,”
“We want to be gentle, when them we do touch”
“We’ve established that sharks are social creatures,”
“We’ve misjudged them, their redeeming features.”
“Sure, they like to eat. Don’t we all!”
“And they may get annoyed, if without appointment you do call.”
“But basically, they could make a great pet.”
“An unusual pet, in fact could be the best pet yet.”
“If, indeed, you have such a notion,”
“You should plan to live near the right stretch of ocean,”
“For sharks are quite choosy about precisely which,”
“Ocean conditions. There’s one! Son of a bitch!”
“It’s a giant! Been chewing on whale blubber.”
“A drifting dead whale, chewy as rubber.”
Dan then turned to his assistant, ‘Hey, you little squirt,”
“Perhaps he could have you, for dessert!”

Said Dan, as he prepared to go into the surf.
“Great Whites can be trained, soon after birth,”
“I think that with a little finger control,”
“One can mould their sense of humour, how droll.”
“Later in life, when with your pet, you inter relate,”
“With your, now much bigger, Great White mate,”
“Such early training will come to the fore,”
“As your White Pointer pet opens his jaw.”

“Are you the one who suggested surfers apply mustard?”
“Thick and creamy, like gooey custard?”
“To supplement flavour you do lack,”
“Should a Great White decide to attack?”
Dauntless Dan had to own up,
He stood up straight and simply said, “Yup!”
“Twas I that was thoughtful so!”
“For busy sharks, feeding on the go.”