Riding ON sharks? Seems more than a little nutty and not the greatest for the shark either...
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Oh well, further refinement of the gene pool I guess... what do you think?
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=2275481&page=1
Yeah, I thought that was pretty weird as well, kind of out of character? Or maybe I made an assumption about character that I should not have... there I go again! ](*,)Zen Diver wrote:I was surprised and a little dismayed to learn that Jean Michel Cousteau, of all people, were "pioneering" this. Sheesh...
-Valerie
Different CousteauSounder wrote:Jean Michel Cousteau is the same moron who made the stupid shark-sub that screamed "my grandpa left me money and I want to be popular like he was so I made a shark sub that didn't work and made a movie about it."
I can't say I'd be upset if he got eaten... stupid shark-sub crap.
On the other hand, did anyone see the squid show? I thought that was great - more science, more story, it actually worked, and wasn't a display of dangerous diving habits.
Culling the herd ... gee - there's so many things that come to mind with all of this - probably the most likely outcome is that this will promote a rash of future Darwin Award Winners.Calvin Tang wrote:I realize that Cousteau is trying to do this to break down peoples' fear of sharks (and thus turning them into cuddly wuddly animals to play with). But, what happens when the first shark riding tourist becomes a pink mist of seaspray?
With enough Mountain Dew anything is possible.Tom Nic wrote:, the story below mentions riding ON great whites, not just swimming with them... yikes!
ha, ha - that's sweet!laivindil wrote:With enough Mountain Dew anything is possible.