Tom Rowland delivers a solo episode packed with wild stories from the fishing world -- a teenager who stole a mounted tarpon from Bass Pro Shops, a bizarre tale of zombie snook in Florida canals, and the chaos that ensues when social media meets conservation enforcement. Tom breaks down the absurdity of these incidents while weaving in lessons about ethics, respect for the resource, and the strange reality of modern fishing culture. If you've ever wondered how far some people will go for a fish story or how quickly things can spiral on the internet, this episode delivers both entertainment and insight.
A teenager stole a mounted tarpon from a Bass Pro Shops in Tampa, Florida. The theft was captured on surveillance video and shared widely on social media. The mounted fish was later recovered, and the incident sparked conversations about respect for property and the fishing community's values.
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Tom opens with a story so bizarre it sounds fictional: a teenager walked into a Bass Pro Shops in Tampa, climbed up, and stole a mounted tarpon right off the wall. The whole thing was caught on camera, and the video spread like wildfire across social media platforms. Tom breaks down the audacity of the act, the quick work of law enforcement in recovering the fish, and what this incident says about respect -- or lack thereof -- in today's fishing community. The story takes several unexpected turns, including details about how the theft was executed and what happened when the kid's identity became public. The full Bass Pro tarpon story starts at the beginning of the episode.
Just when you think you've heard it all, Tom introduces the zombie snook phenomenon. In Florida canals, anglers discovered snook that appeared to be dead or dying, floating near the surface in a trance-like state. The fish exhibited bizarre behavior that sparked wild speculation online about diseases, environmental factors, and even conspiracy theories. Tom digs into what biologists discovered about these fish, the actual cause behind their strange condition, and why social media's instant reaction wasn't quite accurate. The reality turned out to be both simpler and more fascinating than the internet wanted to believe. The zombie snook investigation unfolds in the middle section of the episode.
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Tom explores how social media has fundamentally changed conservation enforcement and public accountability in the fishing world. With millions of eyes watching every post, anglers who break rules or show poor ethics find themselves exposed almost instantly. Tom discusses specific cases where social media pressure led to real-world consequences, how wildlife officers now use platforms to gather evidence, and the double-edged sword of internet justice. He shares his perspective on whether this crowd-sourced enforcement helps or hurts the community, and where the line should be drawn between accountability and mob mentality. The conversation gets into murky territory about privacy, justice, and the power of viral content. Tom's take on social media enforcement starts in the second half of the episode.
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SubscribeBeyond the wild stories, Tom brings the conversation back to core values that every angler should carry: respect for the fish, respect for the environment, and respect for the community. He connects the dots between the Bass Pro theft, the zombie snook hysteria, and broader patterns he's seeing in modern fishing culture. Tom doesn't preach -- he shares observations from decades on the water and asks listeners to think about the legacy they're creating. Whether you're posting a catch online or handling a fish for release, the choices you make ripple outward. Tom makes the case that the fishing community is only as strong as its weakest link, and right now, some links are showing serious cracks. Tom's perspective on ethics and community responsibility comes through in the final section.
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This episode started with me seeing these wild stories pop up online and thinking, "I have to talk about this." The Bass Pro tarpon theft was so ridiculous it almost seemed fake, and then the zombie snook thing added another layer of internet madness. But as I dug into both stories, I kept coming back to the same questions: What are we doing? What kind of culture are we creating?
Social media has given everyone a megaphone and turned every fishing trip into a potential viral moment. That's brought some good -- bad actors get exposed, conservation gets more attention, and the community can self-police in ways that weren't possible before. But it's also created this environment where people chase clicks over ethics, where rumors spread faster than facts, and where mob justice sometimes replaces actual justice.
I hope this episode makes you laugh at the absurdity of some of these stories, but I also hope it makes you think. We're all building this fishing community together, whether we realize it or not. Every post, every catch, every interaction adds up. Listen to the whole thing -- these stories are worth hearing in full, and the conversations they spark matter more than you might think.
A teenager stole a mounted tarpon display from a Bass Pro Shops location in Tampa, Florida. The incident was captured on surveillance video and shared widely on social media. Law enforcement quickly recovered the mounted fish, and the theft sparked widespread discussion about respect for property and fishing community values.
