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Rest easy, sharks. Commercial fishermen can’t get you if you’re swimming around in the new 243,000-square-mile (630,000-square-kilometer) shark sanctuary off the coast of The Bahamas.
Yesterday, the Bahamian government announced that commercial shark fishing is banned within those waters.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been editing a host of safety-related articles lately, or maybe I’m just a worrier (most people who know me would say it’s likely the latter), but the mention of a friend’s upcoming beach trip had me immediately thinking, I should do a blog post on beach safety. So here it is, folks.
Skishing Off the Coast of Montauk, N.Y.
by Amanda Arnold | February 24, 2010
I’ve thought about it and I’ve decided I don’t want to go skishing.
Skishing is fishing, only the fisherman wears a buoyant wetsuit and lets the waves pull him and his rod and reel out to sea. Supposedly, it’s quite peaceful. No screaming boat motor. Nothing to separate you from sea creatures. Just you — bobbing in a big bathtub of ocean, breathing the salty air.
Hmm. Nothing to separate you from sea creatures. And you’ve got bait on your person.
You asked: What’s the most dangerous shark in the ocean? — David, Elkton, Md. Marshall Brain Answered: The word shark has several definitions. Here’s one: a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury. The point is that people are sometimes called sharks, and people are definitely the most dangerous sharks in [...]
What Comes After Hard Drives? – “According to a new study, if HDDs continue to progress at their current pace, then in 2020 a two-disk, 2.5-inch disk drive will be capable of storing more than 14 TB and will cost about $40 (today, a typical 500 GB hard drive costs about $100)…” Monster shark spreads [...]
Totally Rad Shark Week Project – Come See!
by Charles W. Bryant | August 6, 2009
Today I wanted to point all you fine folks in the direction of a really cool project I had the pleasure of working on for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. Most of you may have heard about the infamous shark attacks in 1916 on the New Jersey shore and 11 miles inland at Matawan Creek. If not, I strongly encourage you to go right now and listen to the excellent podcast the ladies of Stuff You Missed in History Class did last week. Candace and Katie killed it on that one and Candace followed up with an excellent blog post about putting the attacks in context.
That said, I was charged a few months ago with brainstorming for Shark Week content for our parent company, Discovery Channel. Being familiar with this compelling story, I thought “wouldn’t it be cool if I could write some ‘found diaries’ of some of the key players of the events of 1916?”
We’re right smack dab in the middle of Shark Week, HowStuffWorks.com’s parent company, Discovery Channel’s week-long bonanza of shark programming. It’s a big deal around here: there are feeding frenzies in the break room, one guy in legal wears nothing but Body Glove all week long, there are live seals living in the podcast studio and no one seems to be entirely certain where they came from. But hey, it’s Shark Week.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell one whale shark from another — it takes a ridiculously complicated computer algorithm designed by NASA. Just look at that photo. The array of white spots on a whale shark’s body is essentially a star scape — and just who makes it their business to map and decipher the heavens?
It is hard to imagine sharks ever going extinct. Sharks have been roaming the oceans for millions and millions of years. Unfortunately, human beings are putting so much pressure on them from so many angles that many species are already endangered. What kind of human threats do sharks face? Let us count the ways: First [...]
Dr. Clark and I had the awesome opportunity to dive in at the GA Aquarium yesterday and swim in the big tank. Let me just go ahead and say up front that it was one of the cooler things I’ve ever had the chance to do.
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