Sharkwater FTW
Sure there’s a few rare incidents of them attacking humans
but the same is true of lightning
and lightning strikes are actually more frequent than shark bites. If Spielberg had created Zappers instead of Jaws, about how frequently people get struck and killed by lightning would there be a greater fear irrational fear of the atmospheric discharge [...]
Schwarzenegger: Keep Our Beaches Open! Move Towards At Least Commensualistic Symbiosis
Dear Governor Schwarzenneger,
(From John Thomas “Kooz” Kuczmarski)
I’m a strong believer that the purpose of a city should serve Nature. Nature — wildlife, animals, we homo sapiens ARE Nature — should be the intention of anything municipal, or city-based. Therefore the idea of actually closing beaches, closing a way for humans to enjoy nature (the ocean [...]
Sharks: Aquatically Agog
Here’s another factoid about sharks. Sharks are interested; they’re the oceanic Curious Georges. If you’re ever channel-surfing (and I know you watch television), stop by AnimalPlanet and check-out the pupil dilation of, say, a lion and that of a shark. The lion has a small little dot, an ioata of a miniscule [...]
A Moralistic Message of Sharks?
Shark attacks are not menacing or threatening in terms of frequency. LIghtning and bicycle crashes kill far more people more frequently. It’s the fear that a beast, atleast in the water, seems to be extraordinarily superior to humans is what is so fearful. Not being on top of the food chain, predatory [...]
