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There hasn't been any cool shark news to report in quite some time. Yeah, a few people have been attacked, and more of them are "fighting back" and surviving and all. Newsflash: if sharks actually wanted to eat people, we couldn't go into the water at all. And we certainly couldn't "fight them off".
Contrary to popular beleif, the Great White Shark is a mere third in the rank of man-eaters and shark attacks on humans. Both the bull (shark) and the tiger (shark) are more aggreessive, and more likely to kill a human for the purpose of eating it.
However, these are not the scariest sharks in all the sea. Some people assert that there are still Megalodons floating or...swimming around out there. I don't think so. But I've never been to the depths of the ocean. And after seeing Open Water I don't think I ever will.
Above is a recreation of the megolodon recently reconstructed by the San Diego Natural History Museum. It's cooly cool. But Wednes, you may ask, How big were these Megolodons, REALLY?. Well, to be succinct, Pretty Goddamn Big.
Contrary to popular beleif, the Great White Shark is a mere third in the rank of man-eaters and shark attacks on humans. Both the bull (shark) and the tiger (shark) are more aggreessive, and more likely to kill a human for the purpose of eating it.
However, these are not the scariest sharks in all the sea. Some people assert that there are still Megalodons floating or...swimming around out there. I don't think so. But I've never been to the depths of the ocean. And after seeing Open Water I don't think I ever will.
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Above is a recreation of the megolodon recently reconstructed by the San Diego Natural History Museum. It's cooly cool. But Wednes, you may ask, How big were these Megolodons, REALLY?. Well, to be succinct, Pretty Goddamn Big.
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Bulls, Meat?
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and tiger sharks too, in case that was not clear.
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I sometimes forget that not everyone records Shark Week so they can rewatch it later...
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I wonder, did you hear that Jonah and the Big Fish bible story when you were a kid? That scared the shit out of me, plus I was 4 when I heard it (which was also the year Jaws came out).
People have an innate fear of being eaten alive. And shark mythos usually adds the fear that the shark came up from below and that the attackee never sees it coming. That is really, really frighteneing. So when you add to the the idea that the shark might also be large enough to kill a dinosaur...*shudder*
Not to mention, they can't really prove that megs don't exist. They just reason that they'd have a hard time finding enough food if they did. Bums have a hard time finding food, and there's a bunch of them. ;-}
Megalodon
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Inside of that mouth is a lifesize fisherman in a rowboat (seriously). Mannn, if I were a brine shrimp, I'd be terrified. Or if I were the giant squid this whale was wrestling, I'd be a little nervous too. And yes, the Jeff Daniels movie "The Whale and the Squid" is referring to this sculpture (as best I can tell).
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Blue Whales are make-beleive.
You didn't really think Pinochio was a true story did you?
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