George Burgess, the man with the plan at the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File has been saying it for years. When Shark jams are up it is because there are simply more people going to the beach. He released his 2008 Shark jam data last week which showed that Shark jams are at their lowest point in five years. There were 71 jams in 2007 and 58 jams in 2008. The leading theory behind the dip in jams is the same theory as when jams are on the rise. The reason there were fewer jams is that there were fewer people at the beach. Why? Because people are too busy looking for work and simply don't have the time and money to spend partying in the ocean. In 2008 surfers again--at 57 percent--comprised the lion's share of people who were jammed. Burgess believes that it is their particular type of splashing that precipitates the jams. Most Shark researchers in general agree that the particular silhouette that surfers make at the surface make them look like prey items from below.

But are we over-thinking this shit? Maybe surfers are the ones most jammed because they are the ones that are at the beach faithfully each and every day. Surfers show a level of dedication usually only seen in crack heads, heroin addicts, and text messagers. Sharks are not an effective deterrent against surfing. It would be pretty sweet if Sharks were an effective deterrent against text messagers. I am trying to watch a fucking movie you asshole!

He-Who-Channels-Sharky is seriously "under-employed" right now, perhaps that is why he has lost interest in Shark Jams?

--Sharky

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