MetaFilter posts tagged with sharks

Paging sharksmatter...?

Decimask — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:53:25 -0800

You are a shark. You swim off the coast of Florida. You dive in and out of the water to smash boats, and you can pull jumbo jets out of the sky WITH YOUR TEETH. You are Miami Shark. Via Rockpapershotgun. Yes, it is as awesome as it sounds.

Steve?

Christ, what an asshole — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:41:33 -0800

Alan! Alan! Alan! Alan! Alan!

The dangers sharks face are real

WhySharksMatter — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:33:02 -0800

1/3 of open ocean shark species faces extinction, according to the IUCN. A recent report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Shark Specialist group shows that nearly 1/3 of open ocean shark species face extinction. These sharks are essential to keeping ocean ecosystems in balance, and we've already seen some of the devastating effects of catastrophically decreased shark populations. Shark advocate Wolfgang Leander offers his thoughts on this crisis, and also provides the full text of an article about this IUCN report.

These Sharks Don't Look Fake.

Effigy2000 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:27:01 -0800

Spectacular video of cage diving with Great White Sharks in Guadalupe, Mexico. More movies and pictures of the Great White Shark.

"real-world white sharks with GPS units attached to their fins"

signal — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:59:00 -0800

In the Sharkrunners game , players control their ships, but the sharks are controlled by real-world white sharks with GPS units attached to their fins (...) every shark that players encounter corresponds to a real shark in the real world. via information aesthetics

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water

amyms — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:42:33 -0800

Swim At Your Own Risk is "your daily dose of all things sharky" and other aquatic-creature-related news and pictures. [Note: some pics not safe for the squeamish]

The one that got away?

bunglin jones — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:26:23 -0800

The one that got away? GIVE a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a world-famous English artist a fish, however, and he'll pickle it in formaldehyde, flog it to a South Korean art gallery for $5.7 million, and trouser the difference.. A controversial shark hunter learns of Damien Hirst adding value to "a freebie".

Sharks are scary

Pecinpah — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:32:37 -0800

Though JAWS scared the bejezus out of almost everybody and spread around the notion that sharks are grizzly agents of mindless revenge (this link possibly NSFW), they are, in fact, quite vulnerable to human activities (this doesn't make the prospect of being eaten alive while swimming any less scary). NOAA has some good fact sheets to help dispel what unreasonable fears you may have of these much maligned creatures, and if that doesn't do it, maybe this'll help.

Do you think he heard that music?

mr_crash_davis — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:10:03 -0800

Peter Benchley is now sleeping with the fishes.

White Shark Released

rodo — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:41:19 -0800

White Shark Released from Monterey Bay Aquarium after six months in captivity. In the last week, aquarists noted several incidents of what they considered to be active hunting of other exhibit animals, and they became substantially more concerned about the well-being of the other fishes. She was not released because of any injury or health problem. At the time of her release, she was 6'-4" long and weighed 162 pounds.

dolphins protect human swimmers

specialk420 — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:33:28 -0800

dolphins protect human swimmers
"A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark, media reported on Tuesday."

Ocean tank & shark video cam

madamjujujive — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 08:24:52 -0800

Ocean Tank and Shark Video Cam - take a aquatic break to explore the New England Aquarium's 200,000-gallon ocean tank, viewable from user-controlled cameras. The exhibit has more than 50 species of sea creatures from eels, sharks and barracuda, to turtles, stingrays and angelfish. You might catch a diver in the tank at feeding times. Viewable 9 am to 5 pm, EST.

Once more into the...

jonson — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:40:41 -0800

Fantastic images of a Great White Shark breaching (leaving the surface of the water, like a whale or a dolphin would). Note - they apparently usually exhibit this behavior when they are killing/feeding, so those with delicate sensibilities shouldn't click.

Flipper or Jaws? You decide.

mathowie — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:46:50 -0800

Dolphin or Shark? It's a question that has been brewing on surf boards (ha!) for months. After much armchair marine biology, the photographer posted the answer on his own site.

mark13 — Sat, 25 May 2002 16:35:31 -0800

Falling Coconuts Kill More People Than Shark Attacks

Does anyone remember the media generated shark attack hysteria hype from last summer? It turns out that a lot more people get killed every year by falling coconuts. Ow!

piskycritters — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 06:35:06 -0800

Figures show shark attacks down in 2001. Before September 11, it was the "Season of the Shark." Perhaps we can forgive the newscasters their excess in this matter. Or may be it's another reason to make sure you get your news from multiple sources and different media--now, more than ever.

ryanshepard — Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:09:27 -0800

Barry White to Serenade Sharks: Sharks are to be serenaded . . . at The National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham in an experiment to help them mate. His love songs and other romantic tunes will be pumped in to tanks containing dogfish, starry smooth hounds and tope. Just in time for Valentine's Day ;) Thanks again to the fabulous Nutlog.

BGM — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 09:55:13 -0800

Why the media has no credibility.... Read the title, then read the caption under the picture. Sigh....

jjg — Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:18:39 -0800

The sharks are working up an appetite in the Gulf of Mexico -- but the real feeding frenzy is back on shore.

rdr — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:34:13 -0800

Do not pet the great white sharks while they're feeding. Do not climb onto a whale carcass with your child while the great whites are ripping it to shreds. This is very similar to a thread I posted here but the idea of tourist shark interaction fascinates me.

rdr — Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:30:06 -0800

Tourists swimming with the fishes... Ok, more accurately swimming with sharks. Summer is coming and with it my little coastal town is starting to endure the first surges of tourist crowds. With the changing of the seasons comes the eternal question, just what can you convince tourists to spend money on? I live in great white shark country so it's unlikely that this particular tourist activity will take off locally. However, we have had problems with commercial shark chummers in the past.