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Sea otters face a growing threat: shark attacks
The Mercury News ^
| 02/17/2012 11:14:50 AM PST
| Paul Rogers
Posted on 02/18/2012 8:42:25 AM PST by null and void
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Interesting.
"But there's nothing we can do about changes in shark distribution or shark behavior. It's natural."
Yet we are constantly told that we can wipe them out without even trying, and how fragile the whole system is...
To: null and void
An example of "unintended consequences" for enviromentalists banning the killing sharks.
Note to environuts and the media - the sharks don't give a damn what you say about them, when they are hungry, they'll eat...why don't you all go out and swim amongst the otters and try "peace talks" with the sharks?
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posted on
02/18/2012 8:47:06 AM PST
by
FrankR
(You are only enslaved to the extent of the entitlements you receive.)
To: null and void
Due to global warming no doubt. Anything bad is due to global warming.
To: null and void
I’m sure it’s not deliberate. The sharks are probably just mistaking the otters for surfers.
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posted on
02/18/2012 8:49:54 AM PST
by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: null and void
The increased shark population is clearly the result of the lack of free, readily available, taxpayer funded contraception. Obviously, this is...
...Santorum's fault.
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posted on
02/18/2012 8:51:32 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: null and void
The otters ought to starting wearing liberal democrat costumes. Then the sharks would leave them alone out of professional curtesy.
To: null and void
Things began to change in 1990? Think who was President in 1990. It's George H. W. Bush's fault! Plus elephant seals are involved...more evidence of Republican blame.
Otters are playful animals and until recently it was mostly male otters getting bitten by the sharks. Probably what we have here is some kind of initiation ritual for otter gangs--the new member has to taunt a shark as part of the ritual...and sometimes they get killed doing so.
Why there are more female otters being bitten recently is harder to explain, but they should not rule out the possibility that these are lesbian otters who are imitating male behavior.
To: HChampagne
“The otters ought to starting wearing liberal democrat costumes. Then the sharks would leave them alone out of professional curtesy.”
Give the otters Johnnie Cochran masks.
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posted on
02/18/2012 8:55:54 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Most Conservative in the Primary, the Republican Nominee in the General.)
To: Verginius Rufus
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posted on
02/18/2012 8:56:36 AM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1124 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: null and void
What? Some wild animals kill and eat others? But ... they told me at school that Nature is Good!
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posted on
02/18/2012 8:59:36 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's. His hair was perfect!)
To: null and void
"Candy-gram."
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posted on
02/18/2012 9:02:45 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: null and void
Until the abalone population returns, we have too many otters.
Let the sharks feast.
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posted on
02/18/2012 9:06:58 AM PST
by
G Larry
(We are NOT obliged to carry the snake in our pocket and then dismiss the bites as natural behavior.)
To: null and void
“One major change: the abundance of elephant seals.”
There you go. I also assume these are a protected species thus leading to ballooning in numbers and drawing in more predators for a quick meal.
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posted on
02/18/2012 9:07:10 AM PST
by
headstamp 2
(Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
To: null and void
A moose bit my sister once.
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posted on
02/18/2012 9:08:09 AM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: null and void
It’s that damned Navy sonar hypnotizing the sharks!
sarc
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posted on
02/18/2012 9:08:34 AM PST
by
headstamp 2
(Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
To: FrankR
I’ve been praying that one PETA idiot jumps into a lion’s cage to defend the animal...
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posted on
02/18/2012 9:09:16 AM PST
by
max americana
(Buttcrack Obama is an idiot)
To: headstamp 2
I would especially like to see the Otter skin coat come back in style. These little pests eat a couple thousand dollars worth of abalone a day.
Does California have a pro-cockroach group?
To: null and void
It’s California. Nobody cares. The otters don’t pay union dues.
To: null and void
219 sharks! Whoopee!
To: null and void
Gee, here’s a dumb thought,...try KILLING the sharks!!!!!
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posted on
02/18/2012 9:35:20 AM PST
by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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