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  • September 21, 2016 at 2:01 pm #53511
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    Room fresheners are more dangerous than sharks. Apparently.

    Maybe speilberg should do a movie on room fresheners.

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    http://natgeotv.com/ca/human-shark-bait/facts

    SHARK ATTACK FACTS

    93% of shark attacks from 1580 to 2010 worldwide were on males.

    In 2010, North American Waters had 42% of all confirmed unprovoked attacks worldwide (32 attacks).

    Over the last half-century, there have been more unprovoked shark attacks in Florida (27 out of a total 139) between 2-3 pm than any other time of the day.

    New Smyrna Beach in Florida is the shark attack capital of the world according to ISAF. It is estimated that anyone who has swam there has been within 10ft of a shark.

    September is the month with the most Shark attacks in Florida (93) 1920-2010.

    Over 17,000 people die from falls each year. That’s a 1 in 218 chance over your lifetime, compared to a 1 in 3,700,000 chance of being killed by a shark.

    In 1996, toilets injured 43,000 Americans a year. Sharks injured 13.

    In 1996, 2600 Americans were injured by room fresheners. Sharks injured 13.

    Since 1959, California has had more shark attacks than lightning fatalities (89/30).

    Since 1959, Hawaii has had 97 Shark attacks but no lightning fatalities.

    For every human killed by a shark, humans kill approximately two million sharks.

    Most shark attacks occur less than 100 feet from the shore mainly around popular beaches in North America (especially Florida and Hawaii), Australia, and South Africa.

    In 2008 a Polar bear Jaw was found in a Greenland Shark’s stomach.

    September 21, 2016 at 5:02 pm #53520
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    The word “attack” is usually a misnomer when it comes to sharks and people.

    They are really just encounters. In most cases, the shark bites and lets go. And usually disappears. It is rare when they attempt another bite. The reason for this is the shark isn’t actually trying to eat the person. Usually it’s not even aggressive. It is investigating the person. Trying to figure out what the person is. Sharks investigate unusual objects by mouthing them. They get a sense of what an object is through taste. The shark tastes a person, the person doesn’t taste like food, so the shark moves on. Unfortunately, even a gentle shark bite can be catastrophic to a person but think about how the vast majority of people survive ‘attacks’.

    If the shark really wanted to eat the person, the person would be eaten and there’s little the person could do to prevent it. The fact that so many people survive these encounters is proof in and of itself that sharks typically aren’t interested in eating them.

    Calling these encounters “attacks” contributes to the false but widespread perception that sharks are simply savage killing machines. That perception is an obstacle in the race to protect them from extinction and they are being slaughtered at a rate of 75 – 100 million per year.

    September 21, 2016 at 6:10 pm #53526
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    nittany ram wrote:

    The word “attack” is usually a misnomer when it comes to sharks and people.

    They are really just encounters. In most cases, the shark bites and lets go. And usually disappears. It is rare when they attempt another bite. The reason for this is the shark isn’t actually trying to eat the person. Usually it’s not even aggressive. It is investigating the person. Trying to figure out what the person is. Sharks investigate unusual objects by mouthing them. They get a sense of what an object is through taste. The shark tastes a person, the person doesn’t taste like food, so the shark moves on. Unfortunately, even a gentle shark bite can be catastrophic to a person but think about how the vast majority of people survive ‘attacks’.

    If the shark really wanted to eat the person, the person would be eaten and there’s little the person could do to prevent it. The fact that so many people survive these encounters is proof in and of itself that sharks typically aren’t interested in eating them.

    Calling these encounters “attacks” contributes to the false but widespread perception that sharks are simply savage killing machines. That perception is an obstacle in the race to protect them from extinction and they are being slaughtered at a rate of 75 – 100 million per year.

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    Well, I dont agree or disagree with that.

    But my question would be, whats wrong with the way we taste?

    I mean, why dont we taste good to sharks? Do we not bleed the same way seals do? Do we not have bones and guts the same as other creatures?

    Maybe sharks dont like all those Genetically modified foods in us. Ever think of THAT.

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    September 21, 2016 at 6:27 pm #53527
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    wv wrote:

    , North American Waters had 42% of all confirmed unprovoked attacks worldwide

    What is a provoked shark attack? (?)

    September 21, 2016 at 6:55 pm #53528
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    zn wrote:
    wv wrote:

    , North American Waters had 42% of all confirmed unprovoked attacks worldwide

    What is a provoked shark attack? (?)

    When the person inadvertently does something to provoke the shark. Grab its fins, try to touch it, etc.

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by Avatar photonittany ram.
    September 21, 2016 at 7:00 pm #53529
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    wv wrote:

    Maybe sharks dont like all those Genetically modified foods in us. Ever think of THAT.

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    Well then, yet another reason to support GMO foods. They protect us from sharks. Thanks, Monsanto!

    If it was left up to Big Organic, we’d all be shark bait.

    September 21, 2016 at 7:24 pm #53533
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    nittany ram wrote:
    zn wrote:
    wv wrote:

    , North American Waters had 42% of all confirmed unprovoked attacks worldwide

    What is a provoked shark attack? (?)

    When the person inadvertently does something to provoke the shark. Grab its fins, try to touch it, etc.

    Maybe the better term then is “undeserved shark attack.”

    September 21, 2016 at 7:26 pm #53534
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    Most people in the US that buy swordfish steaks are actually buying shark.

    The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

    Sprinkles are for winners.

    September 21, 2016 at 8:02 pm #53535
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    bnw wrote:

    Most people in the US that buy swordfish steaks are actually buying shark.

    Well that explains the polar bear teeth and the license plate
    i found in my swordfish steak.

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    September 21, 2016 at 9:15 pm #53538
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    September 21, 2016 at 10:50 pm #53541
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    I assume you won’t go swimming with the sharks.

    September 22, 2016 at 2:08 pm #53562
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    I would pee myself…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYgkWerSstk

    September 22, 2016 at 2:15 pm #53563
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    September 23, 2016 at 6:42 am #53590
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    A shark ‘attack’ of a different kind…

    dd

    Those divers are being bathed in a big ol’ nasty cloud of shark poo.

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