Shark week

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I don't know if many of you participate in the watchings of shark week, but is a holiday to celebrate most of you. You are fearless and vicious much like the great white. So tonight at 7 central, your week long celebration starts on discovery. SHARK WEEK!
 
A little off subject, but I can't believe Discovery faked another "mockumentary" about the 'Joy Ride' boat wreck story. Two years in a row they have put fake stories out. My limited searches can source out no real information supporting that this incident took place. Total crap on the part of Discovery.
 
Elite_KG said:
A little off subject, but I can't believe Discovery faked another "mockumentary" about the 'Joy Ride' boat wreck story. Two years in a row they have put fake stories out. My limited searches can source out no real information supporting that this incident took place. Total crap on the part of Discovery.
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I agree. I'm super irritated because my young impressionable daughters bought into the whole Mermaid bs and thought that the military was doing something horrible. I literally just walked into the house after a ride and my daughter says "dad, this shark is 35 feet long!" I said, what is it, megalodon(sp)? and she says "no, it's submarine shark". Wtf Discovery?
 
Discovery, a TV channel founded on science programming, is nothing but a clearinghouse for reality-based fiction anymore. At least their website has some merit.
 
I don't get the whole fake documentary thing. They are entertaining to watch, but trying to pass them off as real....Given the spread of news today online, would be hard to miss the "discovery" of mermaids and mythical sharks swimming the ocean today
 
i dont understand how those guys dont lose their s*** from air jaws. If i witnessed sharks leaving the water to attack, i'd find the one place on earth furthest from water. maybe i need to start a balloon colony somewhere. i dunno. maybe lazer bears will start a war with Air Jaws and we can inherit whats left of the earth. Or balloon cities. I hear Julian might be able to hook us up. I dunno. A friend of mine once saw an eagle the size of a while with Saw Mills for talons. These are mad times. Mad times!
 
I have been a devoted shark week guy for many, many years. But I am getting a little tired of all the fear based, "sharks are people killer" shows they have been airing the last few years. We need to understand these magnificent creatures, not be taught to blindly hate and fear them. They are a vital part to a healthy ocean and they are disappearing at an alarming rate..............but scare tactics probably get a higher viewership. Anything for that almighty bottom line.
 
Maverick299 said:
I have been a devoted shark week guy for many, many years. But I am getting a little tired of all the fear based, "sharks are people killer" shows they have been airing the last few years. We need to understand these magnificent creatures, not be taught to blindly hate and fear them. They are a vital part to a healthy ocean and they are disappearing at an alarming rate..............but scare tactics probably get a higher viewership. Anything for that almighty bottom line.
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This guy, I like this guy. I think you are correct. Discovery is scaring people for viewer points instead of educating like they used to do. I remember like 15 years ago when alls they showed was documentary after documentary and the entire channel was devoted to teaching. Anything for the bottom line is correct but it doesn't make it ethically right. Cheers mate. I'll go watch my TED talks now.
 
Dcaggie06 said:
i dont understand how those guys dont lose their s*** from air jaws. If i witnessed sharks leaving the water to attack, i'd find the one place on earth furthest from water. maybe i need to start a balloon colony somewhere. i dunno. maybe lazer bears will start a war with Air Jaws and we can inherit whats left of the earth. Or balloon cities. I hear Julian might be able to hook us up. I dunno. A friend of mine once saw an eagle the size of a while with Saw Mills for talons. These are mad times. Mad times!
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Dcaggie06 said:
i dont understand how those guys dont lose their s*** from air jaws. If i witnessed sharks leaving the water to attack, i'd find the one place on earth furthest from water. maybe i need to start a balloon colony somewhere. i dunno. maybe lazer bears will start a war with Air Jaws and we can inherit whats left of the earth. Or balloon cities. I hear Julian might be able to hook us up. I dunno. A friend of mine once saw an eagle the size of a while with Saw Mills for talons. These are mad times. Mad times!
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Omg... Lazer bears. My kids looked at me funny because I choked on my soda. Ouch, but thanks for that. :D

Maverick299 said:
I have been a devoted shark week guy for many, many years. But I am getting a little tired of all the fear based, "sharks are people killer" shows they have been airing the last few years. We need to understand these magnificent creatures, not be taught to blindly hate and fear them. They are a vital part to a healthy ocean and they are disappearing at an alarming rate..............but scare tactics probably get a higher viewership. Anything for that almighty bottom line.
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So you're saying that you don't want shark skin with your sheath? :D

Seriously though, I 100% agree. I buy only legally caught shark, but you bring up a good point. Shark are amazing apex predators. It's interesting that humans feel a strong need to destroy any apex pred. When you buy a shark hide (for leather work) all of the fins (along with the head, gills etc) are cut out. I hope these sharks aren't being processed primarily for dick pills. I need to look into this further.

