.sharky.
Yesterday there was an article about the increased number of shark sightings on the North Shore. Yikes bikes. Though the likelinhood of myself ever being attacked by a shark are [I'm hopeful] relatively low I don't care to push my luck. With the exception of Herman [the very very large shark that I've seen at Ala Moana] and the little baby shark that plays around in Concessions at sunset I haven't had that much interaction with the sharky kind. Hopefully they keep to the North Shore [and Kauai, where all the major shark attacks that we usually here about take place] and leave me to my little stretch of beach.
In the article they interview a man who claims that this is the most "shark sightings he's heard of in 40 years." But wasn't it only a year or two ago when all the shark sightings were taking place in Kailua? Hmmmm?
My favorite article quote.
"When people start seeing sharks, the word gets out and people start looking for them," said shark expert Randy Honebrink of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Aquatic Resources. "And the more you look for them, the more you see them." Which is true, I suppose. But it sounds like common sense to me, not something that you'd have to ask the state Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Aquatic Resources. My grandma could have told you the same thing. I was hoping for a "real" reason such as that as a result of increased toxicitiy levels following the sewage spill sharks have an increased resistence to illness and other natural predators and therefore have increased exponentially in numbers.
I'm not for having an open season on sharks but isn't there a way we could catch a few of the key procreators and ship them off to an aquarium or give them their own little wildlife preserve? Maybe with the monument that President Bush just declared all the sharks can move over yonder. According to the article though, we have nothing to worry about. Those "experts" claim that some years there are just more shark sightings and attacks than others. That next year it will go back to normal. One would hope.
In the article they interview a man who claims that this is the most "shark sightings he's heard of in 40 years." But wasn't it only a year or two ago when all the shark sightings were taking place in Kailua? Hmmmm?
My favorite article quote.
"When people start seeing sharks, the word gets out and people start looking for them," said shark expert Randy Honebrink of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Aquatic Resources. "And the more you look for them, the more you see them." Which is true, I suppose. But it sounds like common sense to me, not something that you'd have to ask the state Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Aquatic Resources. My grandma could have told you the same thing. I was hoping for a "real" reason such as that as a result of increased toxicitiy levels following the sewage spill sharks have an increased resistence to illness and other natural predators and therefore have increased exponentially in numbers.
I'm not for having an open season on sharks but isn't there a way we could catch a few of the key procreators and ship them off to an aquarium or give them their own little wildlife preserve? Maybe with the monument that President Bush just declared all the sharks can move over yonder. According to the article though, we have nothing to worry about. Those "experts" claim that some years there are just more shark sightings and attacks than others. That next year it will go back to normal. One would hope.
posted by crystal at 7:17 AM
2 Comments:
something to look forward to while swimming in waimea bay.
The Aussies have just created an innovative Shark Shield that repels Great Whites without hurting them. As a surfer, I am excited about it and I blogged about it today. www.shockacomm.com
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