Zombie snook refers to snook in Florida canals that appeared dead or dying, floating near the surface in trance-like states. The bizarre behavior sparked numerous theories on social media about diseases and environmental factors. Scientific investigation revealed a specific cause that differed from the speculation that spread online.
Social media has become an unofficial enforcement tool where millions of viewers can spot violations and hold anglers accountable. Wildlife officers now use social platforms to gather evidence, and viral posts can lead to real-world consequences. This creates both powerful accountability and concerns about privacy and mob justice dynamics.
Tom emphasizes respect for fish, environment, and community as core values every angler should carry. He connects recent incidents to broader patterns in fishing culture and argues that the community is only as strong as its weakest link. Tom encourages anglers to think about the legacy they're creating through their choices on and off the water.
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Tom Rowland Podcast — Episode 849: Dr. Mike Larkin
In this episode: a floating tiger shark that looks very dead but comes back to life and swims off, whether sharks even have a swim bladder, the strange things that turn up in a tiger shark's stomach, and a teenager who walks out of Bass Pro Shops with a tarpon in a landing net — in the exact words spoken.
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Dr. Mike Larkin: Just working. I haven't used my boat that much. It's been cold and windy, which is a bummer.
Tom Rowland: Been just insane in Florida. It's, the Christmas hurricane. I saw somebody saw somebody posting about the Crips the Christmas hurricane. There was all kinds of circulation and stuff, and and it's very late for that type of weather. But, you know, hopefully, that means that we're due for a, a beautiful spring.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah.
Tom Rowland: You know? Yeah. When you have a ton of bad weather, good weather's on
Dr. Mike Larkin: the way.
Tom Rowland: That's what I always think.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Fingers crossed. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Gotcha.
Tom Rowland: So I wanted to ask you if you've seen this video of this tiger shark that is just floating. Have you seen it?
Dr. Mike Larkin: I have. I have. Yeah.
Tom Rowland: So let's, we'll pull it up here and take a little look at it. So apparently, it's a super slick calm day. These guys, crazy video from captain Louie. So that's who who got this.
Dr. Mike Larkin: But you know what? Is this far to bait? You know? Like, do
Tom Rowland: we I don't know where it is. Let's say it says one of the strangest things we've ever seen an enormous tiger shark. Don't know. So, anyway, they are, this is the end of it. So this is the this is the beginning of it. They see this big tiger shark. Yeah. They go up to it. It looks very dead. And then they go back, and the the end of the boat just barely touches it right there. And it kinda comes back to life and starts, you know, with with quite a a good bit of energy, takes off and swims off. So what what the hell, Mike? What's going
Dr. Mike Larkin: on there? Maybe the bad news here. I still think it's dead. I mean, it may be alive there, but I think it's if it I don't think it's alive right now. I think it's dead. I mean, so I guess you could think of all different exam or reasons why, but I see that as, looks like the belly's extended.
Tom Rowland: Yes.
Dr. Mike Larkin: And, so it it does I think it definitely has a I'm thinking, a bacterial infection, something like that, and there's extra gases coming in there, and they're they're not being released. Yeah. Yeah. It's bloated there.
Tom Rowland: You think that's bloated? That doesn't look like a turtle. Because when I first saw it, I thought that could be a big turtle shell in there.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. I think it's definitely bloated there, and I think it's a female too.
Tom Rowland: Uh-huh.
Dr. Mike Larkin: But I don't think it related to, pregnancy or anything like that. I still think it's, it's a dead shark. And, also, like, like, sharks someone like, what what if, you know, someone might say, what if it's extended swim bladder? Well, sharks don't have a swim bladder, so it's not that. It's not like, it was brought from David. Sharks don't have a swim bladder. They've, like, a oily liver helps them adjust the buoyancy, but overall, they are negatively buoyant. So they sink. I, unfortunately, you know, caught a lemon shark off of in Duskaen and with a friend from up north. We kept out of the water too long, and it and it it did die. And it sunk like a rock. And I definitely think this shark tiger sharks would sink like a rock. If they didn't have this, this gas issue, that thing would be on the bottom. So the fact that it's floating tells me another sign, like, something's wrong. It should be and it's turned over like that. I can't see any benefit tipping Mhmm. Flipped over like that.