Now, all of that said, have you ever tried mako? It does taste fantastic, but I'd stop eating it if it was endangering the species!
 
viral said:
This guy, I like this guy. I think you are correct. Discovery is scaring people for viewer points instead of educating like they used to do. I remember like 15 years ago when alls they showed was documentary after documentary and the entire channel was devoted to teaching. Anything for the bottom line is correct but it doesn't make it ethically right. Cheers mate. I'll go watch my TED talks now.
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Cheers, mate. Fins up!
 
Strigamort said:
Omg... Lazer bears. My kids looked at me funny because I choked on my soda. Ouch, but thanks for that. :D



So you're saying that you don't want shark skin with your sheath? :D

Seriously though, I 100% agree. I buy only legally caught shark, but you bring up a good point. Shark are amazing apex predators. It's interesting that humans feel a strong need to destroy any apex pred. When you buy a shark hide (for leather work) all of the fins (along with the head, gills etc) are cut out. I hope these sharks aren't being processed primarily for dick pills. I need to look into this further.

Now, all of that said, have you ever tried mako? It does taste fantastic, but I'd stop eating it if it was endangering the species!
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Lol, I actually wouldn't mind having a sheath from sharkskin. I am by no means a tree hugging, animals are our friends PETA member. As I type this I am surrounded by dead fish, birds, and mammals on the wall that have met their end with mine own hand. I just think that sharks are being over harvested and they have a bad rap. They are slow to reproduce, slow to grow, and they are being killed for their fins and nothing else. Kind of sickening.

Never had Mako, but when I lived in Florida I routinely caught and ate black tip shark. Black tip is most excellent on the grill! I also only ate about one for every 30+ that I caught. I preferred to eat more sustainable fish like snapper and dolphin (mahi-mahi or dorado depending on your locale. In Florida they are called dolphin)
 
Maverick299 said:
Lol, I actually wouldn't mind having a sheath from sharkskin. I am by no means a tree hugging, animals are our friends PETA member. As I type this I am surrounded by dead fish, birds, and mammals on the wall that have met their end with mine own hand. I just think that sharks are being over harvested and they have a bad rap. They are slow to reproduce, slow to grow, and they are being killed for their fins and nothing else. Kind of sickening.

Never had Mako, but when I lived in Florida I routinely caught and ate black tip shark. Black tip is most excellent on the grill! I also only ate about one for every 30+ that I caught. I preferred to eat more sustainable fish like snapper and dolphin (mahi-mahi or dorado depending on your locale. In Florida they are called dolphin)
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Me neither. I've shot and fished my share. Especially fish though. I don't eat much (no salmon locally to fish), but my in laws love when I bring a cooler of trout by.

Man, now I want to go fishing!
 
Dcaggie06 said:
i dont understand how those guys dont lose their s*** from air jaws. If i witnessed sharks leaving the water to attack, i'd find the one place on earth furthest from water. maybe i need to start a balloon colony somewhere. i dunno. maybe lazer bears will start a war with Air Jaws and we can inherit whats left of the earth. Or balloon cities. I hear Julian might be able to hook us up. I dunno. A friend of mine once saw an eagle the size of a while with Saw Mills for talons. These are mad times. Mad times!
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Balloon colony. Snicker, snicker.

I used to joke that I used a zeppelin to get around. At the time, I was just weird enough that some weren't quite sure whether I was joking. But let me be he first to suggest your balloon city have an ordinance that only allows for zeppelin travel. It's the only way to fly, really.


Michael
 
Some people get really excited for Shark Week

[video=youtube;KIblMtZ0EYk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIblMtZ0EYk[/video]
 
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