For some reason I saw that NatGeo was having their annual shark week and decided to watch a bit of it because sharks are the coolest lifeform out there. It made me think while I was watching about how if there's one thing I don't appreciate about Japan its their massive overfishing problem, especially finning. It just feels so wasteful for us to drive populations of species closer and closer towards extinction without at least trying to make an effort towards allowing them to grow out their numbers so it's possible to sustain fishing them for generations to come. Not blow our load now and then in the future be shit out of luck because we got rid of all animals we were eating/making goods out of.

Anyways, aside from that little bit of irking I was enamored by all the various different shark videos and they really cemented themselves as one of my favorite animals. Can't go backwards, just straight, but if you were to try and take advantage of that to try and outswim one you'd be sharkfood faster than your clever brain would be able to process getting chunked. These guys can swim over 20mph (Olympic swimmers can only hit around 5) so any disadvantage they have with maneuverability is easily made up for through turning around charging you extremely fast for a proper chomp if they were going for you. In a way it's what scares me about some of the better beach spots in the world since a whole lot of them have a good bit of sharks inside of them, Australia and South Africa in particular being quite populous. And the strategy of punching them in the face doesn't really seem like the best deterrent either unless you hit them in the eyes, but from what I've seen they actually have their eyes retreat into their sockets when feasting so it's not as easy as people would have you think.

Also what's /qa/'s favorite shark? Mine's the great white because it's just so utterly massive and emblematic of what you think of when people say 'Shark', huge teeth and way more aggressive than most of its genetic siblings. The colors on it and the more rugged look too earn it numerous cool points. If we were living some several million years ago though, I'd probably say Megaladon since it's basically a dinosaur shark which is the most epic you can get. Need some way to bring them back or resurrect them Jurassic Park style....