Tom Rowland: When I when I first saw this, I thought of, like, when you, when you release a tarpon a lot of times, it can be a tarpon that's really green or redfish or I mean, I've seen it happen with a a whole bunch of different fish. When you release them and they're they're just kinda sitting there, trout, freshwater trout will do this a lot. They're just kinda sitting there. Sometimes they're upside down and you take your rod tip and you just touch them a little bit and they take off. Right? Yeah. That's that's what this boat did. The boat just barely touched this tiger shark and it and it, you know, kinda woke up. But the the other thing that, I thought of it the first time I saw this video, I thought of Lefty Cray's wise words that he wrote several times in in many books, and that was there's no such thing as a dead shark. Right? Like, it can look dead. You go over there, and lots of people have been bit by a shark that that seems very dead, and they have just enough to to, you know, grab hold of you.
Dr. Mike Larkin: But I think it jumps out of me real yeah. That right. They can still come back to life. And I think that when it did get touched, it did revive it briefly. But I I don't mean to be the the bearer of bad news. I still think that's a dead shark, and I I guarantee it's dead. And my if I was a betting man, I would guarantee it's dead today. But another thing is, some sharks have to swim constantly to breathe, but tiger sharks is not one of them.
Tom Rowland: Okay.
Dr. Mike Larkin: They can actually actively pump water over their gills. Like, mako sharks and and great whites, they have to constantly swim their whole life with their mouth open to get water over the gills. So, anyway, it it could, you know, lay there and still breathe as tiger sharks can
Tom Rowland: And you have, like, other sharks like a nurse shark and a lemon shark too that you you Yeah. Come upon those in, like, white holes all the time. They're just sitting there still. Completely still. So they're obviously being able to pull Yeah. Water on top
Dr. Mike Larkin: of your can do that too, but I still think it's a dead shark. Alright. Alright.
Tom Rowland: Well I
Dr. Mike Larkin: don't mean to be so so negative. It just seems to have a bloated belly there. It's upside down. It's not sunk in the bottom. It's just to me, it may have, you know, swam off briefly, but I bet if you went back there next day, if you found it, it would still be belly up and probably Well, it
Tom Rowland: could be. And the reason why I wanted to ask you is because you're not you're not necessarily you don't call yourself a shark scientist. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You've got a lot of, of of fishery biology and fishery information. We've had you on the on the podcast a number of times. So wanted to, just see what you thought about that. I kinda I kinda think maybe similar. You know? I don't know why. On a slick calm day, that thing would just be floating around like that.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Well, a couple of things make you wonder, like, what did happen? I I don't know the answer. We have to cut open what but, what did happen? My my wife and I, years ago, we found a a whale shark off of Miami, that was dead. Unfortunately, got caught on a rope. But that shark it was a tiger shark eating it. So he's starting to eat dead animals. And there's also, years ago on Discovery Channel, I saw there was a shark that inhaled something, and it would invert its stomach, and they could throw up. So, you know, it has the ability to if it eats something bad to regurgitate it, to throw it up. But in this case
Tom Rowland: What could be worse than a rotten whale shark?
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. And it was chowing down on it. I I have pictures, not digital, but all all everyone I know. This is back in the the, late nineties of, taking, you know, a still camera. You know? Film camera. You know? Yes. But, but it was so they suddenly could eat dead rotting flesh. You know? They could if it's a problem, they could recurgitate it, throw it out of their stomach. But this case, unfortunately, didn't it wouldn't maybe it doesn't something else happened.
Tom Rowland: That was a comment, that somebody made on on one of these, posts was that, that behavior had been they had people had seen this behavior before around carcasses where where they were eating a ton, and then the the tiger shark would just roll over. I don't know. And just just lay there, but I've never seen that. I've never come across a shark like that just floating And
Dr. Mike Larkin: it comes back away. Yeah.
Tom Rowland: Anyway okay. So that's that's the, that's the tiger shark video. We basically, we came came away with no conclusive answers to what happened on there. But So Mike from a from a from a pretty good source thinks that something was wrong with the shark.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. I think it was unhealthy, and I think it was dead or dying. Yeah. Yeah. I I know it's negative, and you guys think, oh, what if it was doing something amazing, like warming up its belly or I don't know. I don't I don't think any of those realistic in my mind.
