Happy Shark Week, everyone!!!!

[Althis]

remembered seeing this in some subforum
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[HORNS]

One of my favorite insults is "she's uglier than a *********".

 

[MrG]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

Because of that one, I was certain that this one from last week was fake too...until I found out it was real. Whale, not shark...but still...DAMN:

Interestingly, the whale shot was taken in South Africa, which is the only place in the world where great white sharks jump out of the water. Apparently the ginormous sea life is just flyin' through the air down there.

I cannot imagine how terrifying a flying great white shark would be. Sharks are scary enough; flying sharks are da debil. Personally, I think we should give in to their demands, lest they get angry and begin to use their superpowers against us.

 

[Teacher]

Dammit, it's Shark Week and they have The Colony on during prime time????? WTF!!!!!eleven!y!

Originally Posted by MrG

Sharks are scary enough; flying sharks are da debil. Personally, I think we should give in to their demands, lest they get angry and begin to use their superpowers against us.

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by Teacher

Is he or has he been featured during Shark Week? This is a completely serious question.

I'll have to ask him. It's quite possible. His services are in demand as a charter captain for fishing for mako sharks. I gather they are much more spectacular fighters when hooked than most sharks, often leaping high out of the water.

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by Jodum5

I want a pet shark so I could call it Chompy.

Why don't you get one? Sharks of the small species are fairly readily available at reasonable cost and are suitable for keeping in salt-water aquariums.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by MrG

Interestingly, the whale shot was taken in South Africa, which is the only place in the world where great white sharks jump out of the water. Apparently the ginormous sea life is just flyin' through the air down there.

I cannot imagine how terrifying a flying great white shark would be. Sharks are scary enough; flying sharks are da debil. Personally, I think we should give in to their demands, lest they get angry and begin to use their superpowers against us.

 

[Infrasonic]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

I'll have to ask him. It's quite possible. His services are in demand as a charter captain for fishing for mako sharks. I gather they are much more spectacular fighters when hooked than most sharks, often leaping high out of the water.

http://newenglandsharks.com/shortfin.htm

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by Teacher

Is he or has he been featured during Shark Week? This is a completely serious question.

I asked my replacement about that today. He said he hadn't been on Shark Week but had appeared a number of times on "Shark Hunter" programs.

 

[JLibourel]

I have never really decided what the most baleful, deadly looking creature on earth would be:

One of the most dangerous venomous snakes like a king cobra or black mamba.

One of the big killer sharks.

A large salt-water or Nile crocodile

Anybody have any thoughts?

 

[HgaleK]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

I have never really decided what the most baleful, deadly looking creature on earth would be:

One of the most dangerous venomous snakes like a king cobra or black mamba.

One of the big killer sharks.

A large salt-water or Nile crocodile

Anybody have any thoughts?

I've never been in the water with anything bigger than 12ish feet, but sharks have never gotten to me. There's a bit of an adrenaline rush, some wariness, and then you're good. The thought of running in to a mamba (green or black) scares the hell out of me. They're huge, incredibly fast, aggressive, and the green ones have a bad habit of hanging out in trees. Rattle snakes, copper heads, cotton mouths, etc. don't bug me, but a mamba is no bueno. Alligators and crocodiles don't do it for me either, but they're too lazy looking to appear deadly IMO.

 

[Teacher]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

I have never really decided what the most baleful, deadly looking creature on earth would be:

One of the most dangerous venomous snakes like a king cobra or black mamba.

One of the big killer sharks.

A large salt-water or Nile crocodile

Anybody have any thoughts?

If we're talking about pure looks, I think a lot of people would choose some type of spider. It's not terrifically macho, but I think it's true. As for me, I don't know. I'd probably go with a big croc.

 

[Infrasonic]

 

[suited]

Shark Week was so much better when I was a kid. The programming now isn't nearly as good, way to commercialized.

 

[Teacher]

Happy Shark Week, all!