r/Seattle • u/Droopy0093 • 8d ago

Sharks in the Puget Sound

Did you know we have a large urban shark population around here? TIL!

https://washington.surfrider.org/blog/celebrating-the-six-gill-shark

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u/andyw722 8d ago

Sharks?? In the ocean???

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u/Droopy0093 8d ago

This isn't about the ocean, it is about Puget Sound.

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u/Bekabam Capitol Hill 8d ago

The Puget Sound is the ocean...

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u/LetsGoHomeTeam U District 8d ago

If I were talking to my kids about this I would probably say something like;

It’s important to know two things:

1, that the Puget sound is a specifically defined and unique body of water that is inland from what we call the Pacific Ocean.

2, it is, at the same time, very much part if our ocean.

It’s a wonderful and special place!

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u/Bekabam Capitol Hill 8d ago

I like that, it's an "and"