Tom Rowland: Yeah. Well, you would see that probably more, more commonly, but, you know, that that seeing a tiger shark like that, I think that's pretty good sighting whether it's dead or alive. Yes. So I don't see a lot of tiger sharks. I see some, but not a lot. Not certainly not as many as you would see lemon sharks or, black tips or I mean, probably over the year, see more hammerheads than than, than tiger sharks.
Dr. Mike Larkin: But, you know, quick side note, when I looked I did a quick look at the literature of what they, stomach contents. And just a a side note, I was it was really interesting the things that they they found in their stomachs, like conch. Mhmm. Like, they eat horseshoe crabs. There was one where they had horse bones, but I I think it was like they probably they went into what they think it it ate it. It didn't stalk a horse. It ate a dead horse, somewhere. Not like it stalked in the beef or something. It must have been dead horse in the water, but horse bones and, conk and and dolphin dolphin bones. Turtles, the the big thing. Turtle shells.
Tom Rowland: Did did it talk about other things, non food items found in tiger sharks bellies? Because that's that's kind of the, the thing that you always hear about. You know? A tire, a stop sign.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Like Yeah. They were they were yeah. Yeah. You're hooked. And then when when the jaws moved up, they bought a license plate, I think, think, from a tire shark in there. But they talked about the hooks, but I didn't see any yeah. I didn't see any and then some, sargassum and and seagrass. But I think that was during the feeding
Tom Rowland: Sure.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Technique. But I just I didn't see anything like yeah. Unfortunately, I didn't see anything like
Tom Rowland: Well, when I first, when I first caught the first tiger shark we we ever caught, I was expecting something different than what happened. And it wasn't they're not that fast. Right? The tiger shark is not that fast. And when I asked my friend Steve Roger about tiger shark, I was like, yeah. I was kinda surprised that it wasn't, you know, it wasn't this big, real, super fast fight. He's like, no, man. A a tiger shark is like a like a nurse shark with teeth. That's why they're so dangerous because they can't catch much. So whatever they touch, they bite. And and, you know, he's a extremely, experienced diver, and he's like, you just gotta stay away from those things, man. Because if they touch you, they're gonna bite you. Just just because they can't catch many things. They're not fast. It's not like a Mako that can catch basically anything in the ocean. Right? So they can be more selective about what they what they what they eat. But the the tiger, apparently, that was at least that was his, his reaction to it. Alright. We got another one. Oh. So this one is something something different. I don't even know what to make of this. And, so you got this one, Ben. This one, check this out. So what happened here is this guy, apparently, allegedly, this person jumps into the fish tank at Bass Pro Shops. And I don't know what kind of trouble you get in for for that. Like, maybe trespassing, maybe, I don't know, doing something wrong there.
Dr. Mike Larkin: This has to be
Tom Rowland: in Florida.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Right? This is Florida.
Tom Rowland: This is probably in Florida. I'm sure.
Dr. Mike Larkin: I've seen the bumper sticker. WTF means welcome to Florida. But, anyway, guys.
Tom Rowland: So, allegedly, this same person this is the information that I'm getting from let me give the give the right credit here because Richard Tyler Burrell, he goes by the big man, Bassing. And Richard Tyler Burrell, as I looked into this video, seems to know the most about this incident of anyone that I could find on the Internet. And, and so what he says, allegedly, it is the same person that did this latest thing, which is to steal a tarpon out of Bass Pro Shops. So check this out.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Oh my god.
Tom Rowland: Just walking out of Bass Pro Shops with a tarpon in a landing net. No one does anything. No one does anything. He nets it out of a pond. Somebody's taken an eyewitness video. This ends up on Lee County Sheriff's Office, Facebook, and he just walks out. But I gotta say, that does not look like the same kid, the same person that jumped in the
Dr. Mike Larkin: tank.
Tom Rowland: Yeah. So I don't know. But that's what that's what this guy said that, allegedly, it's the same it's the same person. So thank you to Richard, actually, for, for helping helping out with this because we found it on the Lee County Sheriff's Office. And, apparently, the Lee County Sheriff's, deputies are looking for this guy, specifically looking for him because, like, how illegal is that, Mike, in your opinion? Yeah.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. Well, I'm not in law enforcement, but absolute I mean, you know, you have that it's just the harvest money. You have that that tarpon tag.
