...coco loco
06.03.05
From the Daily Reflector:
You know, I've heard a lot of things compared to the rarity of a shark attack -- you're more likely to die in a auto accident on the way to the beach than be attacked by a shark, you're more likely to die from a peanut allergy than to be attacked by a shark, you're more likely to be hit by lightning than be attacked by a shark, you're more likely to be killed by a dog than be attacked by a shark, you're much more likely to be hurt by a stingray or a jellyfish than a shark, etc., but this is definitely the first time I've heard the coconut comparison.
Another thing that amuses me, in relation to shark attacks, is that local fishermen in the New Jersey area doubt that a local teen was bitten by a great white, despite expert identification of the bite characteristics matching that of a great white.
One of them even went so far to say that he'd been a fisherman in the area for 7 years, and had yet to actually see a shark.
Another fisherman said he doubted it was a great white as he'd never seen one in the water, and that he'd only ever caught one small hammerhead, and a few small dog sharks.
However, Bob Schoelkopf, director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, said he believed great whites frequently come to Brigantine Bay to give birth in the spring and, "...if they find good feeding, they may be up here all summer long."
I've also read that one of the larger great white nurseries is off the coast of the Atlantic seaboard, and the entire east coast is ranging area for the great white. Hell, it's the ranging area for a lot of different sharks, including the bull shark, who seems to particularly delight in attacking people all up and down the eastern seaboard, and well into the Gulf.
You still won't catch me in the water, regardless of the improbability of an attack. I'm one of those people that truly unlikely things happens to, so you never know, and I'm perfectly fine in swimming pools, thank you.
From the Daily Reflector:
Tifling forwarded the article to me in an email, her sole commentary, "COCONUTS."According to Paul Barrington, director of husbandry and operations at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, "Visitors coming to the beach in North Carolina shouldn't be overly concerned with an encounter with a shark," Barrington said. "They'll have far more perils driving to the beach than they would with a shark."
In fact, Barrington said, studies have concluded Americans are far more likely to get bitten by a domesticated pig than by a shark. Furthermore, he said, U.S. residents can expect to be killed by falling coconuts more often than they'll be killed by sharks.
You know, I've heard a lot of things compared to the rarity of a shark attack -- you're more likely to die in a auto accident on the way to the beach than be attacked by a shark, you're more likely to die from a peanut allergy than to be attacked by a shark, you're more likely to be hit by lightning than be attacked by a shark, you're more likely to be killed by a dog than be attacked by a shark, you're much more likely to be hurt by a stingray or a jellyfish than a shark, etc., but this is definitely the first time I've heard the coconut comparison.
Another thing that amuses me, in relation to shark attacks, is that local fishermen in the New Jersey area doubt that a local teen was bitten by a great white, despite expert identification of the bite characteristics matching that of a great white.
One of them even went so far to say that he'd been a fisherman in the area for 7 years, and had yet to actually see a shark.
Another fisherman said he doubted it was a great white as he'd never seen one in the water, and that he'd only ever caught one small hammerhead, and a few small dog sharks.
However, Bob Schoelkopf, director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, said he believed great whites frequently come to Brigantine Bay to give birth in the spring and, "...if they find good feeding, they may be up here all summer long."
I've also read that one of the larger great white nurseries is off the coast of the Atlantic seaboard, and the entire east coast is ranging area for the great white. Hell, it's the ranging area for a lot of different sharks, including the bull shark, who seems to particularly delight in attacking people all up and down the eastern seaboard, and well into the Gulf.
You still won't catch me in the water, regardless of the improbability of an attack. I'm one of those people that truly unlikely things happens to, so you never know, and I'm perfectly fine in swimming pools, thank you.
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