Comments on: Sharks Developing Taste for Human Flesh

By: MoonCake

MoonCake — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:32:45 +0000

it's not that they have DEVELOPED a taste for human flesh considering human flesh is no different from other flesh. i mean, if we threw barrels of dead chickens into the ocean and the sharks came after them, would they be developing a taste for chicken? no. sharks eat, and if little timmy just happens to be dangling his tasty feet in front of a hungry mouth, he can't too surprised to feel a sharp and painful nibble.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:26:23 +0000

Man, I need a CNN shirt of that.

By: rdubs

rdubs — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:05:30 +0000

All time best headline ever.
SHARKS DEVELOP TASTE FOR HUMAN FLESH

By: DOJ

DOJ — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:41:45 +0000

oh sure, blame it on the mobsters...

By: anon

anon — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:15:50 +0000

"They think the 10ft-long fish could have developed a taste for human flesh after devouring hundreds of corpses dumped into the sea by mobsters."

Puts a whole new spin on 'chumming around'

By: kid_icarus

kid_icarus — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:56:15 +0000

or it could be with all the shark tourism out there and constant chumming of the water they could be linking humans with food......there's an interesting article in the smithsonian magazine about that, this month.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:22:40 +0000

@ Scotchdrnkr

I have to agree. If the food supply of a predator is dwindling (probably due to over fishing) they tend to look for other sources of nourishment. In this case tasty humans.

By: stacyj

stacyj — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:20:35 +0000

Eh ... a story pulled from The Sun? Doesn't that make an already far-fetched notion seem downright ludicrous?

By: cfood

cfood — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:39:26 +0000

I heard British tourists taste like chicken.

By: Scotchdrnkr

Scotchdrnkr — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:00:47 +0000

I really doubt if sharks are developing a TASTE for HUMAN flesh. More likely that their regular food supply is being eradicated so they have to hunt in different areas. for food. And we just happen to be playing in the water where they decided to hunt. Don't what to be shark food stay out of the water.