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Great White Sharks Making Comeback Off Atlantic Coast

An anonymous reader writes "A report that scientists are calling one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks finds their numbers are surging in the ocean off the Eastern U.S. and Canada after decades of decline — bad news if you're a seal, but something experts say shouldn't instill fear. The scientists behind the study attribute the resurgence to conservation efforts, such as a federal 1997 act that prevented hunting of great whites, and greater availability of prey. The species is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature."

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  1. Fantastic news! by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pass the soup!

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    "The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
  2. Food chain by penix1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is one of the many reasons I don't go anywhere near the ocean. It is a food chain out there and I don't need to be the weakest link.... GOODBYE!

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  3. Re:Excellent news! by BlackPignouf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yay wolf!
    I'm all for beavers and cougars.

  4. Re:Good news! by amoeba1911 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "God" and "laws of physics" are really interchangeable.

    Someone should make a chrome plugin that changes the word "God" to "laws of physics" ... similar to "Coud to Butt"

    Romans 1:18-20
    The wrath of laws of physics is being revealed from heaven against all the laws of physicslessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about laws of physics is plain to them, because laws of physics has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world laws of physics' invisible qualities--laws of physics' eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

    Corinthians 1:25
    For the foolishness of laws of physics is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of laws of physics is stronger than man's strength.

    Peter 4:11-12
    If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of laws of physics. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength laws of physics provides, so that in all things laws of physics may be praised through laws of physics. To laws of physics be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.