Another Acapulco shark fatality

[NTSilver]

Actually read today that there was a public outcry over the shark hunt! Yeah! They are flying choppers and are actually going to post signs that warn of sharks. Bad for the people there in the surfing business (which was the basis of the story) but good for the sharks and their habitat - one small victory.

 

[ZenDiver.3D]

My hubby was in the PX yesterday looking for scuba diving mag and he was talking to himself.(yeah, let that go, it's too easy), about zone 6 not carrying dive mags while zone 1 has tons.... A perfect stranger decided to tell him that scuba diving was way too dangerous, sharks attacked all the time, and then how sharks were so dangerous they should all be killed for safety....

The crazy part is that some people actually stopped and agreed with this nimrod. My hubby had to stop him and say," No, sharks good- people bad. Sharks don't eat divers, sharks eat seals, surfers look like seals... not divers. We Should get rid off all the ones screwing up the environment and killing everything they can get near-- oh yeah, that's Us, not sharks!"

It is truly amazing how many people are misinformed, misguided, or just plain stupid. Often all three at once. Talk about task loading....

 

[dashark]

There was actually a third non fatal attack in the Zihuatnejo area this month as well. Another surfer.
Shark attacks have Mexico resort area in panic - News - MSNBC.com
looks like they are killing as many sharks as they can.

 

[DandyDon]

looks like they are killing as many sharks as they can.

Can we get them to kill more deer, too? Deaths from deer collisions are 100 times more common...

 

[diverdwn71]

They should start hunting cranes. Saw today where another one fell in New York and killed someone. The cranes have killed more people this year than sharks have.

 

[maged_mmh]

Can we get them to kill more deer, too? Deaths from deer collisions are 100 times more common...

Let's find us another planet... deer infested lands...shark infested waters....no room left for us!

 

[DandyDon]

Let's find us another planet... deer infested lands...shark infested waters....no room left for us!

The deer problem in the US was caused in part by killing off too many predators - much like shark killing.

 

[maged_mmh]

The deer problem in the US was caused in part by killing off too many predators - much like shark killing.

understood; since we -humans- screwed it up that much; let's start over somewhere else. wish that could be done for real.:alien_2:

 

[Sinbad the Diver]

Shame, that it's a crime for nature to behave as intended... and that we still don't understand that basic concept...

Unfortunately, in this case humans are behaving as intended or at least as expected (irrationaly based on fear mongering and ignorant journalists).

Please god, send us some real news, a political scandal or something to keep the hordes of morons busy so we don't have another "SUMMER OF THE SHARK!!!!!"

 

[BKP]

understood; since we -humans- screwed it up that much; let's start over somewhere else. wish that could be done for real.:alien_2:

It is done for real (that's why we have so many NY'ers moving down here ).