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In Awe of Jaws

Friday, July 18, 2008

It wouldn't be summer without the threat of shark attacks. Dr. John Carlson, a fisheries biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains our fascination with this toothy fish.


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  • [1] michael winslow from INWOOD July 18, 2008 - 11:28AM

    People in the tri-state area have as much chance of being attacked by a shark as winning the lottery.

    Unless they smear themselves with blood and swim with dead fish in their hands.

    If this was Australia, California or Hawaii then it would be a different story

    It makes a great movie.


  • [2] O from Forest Hills July 18, 2008 - 11:48AM

    Here, sharkie, sharkie, come here. We have a treat for you.
  • [3] O from Forest Hills July 18, 2008 - 11:50AM

    Deep Blue Sea was a recent good shark movie.

    Don't eat shark though, it is not Kosher and it probably takes gross.
  • [4] hjs from 11211 July 18, 2008 - 11:51AM

    today's theme hysteria!

    get your emergency packs everyone...
  • [5] Lloyd from Manhattan July 18, 2008 - 11:52AM

    I've heard that due to unusually warm water, the jellyfish are at Jones Beach already. Do they attract the sharks? Also, I heard that the shark was on the Zachs Bay side of Jones Beach. How did he get there?
  • [6] O from Forest Hills July 18, 2008 - 11:52AM

    Yikes!!!!:) LOL
  • [7] david olmedo from nyc July 18, 2008 - 11:52AM

    Were seeing dolfins, seals & sharks in our area

    does this have anything to do with global warming.
  • [8] Steve (the other one) from Manhattan July 18, 2008 - 11:52AM

    Right before 9/11 it was sharks and Chandra Levy 24/7. Now the Post is doing a 12 part series on Chandra and there are sharks all over the news. I don't like it.
  • [9] Robert from NYC July 18, 2008 - 11:53AM

    Hey this is a great segment, I'm learning a lot.
  • [10] O from Forest Hills July 18, 2008 - 11:56AM

    Who's Chandra Levy?
  • [11] O from Forest Hills July 18, 2008 - 11:56AM

    Where's TeachTruth and Pomerianzdad?
  • [12] the truth from Atlanta/New York July 18, 2008 - 11:59AM

    no shame! what the devil did she just say?


  • [13] the truth from Atlanta/New York July 18, 2008 - 11:59AM

    Truth here!! lol
  • [14] the truth from Atlanta/New York July 18, 2008 - 12:00PM

    I dont have to worry about sharks in ATL..thus no comment,well just the one.
  • [15] O from Forest Hills July 18, 2008 - 12:00PM

    The lady got cut off, the last caller but she was asking how to avoid a shark attack.
  • [16] the truth from Atlanta/New York July 18, 2008 - 12:01PM

    michael..i am actually LAUGING OUT LOUD OVA HEEYA!!
  • [17] the truth from Atlanta/New York July 18, 2008 - 12:03PM

    O, I know what she was asking but, I couldn't believe she was asking, valid question, but I think it should have been asked off air!!
  • [18] so from brooklyn July 18, 2008 - 12:10PM

    the guest mentioned how popular some shark meat is, as well as the fins. however im surprised he did not talk about how the slaughtering of sharks for meat and fins (not to mention the bi-catch when fishing for other seafood) is decimating the world shark population at a staggering rate. this is important because sharks play an important role in the ocean ecosystem as they are top feeders. without them food chains are in danger of going way out of whack. unfortunately since they are perceived as annoyoing, dangerous people-eaters (false, for the most part) not much is paid attention to their fast dwindling populations.


  • [19] O from Forest Hills July 18, 2008 - 12:21PM

    I thought whales are top feeders over the sharks.
  • [20] paul peacock nyc from new york city July 18, 2008 - 12:28PM

    michael - i was interested enough in the topic to go to wikipedia and see what they had on great white sharks because i picked up from somewhere that gws were not as human-predatory as some people think.

    now wikipedia needs a bit of design-tweaking, in my humble, but this looks pretty good; only though a shark expert, like the guest we had today, would know for sure. i suppose.

    so here's the link:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark

    but the show's over for today so ...

    ... perhaps the control room is empty, merely littered with oren's latte cups, the microphones swinging gently ...

    and if so, no worries...

    no worries ...

    no zzzzzzzzzzz

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