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Will Barry White Songs Help Sharks Get Down?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don-marti-sings-like-barry-white dept.

iforgotmyfirstlogon writes "From ABC News: Ten resolutely celibate sharks at the National Sea Life Center are getting a blast of Barry White in hopes they'll get in the mood for love." Nothing like a little music to get you in the mood..." CD: Valentines Day should be called Barry White day.

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  1. Can't see why not by kilroy_hau · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    He attracted snakes on the Simpsons, didn't he?

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    1. Re:Can't see why not by YoPt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your kidding me right? OK. For most the day I have been paying more attention to the Modding on post and IMHO it is all screwed. No offense to this post, I thought it was cute. Informative though? If this catches the eye of anyone who cares and/or can do something to start some reform on the current Mod system please do so.

      /mini-rant off

    2. Re:Can't see why not by tswinzig · · Score: 2

      Holy shit. The funny post gets modded insightful, and the insightful post gets modded as funny.

      Only on Valentine's Day?

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  2. call me cynical by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds fishy to me.
    I don't think I believe this.

    *groan* *retch*

    Thank you, I'll be here til friday, enjoy the steak...

  3. Whatever... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    More like sharks will by swimming into walls blindly as they use their tympanic drums to navigate in addition to hearing.

    *ooh baby*... bonk

  4. Sure? by blue_zero · · Score: 2, Funny

    or maybe they'll just get in the mood to eat anyone bothering to swim out into the ocean..

    "OOOOOOOO...your making me hungry.."

    "Arby's..sastify your grown up tastes.."

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  5. Re:hmm by rynix · · Score: 2, Funny

    It has to be slow if they allow someones proposal on it as well !

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  6. resonance by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Barry White's voice is so deep that the resonance must serve as a no-touch vibrator for women.

  7. Whats next? by dmouritsendk · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Scientists" playing Seals Fly Like An Eagle to abandoned babybirds hoping to get them to fly?

  8. an idea by macsox · · Score: 3, Funny

    taco: i think amazon carries barry white cds. hint hint.

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    1. Re:an idea by neuroticia · · Score: 2, Funny

      Slashdotters need all the help we can get. =] (Although in our case a more appropriate aphrodisiac would be a beowu... Ok. I'll resist the joke.)

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  9. Re:hmm by bigdreamer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Today must be a REAL SLOW news day if this makes the front page!

    Well, that's because CmdrTaco is too busy with Kath^H^H^H^H other things right now.

    :) Congrats to the happy couple!

  10. Re:Actually... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't knock Barry, his music works better than cheap liquor.

  11. Re:Simpsons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This reminds me of whacking day
    To me everyday is whacking...oh, you mean something completely different.

  12. homosharksuals by Afrosheen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has anyone considered that these sharks are gay?

    1. Re:homosharksuals by x1l · · Score: 3, Funny

      have jonkatz go check.

    2. Re:homosharksuals by Afrosheen · · Score: 2

      They could be very repressed.

  13. Deep Bass by loydcc · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Why Barry White? For his deep throaty bass sound? What if it's harmful to the sharks? We don't know.

    Didn't the US Navy just admit to killing some whales with ultra low frequency sonar?

    1. Re:Deep Bass by Manaz · · Score: 2

      Whales != Sharks...

  14. duh by Dr.+Awktagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about giving those sharks a little PRIVACY!

    Shark #1: Darling, allow me to gentle stroke your pectoral fin.. let me gently nibble your..

    Researcher: HEY! He's getting close, turn on the video camera! Play the Barry White! Turn on the spotlight!

    Shark #2: Uhm, not interested.

    Shark #1: Damn you humans and your infernal lights and music! A pox on your families! May wasps eat at your eyes!

  15. Barry... by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Funny
    To sharks, would Barry be the other White meat...?

    "...can't get enough of your love, babe..."

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  16. Re:penises by 3waygeek · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's got to be penii -- -ae is a feminine suffix.

  17. Barry White vs Classical by kisrael · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The NPR interview with one of the people there (perhaps the curator?) mentioned that the music the carp were listening to was generally classical. Now, despite the effect Barry White might have on humans (and Ally McBeal characters), I wouldn't be surprised if it lacks many of the qualities that made the classical interesting work with the carp. I'm no big fan of classical, but I do buy into the idea that it has a sense of complexity that modern music doesn't have. Most classical generally has less sharp percussion than Barry White's backing band, and probably a less jarring flow. They've said so far that the males seemed more excited, but maybe they're just getting agitated.

    Anyway, it sound like pretty dubious science. Cute story for the day however.

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    1. Re:Barry White vs Classical by kisrael · · Score: 2

      Yeah, that's true. I was making some assumptions about what "kind" of classical...personally I only like the big loud or fast stuff, Dvorak's New World Symphony, Mozarts Rondo Alla Turca (sorry mis-spelled).

      Not sure if Sousa marches are considered classical though.

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  18. What a development! by mkc_673 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This can be used to reverse the recent trend in shark attacks. Build bathing suits with small speakers specially built for underwater use. Any nearby sharks will suddenly become preoccupied with 'other things'...

  19. Snakes, Simpsons, and Sharks by mikeage · · Score: 2

    It was deep enough to attract snakes on the simpsons...

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    1. Re:Snakes, Simpsons, and Sharks by Manaz · · Score: 2

      Yes.

      And the Simpsons is based on real life events too. Anything that happens on the Simpsons, can and does happen in RealLife.

      [/SARCASM]

    2. Re:Snakes, Simpsons, and Sharks by mikeage · · Score: 2

      Well, duh.

      Actually, that's not quite true. The Halloween episodes are non-canonical.

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  20. Re:penises by nosferatu-man · · Score: 2

    It's penises. Deprecated plural, penes.

    (jfb)

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  21. That's odd , our local news had this story too by DrSkwid · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And I'm in Nottingham, Englad and the venue was The Birmingham Sea Life Centre, Birmingham, UK!

    something fishy is going on!

    though of course sharks aren't fish

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    1. Re:That's odd , our local news had this story too by tswinzig · · Score: 2

      though of course sharks aren't fish

      Ummm perhaps you're thinking of dolphins?

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  22. You should see the other tank... by Nathdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    where they were playing Celine Dion.

    Now those were some fucking angry sharks!:

    Neeeeeaar Faaaaaaar, Whereeeeeveeer Yooou Are *MAD FRENZY BEGAN* ... By the time it got to: I Beeeeelieeeeve that my heart will go Oooooooon the tank was filled with blood and one surviving very injured shark.

    No; For the "love" it always has to be Barry White!

  23. hrmm... what about the rest of the equation? by StandardDeviant · · Score: 2

    It must be pretty hard to find a red velvet smoking jacket that has provision for a fin, much less a pimp hat that would work for a Sphyrna Lewini...

    (I don't know what species of shark these are, I just picked that one randomly.)

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  24. These are... by jmichaelg · · Score: 2

    ...white sharks?

  25. Re:Elephant Man by XBL · · Score: 2

    laid with Kathleen Fent ;-) No doubt it will be illegal MP3 copies of Barry's songs.

  26. I've seen sharks react to music by limejuice · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I do production work for bands (lights and sound) and recently did a private party for half.com at the New Jersey State Aquarium in Camden and the sound system that was used that night consisted of 4 18" subwoofers. The stage was directly across the dance floor from one of the large windows looking into the main ocean tank, which holds various sharks and other fish that are native to the North Atlantic. After the band began playing, I looked at the tank and noticed that some of the fish were getting more frisky instead of simply moping around the tank like they normally do. I didn't notice any intercourse, but I wasn't really looking for it.

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