Tom Rowland: So this guy, that gave me this information, Richard Tyler Burrell, big man, Bassing, he's, hooked up bait and tackle company and art gallery. So, thanks to him for giving me this information, but he's saying that, allegedly, it's the same kid that, that jumps into the that jumped into the tank. But that guy looked a lot older than this kid that that, was walking out of Bass Pro Shops.
Dr. Mike Larkin: School kid
Tom Rowland: just With
Dr. Mike Larkin: a lab
Tom Rowland: in that.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Maybe a prank for, the can you go steal a tarpon from Bass Pro Shops
Tom Rowland: or something? I mean, to any kid that's out there, there are better pranks that will land you in far less trouble. Yeah. Because I gotta think that this is this is, potentially really, really bad. How illegal do you think that is? I would think that Bass Pro Shops has to have some kind of special, sanctuary kit or something like that to even have a tarpon in captivity. And then for someone to take that tarpon out of captivity, then I mean, I just don't know. I don't know. Like, do they get him for first lifting the tarpon out of the water? That's that's illegal as we all know. And then taking a a a fish that is a sanctuary fish and then Yeah.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Tom Rowland: Taking it. Like, that's it.
Dr. Mike Larkin: And it's
Tom Rowland: Very illegal.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. Yeah. And then it's not like he's wearing a mask or something. Like, they could easily find him. Right? Like, it and, the question is why? Like, what what do you what do you what do you gonna do with it? Or I mean I
Tom Rowland: have no idea, man. I, like Can't
Dr. Mike Larkin: you get one from a creek somewhere or something if you really want one? So, yeah, I I I hope they do enforce that. Is that a new video? I haven't seen that.
Tom Rowland: Is that, like just happened, like, a couple of days ago. And so that's why, that's why I, got this. And so this guy, big man Bassing, he has on here, description, active investigation. Lee County Sheriff Office is attempting to locate retail theft suspect. They're calling it retail theft, but not just your normal retail theft. I guess you could say this one will officially catch your eye. He's into puns. Yesterday evening, a male suspect entered the Bass Pro Shops in Gulf Coast Town Center with a fishnet in hand and proceeded to remove a live tarpon from the store's indoor fish pond. The subject then fled the store with the tarpon. South District Deck detectives are working with our animal cruelty, see you get that too, animal cruelty task force, myFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife, and Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers in an attempt to locate the individuals involved. If you have information, don't send it to me. Send it to drop a line to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 180780 or online at southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com. You may also call the information directly into Lee County Sheriff's Office at (239) 477-1000. Man, he gives another pun. We are hashtag fishing for information and would love nothing more than to chum it up with this guy. This guy this guy, the big man bassing, has has got a oh, and even another one. Don't get caught aiding and a dash bait
Dr. Mike Larkin: Baiting.
Tom Rowland: Dash ing. Don't get caught aiding and abetting.
Dr. Mike Larkin: But I feel like I feel like multiple is like yeah. You know, like, you know, harvesting a a highly regulated species without a tarpon tag, which I maybe I didn't see one of them. Stealing something from, you know, like a a theft, you know, like a shoplifting. It's not your property. It belongs to, you know, press pro shops. I'm sure they have some type of collecting permit or something to to have those in their possession. So it's like like a long list of, like, it all equals stupidity. Right? I mean, it's like
Tom Rowland: And four and this is what's the suit stupidest part of the whole thing is probably now I have no idea what his what his mode motives are, but it seems like his motives are to get as much attention as you could possibly get. So views on your Instagram or Facebook or Twitter or or or TikTok or whatever views, which leads to attention, which leads to the sheriff knocking on your door. And the next thing you know, you are charged with animal cruelty, and a lot a host of FWC related things, I would imagine. I don't know. But the it I mean, for anybody that out there looking for, like, I wanna do something and make my name in the outdoors, this is not the way Yeah. Not the way to do it. You're gonna make your name in the outdoors, but it's gonna be in in the federal penitentiary, maybe. I don't know.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. I catch it I catch it tarboned with a Snoopy Rod or something clever like that. Right? Like, don't do crimes, commit crimes. And Yeah. And but it brings up a point. Like, is it worth it, like, to get that number of lights and
Tom Rowland: There's no possible way it's worth
Dr. Mike Larkin: it. There's
Tom Rowland: no possibility.
