Shark attacks hit record high in 2015, global tally shows... Florida with the most..

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2015 breaks another record for shark attacks... Florida leading the way with the most.

Shark attacks hit record high in 2015, global tally shows | Environment | The Guardian

 

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Here fishy fishy...
Ehhh sorta big fella are ya mate...

Let me scratch your backside...
You big ole knarly mouths need some lovin too...

awww your a bid ol babby...

(this is how I talk to them... see ... you attract more flys with sweet honey)
I make em my pet this way.

Good thing about them as a pet is... they don't shed.
BUT...
Sucks cleaning their teeth though.

 

[CaptEsteban]

They only eat the " Slowest Swimmers ! "

 

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Me...
I DONT swim when I see em...

I stare them down. ( I am serious)... and slowly back up faceing them... and out of water for a bit.
IF I return to water and same shark is there... or returns.

I call it a day in that spot.
heh.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Poor sharks... having to eat those nasty Floridians!

 

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Tastes like chicken.

 

[Dr. Syn]

Love it! You could go over to Sanibel and play with the Hammer heads, maybe even run into old Hitler there.

 

[can]

Ummm... This is "sensational journalism" at it's best. Get into the guts, and you find,
"While last year saw twice as many fatal attacks as 2014, the number of deadly encounters was roughly on par with the past decade’s average,"

I always know when news is slow, because two things pop up.

1) Shark attacks! (always an attention getter)
2) Cruise Ships get FLU! (it's been a steady 2% of cruises since who knows when...)

Blah.. I say... BLAH.

Let's round it out with an answer:
“However, year-to-year variability in local meteorological, oceanographic, and socioeconomic conditions also significantly influences the local abundance of sharks and humans in the water and, therefore, the odds of encountering one another.”

So... basically, "everything is as expected." But that doesn't make a great headline.

Skippy

I live not far from the OBX of NC. Its not a lot of blah blah blah. We have never had so many attacks than last year. While fatalities may be the same many of the folks in NC who were attacked lost limbs. Not funny at all. And oh most attacks were in less than waist deep water. Think about that when you are out there with your excal II.

 

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1000's of sharks ... black tips... spotted just off Palm Beach.

Detectorists beware.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Florida is also number one in fatal alligator attacks over the past few decades...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_alligator_attacks_in_the_United_States_by_decade

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Probably number one in python attacks as well! LOL!

 

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Its open season on pythons as we speak...$1,000 for largest ones i think.

 

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Actually ended Sunday.

Called the "python challenge".

 

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102 pythons this year it says.

 

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They should have it year round.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Don't forget lightning strikes.... We own that too.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

102 pythons this year it says

Wow, that's a lot of pythons roaming free! Time for a TV show about catching pythons (like "Swamp People")!

 

[can]

wow its dangerous to be in FL. While 102 seems to be a lot its really only a drop in the bucket as to what the predicted population of pythons.

 

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Some of them are seriously huge...
About once in a blue moon around here you will hear on the news how in a suburb area cats and some small dogs start going missing...
Then someone will spot it...
Some I have seen on the news when they get em out from under some shed or mobile home are so big... they could easily take a sleeping human.

 

[can]

They should have it year round.

Yep with a bounty on each snake. $10-20 RANGE. Not sure if that would even make a difference.

$5000 top prize with many smaller prizes for the hunt .http://www.cbsnews.com/news/python-challenge-florida-rounds-up-more-than-last-time/