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Shark circling boat

aaron cohen — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:00:24 +0000

Here's a video of an 18 foot great white shark circling a 21 foot boat off the coast of North Carolina. If you know me at all, hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

"Is it illegal to shoot them?" "I imagine so."

Via The Daily What

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Why I don’t surf. Or golf.

aaron cohen — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:40:22 +0000

I don't even know what to say, but this guy was trying to surf and found himself riding a great white shark. In other news, you must have noticed by now that the Guardian is probably the top media outpost for wacky shark news.

Doug Niblack was trying to catch another wave before going to work when his longboard hit something hard as rock off the Oregon coast and he found himself standing on a thrashing great white shark.

Looking down, he could see a dorsal fin in front of his feet as he stood on what he described as 10 feet (three metres) of back as wide as his surfboard and as black as his wetsuit. A tail thrashed back and forth and the water churned around him.

Thanks Alex

And then in Australia, there's a golf course that has a hazard full of bull sharks.

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Sharks in the streets

aaron cohen — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:40:48 +0000

This is not OK. A shark swims in the streets after Irene hits Puerto Rico. I don't care if this is fake. The thought alone makes it real enough. (Here's a report of sharks in the streets of Australia.)

(Via @Dens and @ecori_dave)

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Shark herding dogs

aaron cohen — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:00:36 +0000

Ah, hell, let's just go ahead and call this Shark Week on Unlikely Words. Here's video of a couple Australian dogs that seem to have fun playing in the ocean nipping at sharks. The Guardian always has awesome shark content, doesn't it?

Thanks, Alex.

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Swimming from Cuba to Key West

aaron cohen — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:39:51 +0000

Just about every paragraph in this article has something that jumped out on me. The story is about Diana Nyad, a 61 year-old radio commentator who is going to swim from Cuba to Key West in 60 hours. Straight. As one of the marathon swimmers quoted says, "I can't imagine doing anything for 60 hours."

There will be liquid mixture of predigested protein, jellyfish stings, and swollen tongues from the salt water. Diana is the record holder for world's longest swim, and is probably going to go $150K in debt because she's only raised $350K of the $500K necessary. It costs that much because there are 22 people helping put this together.

But also, and let's be honest, this is why I'm posting this.

Two men in kayaks will follow Ms. Nyad’s every stroke. They will hold a shark shield — neoprene rods that emit electrical waves to zap sharks that come too close. The waters between Cuba and Key West are a notorious shark playground. But the shield is not foolproof. Just in case it fails, as it did last year in the Caribbean when another woman was on a marathon swim, four shark divers with spears will be onboard, ready to jump.

Lastly:
"Jack LaLanne was 60 when he swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf, in San Francisco, for a second time, handcuffed, shackled and towing a 1,000-pound boat."

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Jumping the shark

aaron cohen — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:18:18 +0000

A boat studying shark populations in South Africa was surprised recently when a great white shark JUMPED ON TO THEIR FUCKING BOAT. Not cool, shark. Not cool. "A smaller boat would have capsized." Also, Guardian? You missed the headline.

Schröder recounted how she pulled her colleague to safety before the shark, weighing about 500kg (half a ton) landed on top of the bait and fuel containers. At first half of its body was outside the boat but in a panic the shark thrashed its way further on to the vessel, cutting the fuel lines and damaging equipment before becoming trapped between the containers and the stern. The crew found safety at the bow of the boat.

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Sharks don’t like AC/DC?

aaron cohen — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:27:48 +0000

The 2nd headline of this story says, "Eyre Peninsula's Matt Waller has added another tip to the 'don't get eaten' handbook with his discovery that Great White's are much less aggressive when listening to ACDC - particularly 'You Shook Me All Night Long'," which seems awesome. However, this is the kind if irresponsible shark journalism our species can ill afford. Further down the article, they talk to a shark expert who said,

What Matt has come across I have seen in other species of sharks particularly in remote areas where sharks maybe haven't come into contact with people or boats before and just the slightest noise will actually bring them in to see what that new thing in the area is.

That's basically the exact opposite. Those of you about to sew a MIDI device playing 'You Shook Me' may want to hold off.

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Playing with sharks

aaron cohen — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:21:06 +0000

I have 2 things to say about this.
1. Don't ever do this.
2. Don't ever do this.

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Sharks encroaching on my territory

aaron cohen — Sat, 07 May 2011 01:14:23 +0000

About this time every year, Great White Sharks are spotted off of Martha's Vineyard. And about this time every year I think 5 miles from the coast might not be far enough.

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Too many sharks

aaron cohen — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:36:06 +0000

Speaking of things that make make me really nervous. Thousands of sharks spotted off Palm Beach. Someone must have made the "We're going to need more bigger boats" joke, right?

Via The Daily What

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I don’t think this is very funny

aaron cohen — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:49:04 +0000

Keep sharks out of commercials. That means you, Snickers.

"Eat both squares, please."

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Hero Grandmother Fights Off Shark

aaron cohen — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:53:44 +0000

"It got me under the water but not much because I started kicking at its neck and I came back up again and I'm punching its nose again, punching, punching, punching." ###Possibly related posts:Hero Girl Fights Off Shark Man Punches Shark – Hero Among Us Shark Week: Interview With Shark Expert George Burgess Part 2 ### Possibly related posts:

This dude is crazy

aaron cohen — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:24:04 +0000

Chuck went out on the water and got circled by sharks, so the next day he goes out on the water with a camera... Come to find sharks come back, one of which is a 9 foot Great White. Add this to the list of things I wouldn't do.

Via @Dens who added, "I hate sharks so much!" Me too, dude. Me too.

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aaron cohen — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:30:16 +0000

First, invisible sharks, and now, via The Daily What, kung fu bears. As humans, we are so, so, so, so, so totally screwed.

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aaron cohen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:55:25 +0000

Not a big fan of watermelon anyway.

Via The Daily What and Scott.

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aaron cohen — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:35:00 +0000

Things we could all do without. The Sharky Tea Infuser, which is exactly what it sounds like. When I drink tea, I want to relax, not come face to face with my fears. (Thanks, Natalie!) ###Possibly related posts:Shark Week: Interview With Shark Expert George Burgess Part 2 Shark Week: Interview With Shark Expert George Burgess [...] ### Possibly related posts:

Great White Sharks Coming Back To Chatham

aaron cohen — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:06:13 +0000

I don't think there used to be Great White sharks off of Cape Cod, but there have been the last couple years, and they're coming back this year.

What researchers don't know are how many great white sharks there are, both in local waters in the summer, and along the East Coast. That number could be important since great whites generally don't feed for a month after dining on a seal, Skomal said.

This is great news if you like sharks. It's bad news if you're part of the seal colony of Monomoy Island or, well, me.

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aaron cohen — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:26:07 +0000

Not even Twitter is safe from word of great white shark attack. This has been in my drafts folder for a couple months...

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aaron cohen — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:23:03 +0000

You know? I don't think this is a very good kid's gift. SHARKS ARE NOT TOYS!

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aaron cohen — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:39:05 +0000

Well, sure. You see this picture of Batman battling a shark with a light saber and you think your life hasn't changed. Are you SURE, though?

Via The Daily What and Gamefreaks.

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