Evolution at work.
Great White sharks are thought to be sixteen-million-years old, first appearing in the Miocene era, while humans have only been on planet earth for a mere 200,000. With what we know about evolution, both micro and macro, it’s near impossible not to imagine the apex predators have been adapting, shifting, changing their behavior to become even more efficient killers.
Examining the recent Great White explosion off of Nantucket, a once peaceful community where the only thing lacking was the letter ‘R’ but now blood-soaked and paranoid, it appears the beasts are using their mystique to lure victims much like child molesters use candy.
As surfers, the most sought after treat by Great Whites, we have evolved to either not surf with them or to be generally fatalistic about it, assuming we may well lose a leg or friend. The general population, however, has less experience and, contrary to assumed logic, are not being repelled from Cape Cod but rather flocking, hoping to catch a glimpse of “Jaws” and let us turn to Mass Live for more on this disturbing trend.
Sue Koszela traveled more than 500 miles to enjoy the beaches along Cape Cod. Like many beachgoers she checked the beach conditions with an app on her phone prior leaving her timeshare.
She wasn’t checking the weather, though. Instead she was looking for shark activity.
“We’ve never seen a great white shark, so I think that’s where the fascination (comes from,)” Koszela said.
Using the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app, the Buffalo native calculated which beaches experienced the highest number of shark sightings. Her examintion led her to Head of Meadow Beach in Truro.
She narrowly predicted correctly. The park ranger at the entrance booth alerted Koszela and her family that the water was closed due to a shark sighting about 10 minutes ago.
“(Missing it) was somewhat devastating,” Koszela said.
Koszela isn’t alone.
“There’s been an absolute fascination with these creatures that has actually lured more people here than chased them away,” CEO of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce Wendy Northcross said. “People kind of have this huge curiosity. The most frequently asked questions here is, ‘Where can we go see the sharks?’”
Etc.
And I fear that Great Whites are a few thousand years away from manufacturing Rohypnol on a mass scale. I fear that we surfers will see it coming but that the general population will be decimated, more or less.
Kim Kardashian likes her big R’s
How can you compare the 2?a paedophile versus a shark.Thats the most stupid ridiculous thing I have ever heard of.
This is the worst, and the title is offensive. I’m glad I was never molested! I’d probably sue for lost wages for the wasted minute reading the article 😆
I must have accidentally logged onto The Weekly World News.
Thank God I skipped the article after just a few lines and went straight to the comments .but I did however see that the most frequently asked questions was where can we go see the sharks. Central park!. In the ocean you stupid ass.
That was the dumbest thing I have read in a long time.
Misleading title
Sad excuse for an article
Waste of time
Get another job
Easily, far & away one of the most ridiculous articles I’ve ever read. Did you get trophies for showing up? Is this a “high-dea”?
That’s not even close to sharks evolving, that’s just people devolving.
Baby Shark! Do do da do do do!!🦈🦈🦈
They’ve always been there, just that every dickhead now has a camera.
A camera on the head of my dick? Brilliant!
Technology is at least 10 years away to make them that small I’m afraid.
Good idea though.
Face it, no matter how much people kick & scream, no one is going to allow culling of either seals or sharks. The public outcry against such barbaric & cruel practices won’t allow it to happen. In addition, the damage to the ecosystem culling could cause might be incalculable. Fish & Game won’t permit further damage to ocean ecosystems for the benefit of a few people. That would be ridiculous.
You could start serving a McSeal or filet-o-shark, that would fix the problem through consumerism.
This is an excellent & hilarious article. It also completely debunks the claim that small businesses will suffer due to a lack of tourism because Great Whites are in residence in Cape Cod. Seems like the sharks are attracting more tourists than they’re repelling. It sounds like the surfers & a few others are the main group effected negatively by the Great Whites’ presence. Perhaps they just need to go someplace else to surf, swim, dive, etc… &/or otherwise serve themselves up as potential dinner entres for sharks.
Are you insinuating that we should offer ourselves as Julia McHappy Meals …. ? Not a terribly humane suggestion from a social justice worrier …
😆😂🤣☠️
Of course
Here’s a couple of guys who would like cull a seal or two:
https://www.theguardian.com…
What a horrible idea. Completely unacceptable!!!
Border Patrol seals the deal …. ?
Even the true pros have their fukkups !
Bucks Panthers rain delay fill ins are hilarious ! What nubs am I gonna use ? Don’t want no wet socks ! Hahahahar
Excellent point!
I fear Chas & Derek will become obsessed by the little blue line and forego their high journalistic standards for cheap & nasty clicks!
Beating a dead reef is the BeachGrit way. One of our proudest traditions!
Well there’s no fighting tradition!
Terrible article with piss poor parallels and misleading to boot.
Okay Chas are you keeping with the GW stories to keep that little blue line line above the little orange line?