So the shark shit is getting out of control South of the Border. Two surfers are dead, another has large holes in his arm, and everyone is going batshit.
Whenever sharks get consistently nasty like this, a talking head will roll out with the usual. "There's a better chance you'll get struck by lightning, hit by a car, or crushed by falling rock, than attacked and killed by a shark" quote.
That's all good I guess, and probably true, but I'd be pissed off at that head if I was this dude with the busted arm. I have to think that Mexican tourism officials want to hang California State University Marine biologist Chris Lowe from a Joshua Tree and beat him like a pinata for this quote.
"People have a much better chance of dying of food poisoning going to Mexico than being bitten by a shark," he said. "It's far more dangerous driving to the beach than it is getting in the water."
Gracias, Chris. Now people have to worry about getting chomped by a porker in the Pacific Ocean and the bacteria-laden ice cubes floating in their rocky Margarita.
Either way, bowels will be evacuated.
On a positive note, it seems as if humans are taking the proactive approach and indiscriminately killing sharks of all species in retaliation. That should send those malicious predators a message.
If only that energy could be channeled toward better drinking water and stringent health codes, tourists' intestines would probably feel much better when a Great White rips into them.
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