Dr. Mike Larkin: I don't think so either, but, but, but but in their mind, you know, like, a high school teenager's mind, like, oh, this will get me views. Yeah. But, you know, like, so, like, stealing a car, but it's not worth it.
Tom Rowland: Right. I I'm gonna say that you could steal a car and be in less trouble than this guy might be in. I don't I mean, this this just seems like bad trouble.
Dr. Mike Larkin: It makes you go back to do you remember that years ago, those high scores had a shark behind Yes.
Tom Rowland: They pulled it behind the boat.
Dr. Mike Larkin: And they got in serious trouble for that, I remember, which which they should have. You know? It was with animal cruelty. They're dragging a shark going 40 miles per hour behind it.
Tom Rowland: That's right.
Dr. Mike Larkin: So And
Tom Rowland: you know who was the you know who the biggest the first person that posted that and was like, these guys need to get in trouble was Mark the Shark. You know? Oh, really? He was like yeah. He, he was he posted that and brought a lot of attention to that because, you know, you say what you want about Mark the shark, but he kills he kills a lot of sharks. But he does it ethically, to a to an extent. I mean, he's certainly not trying to he doesn't hate sharks. He's not dragging them behind the boat. Yeah.
Dr. Mike Larkin: He, you
Tom Rowland: know, he's he's within the law and Yeah. And he's doing it. It was I think a lot of people found it interesting that he was calling them out because he kills a lot of sharks.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. It makes me also happy. I grew up in the eighties and nineties where we did some really stupid things, but we didn't have cameras to film it. Right? Like, we might have been dumb enough to post it. The stuff I did that.
Tom Rowland: Telling me Yeah. I would not have made I don't think I would have made it, man.
Dr. Mike Larkin: But now these kids video recorded. Right? And they post it, like, without thinking about the the what's gonna happen from it. So
Tom Rowland: Well, we'll we'll we'll, we'll stay, aware of this story. And if you have any information on this, certainly, the Lee County Sheriff's Office is the is the place to go. That crime stoppers is the place to go. But, you know, hashtag, you know, Tom Roland podcast, built one built wild, or the wild one outdoors is another place that you can find us. And, let us know if you got any other information. But, certainly, if you have information, the sheriff's office is the way to go. Alright.
Dr. Mike Larkin: One last comment, Tom, I think you know, I bet you it resulted in dead tarpon. So was it worth it? I mean, I bet you he dragged it out there and maybe threw the factory truck or tried to put his head in a bucket or something, but I I so, ultimately, the biggest loser is the tarpon. Right? It was just so stupid, just to kill a tarpon
Tom Rowland: Yeah.
Dr. Mike Larkin: For for views or likes or whatever they do on social media.
Tom Rowland: I don't know. It's weird to think that somebody could just walk out of Bass Pro Shops with a tarpon and a net, and no one would say anything to them.
Dr. Mike Larkin: But I bet you have I worked there. I wouldn't be prepared for that. Like, what do I do when somebody steals a fit? Like, I I bet you in training, they don't cover that. Like, what do you do if somebody steals a fish? You know? Like, that Or do you do something? To worry about. Shoplifters and all that. Yeah. Keeping customers happy. So that's probably the last thing on their mind if somebody going in there and getting a tarpon.
Tom Rowland: Probably was, but you got a lot of outdoorsman in there. A lot of people know that's not right.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. Yeah. You're right. You're right.
Tom Rowland: I would think. Or maybe they just say I work here. I've gotta get this thing to the hospital
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah.
Tom Rowland: And run that run out. Then people would be like, oh, okay. I guess.
Dr. Mike Larkin: I don't know.
Tom Rowland: Alright. Well, that's, the two videos that we're gonna cover this week. Mike, I appreciate you coming on with your with your, science knowledge and giving us your opinion on the shark and then this opinion of how stupid someone is.
Dr. Mike Larkin: Yeah. Yeah.
Tom Rowland: Alright. Well, until next week, we will, come back with more videos. You can go and check us out on, Tom Roland Podcast or, The Wild One Outdoors. We'll put those in that in the description. Alright. Thanks to everybody that helps out with the information on these two videos, and we'll talk to you next week. See you.
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