Surge in fatal shark attacks blamed on global warming

The Guardian ^ | May 4, 2008 | Richard Luscombe

[tsmith130]

OH.MY.GOD!

Is that real?!

[metmom]

I guess that just answered my question on the other thread.

If threatening me that my lawn is going to die because of global warming doesn’t work, you can always scare me with the threat of shark attack.

Something I have to fear in CNY. How can I sleep at night with this hanging over my head?

[steelyourfaith]

 

Weekend Viewing Reminder on C-Span 2:

[do not press 2 for spanish]

Whooooa, that fish is bigger than the darned boat!

What’d the police chief say in ‘Jaws’?

“We gotta get a bigger boat.”

[rdl6989]

That’s too logical for a Dembulb to figure out.

[headstamp 2]

What Bullsh**!

I'll take the increase of seals as the reason.

[Lizavetta]

The lack of shark attacks, if it was occurring, would be blamed on global warming.

[missnry]

Some people will believe anything!

[Cobra64]

Is that real?!

I don't think so. I wasn't there when the picture was taken.

It gives a new perspective of the phrase, "Let's put things into perspective."

[troy McClure]

It is illegal to fish for Great Whites in Calif.
But if you hook up one by accident well thats what the war surplus 30-06 springfeild is for, It may be old and a bit rust from being aboard for all those years. But its had to miss your target from 3 feet away

[wendy1946]

You'd only have to exterminate four species of sharks and there'd never be another serious attack on a human. There would still be 296 species of the fricking things for "scientists" to study.

In the case of whites, the idea is you go out in a 25" boat with a length of nylon rope, a big hook, a rubber seal and one of those lever-action 45/70 Marlin rifles, and you aim for the gills since sharks don't really have enough of a brain to shoot at. You'd only have to kill three or four of them, the rest would all kill eachother.

[acapesket]

Truedat...
But leaving the messy seals to piss and poop all over Monterrey and SF Bay ain’t helping those sharks to abate themselves..
/channeling Revrund Wrong

[bannie]

But they're so CUTE!!!

[acapesket]

Now Wendy..
Please stop being intelligent and Rational.

That’s not FAIR!

I’m taking my shark bitten surfer and going home! (aka. 75, 76 and 82)

[cowboyway]

Because of Global Warming more people are getting in the water to cool off!

And rising sea levels means that they don't have as far to drive to get to the shore!

[Names Ash Housewares]

One problem.........
The oceans have not been warming.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88520025

Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years.

[John Jorsett]

The oceans have not been warming.

LANDSHARK!

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Yep.

http://www.whitesharktrust.org/pages/mediaarticle/media25.html

[Crim]

OMG...I thought this was scrapple face!

That is the REAL headline!

[TigersEye]

Burgess said. Another contributory factor to the location of shark attacks could be global warming and rising sea temperatures. 'You'll find that some species will begin to appear in places they didn't in the past with some regularity,' he said.

Interesting theory, science guy. Unfortunately those bozos over at NASA say this...

La Nina and Pacific Decadal Oscillation Cool the Pacific (global warming)

And then there's these guys...

The Antarctic Deep Sea Gets Colder [Alfred Wegener Institute]