After a man posted a video of himself hitching a ride on the fin of a whale shark off the coast of Florida earlier this month, the legalities on shark riding were called into question. Well, exciting news for all you daredevils/total morons out there: Riding a wild shark in the ocean is a perfectly legal (and stupid)…
You guys. The great whites are on Twitter. LITERALLY. (Almost.) Scientists in Australia have attached transmitters to more than 320 sharks and are using Twitter to give swimmers a heads-up when big tooth-machines will be sharking around in their area. Hopefully, the system can help avoid unfortunate man-chomps—which,…
This is Milo, he isn't the brightest or the most exciting dog, but his people put him in some pretty ridiculous situations.
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A lot of people were fooled and annoyed and annoyed to be fooled by Shark Week's fake two-hour documentary about megalodons. The Discovery Channel never apologized for scaring the crap out of the seventy-three percent of viewers who now think megalodons still exist, and John Oliver is not pleased by their sharkhavior.*
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Shark Week, that great Discovery Channel event of mixed-message nature television, returns tonight, signaling the end of summer. Enjoy programs with alarmist titles like "Shark Psychopaths: The Most Dangerous, Bloodthirsty, and Insane Sharks on the Planet, and Why They're All COMING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW," and then…
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In the frothy, bloody wake of Sharknado, there's another shark-oriented movie coming soon to SyFy: Ghost Shark. The guffaw-inducing trailer for the movie which airs August 22 includes lines like "ghosts are real" and "it's going to swim up and bite you in the ass if you don't wake up."
Chainsaw to the #Sharknado!!! https://t.co/SO7wh698NG
— Danny (@recordsANDradio)
July 12, 2013
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Above is a video taken by Ridgefield, Connecticut couple David and Elena Barnes of themselves and their five-year-old daughter Anaia during a vacation with Power Boat Adventures in the Bahamas. In the 9-minute clip, the family snorkels in shallow water with a number of shark breeds (shown being fed by Power Boat…
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Shark Angels are girls who swim with sharks in bikinis to prove they're docile creatures. That is all.
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Whether they're calling shark attacks "payback" or accusing photographers of necrophilia, PETA rarely goes a month without a serious dick move. Here's why they're one of the worst supposedly do-gooder organizations out there.
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[Mexico City, October 25: A model wears a creation of Mexican designer Gianfranco Reni at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion show. Image via AP.]
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A shark from a New Zealand aquarium shocked viewers when it gave another shark a cesarean section with its teeth. This saved the lives of four babies (that would otherwise have been born at night and immediately eaten). [NZHerald]
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[West Hollywood, November 2. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
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