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Sunday, May 04, 2008

Global Warming Causes Shark Attacks

First thing I have to say is, shark attacks have been occurring long before this Glo-bull warming nonsense. Sharks were made to swim, humans were not. People are invading their house, they didn't come into ours. That's the risk you take and any other contributing factors to this increase in shark attacks is nil.

I have never been attacked by a shark and never will...because I don't swim in the ocean. I walked ankle-deep in the Atlantic, but that was just to do it. I then meandered my way back to the hotel and swam in the shark-free pools.

Two deaths in the waters off California and Mexico last week and a spate of shark-inflicted injuries to surfers off Florida's Atlantic coast have left beachgoers seeking an explanation for a sudden surge in the number of strikes.

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'The one thing that's affecting shark attacks more than anything else is human activity,' said Dr George Burgess of Florida University, a shark expert who maintains the database. 'As the population continues to rise, so does the number of people in the water for recreation. And as long as we have an increase in human hours in the water, we will have an increase in shark bites.'

Some experts suggest that an abundance of seals has attracted high numbers of sharks, while others believe that overfishing has hit their food chain. 'I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it's a convenient excuse,' Burgess said. Another contributory factor to the location of shark attacks could be global warming and rising sea temperatures. 'You'll find that some species will begin to appear in places they didn't in the past with some regularity,' he said.