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Finally, a Shark With a Laser Attached To Its Head
Freshly Exhumed writes in with a Wired story about a nerd/super-villian dream come true. "Marine biologist-cum-TV personality Luke Tipple attached a 50-milliwatt green laser to a lemon shark off the coast of the Bahamas in late April. The escapade was sponsored by Wicked Lasers, a consumer-focused laser manufacturer based in Hong Kong that produces some of the most brilliant — and potentially dangerous — handheld lasers in the world. 'This was definitely a world first,' Tipple told Wired. 'Initially, I told them no. I thought it was a frivolous stunt. But then I considered that it would give us an opportunity to test our clips and attachments, and whatever is attached to that clip, I really don't care. It was a low-powered laser that couldn't be dangerous to anyone, and there's actually useful applications in having a laser attached to the animal.'"
No oblig anything... a freaking shark with a freaking laser on it's head...
timeo Danaos, et dona ferentis
Something tells me this shark thing is a lemon...
That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen. There's no way a shark could aim a laser mounted like that. It needs it on its head so the shark can properly sight down the beam and destroy the commanded target.
Better known as 318230.
To place one on an ill-tempered mutant sea bass.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
I like this quote: "...and there's actually useful applications in having a laser attached to the animal."
.... Like world domination
"For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert"
Add a warning:
Caution: Use remaining eye to avoid being eaten by shark.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
From your link:
Mayo Clinic ophthalmologists have found commercially available Class 3A green laser pointers can cause visible harm to the eye’s retina with exposures as short as 60 seconds
If a shark is staring directly at you for 60 seconds, chances are that some minor eye damage is not really your primary concern.