Yeah, what a sensationalist

Spot the BBC saying that basking sharks are dangerous:

"They may be cousins but the basking shark couldn't be more different from the feared great white. Harmless and docile, the basking shark does nonetheless often get confused with the apex predator it is related to. Another benefit of this new research could be to highlight those differences. Al Reeve from the Shark Trust hopes so. He said: "From this survey we think more people will appreciate that we've got sharks on our coastline, that they are not dangerous killing machines and also enjoy the fact that we can share the waters with such great sized animals."

Posted By: Old Git on July 25th 2008 at 10:05:14

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This annoys me greatly, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 25, 09:35:11
- because they are trying to drum up interest (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jul 25, 09:59:56
- but this is the third paragraph: (General Chat) - cookpassbabtridge, Jul 25, 09:57:26
  - They bask people into submission then give them a chinese burn (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:58:52
    - Basking sharks are so named, according to my son, because (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 25, 10:00:31
      - Classic WOTB fact, what's his username? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 25, 10:06:05
        
        I keep him away from sharp instruments and WOTB (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Jul 25, 10:08:54
      - superb (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 10:02:23
      - NFN then (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 10:01:52
- But that piece goes on and on and on and on and ON (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 25, 09:51:23
  - Weren't stingray's said to be not dangerous too? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jul 25, 09:57:22
    - just like smoking. When will the lies end!?!? (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 25, 10:02:57
    - Err. No. Remember the title of the TV programme Irwin was filming ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 10:01:31
      - Come Die With Me? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jul 25, 10:04:00
        
        "I wonder what'll happen if I stick my finger up this stingray's arse"? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 25, 10:06:50
        
        I believe it was "The World's Most Dangerous Animals". Proved his point, anyway. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 10:30:46
  - and nothing in there likely to incite shark abuse (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:54:24
  - it's more the piece i just saw on the news, they've worded it a little differently here (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 25, 09:54:11
    - fuck offffffffffffff lol (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 10:01:13
      - Yeah, what a sensationalist (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 25, 10:05:14
- because they're shark-racists. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jul 25, 09:46:50
- cant see how it would make people act aggressively though (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:45:40
  - Yes, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 25, 09:47:20
    - that's not people acting aggressively though, it's people fishing (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:49:29
      - I realised after i posted it, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 25, 09:52:08
        
        hehe 'revenge attacks', awesome 'THAT SHARK KILLED MY PARTNER!!" (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 25, 09:53:14
        
        Yeah but sharks do it as well. The female came back for revenge after Brody (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:56:44
        
        i think you are confusing fiction with reality steve (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:57:31
        
        are you sure it was him. fucking looks like him, come here fish face have a piece of this (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:55:38
        
        come on you finny fucker, you fucking want some? Do ya? Fucking do ya? Come on then! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 25, 09:57:17
        
        finny fucker lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:59:59
        
        you laugh, it happens a lot in Australia!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 25, 09:54:48
        
        Didn't loads of Stingrays get killed after Steve Irwin died? (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 25, 10:01:12
      - Shark-fin soup looks more like man-soup. Had it in a restaurant once, and (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:50:43
        
        How did that sight affect your plankton? (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 25, 09:52:21
        
        He did this (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 25, 09:58:10
        
        *****RIP THREAD***** (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:52:15
        
        DONKEY PUNCH for Tomby, please (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 25, 09:56:33
  - Yeah, they chuck oxygen bottles down their throats and shoot them and stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:46:45
    - to be fair to roy sheider he was acting in self defence and in the line of duty (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:47:44
      - no-one believed him, did they ? Apart from beardy Dreyfuss and that bloke what got eaten (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:48:28
        
        get out of the water!!get out of the water!! (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:50:33
- "leave nothing but bubbles" (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:41:46
- .... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:41:03
  - Odds Bodkins!!!!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 25, 09:47:09
  - i'll have his watch please (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:42:48
    - I'll have the boots (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:43:47
  - at least it didn't nick his watch. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 25, 09:42:18
    - Obviously not a scouse shark then (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:42:59
- yebbut we have all watched jaws & that was soooooo scary. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jul 25, 09:38:27
  - thats the point, if it was bull or tiger sharks then obviously you have to be real careful (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Jul 25, 09:45:44
    - If it was really cold they might mistake my nob for plankton (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:48:58
    - My swimming shorts are made of plankton though... (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 25, 09:47:32
    - give that poi one from me (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:47:00
    - crikey, ipswich fans should avoid cornwall then (General Chat) - Tomblander, Jul 25, 09:46:35
  - I'd have taken a bite of that water-skiing bird myself though (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:40:23
- Yeah. They do the same with crocodiles (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:37:21
  - and Dinosaurs. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 25, 09:39:39
    - and Asylum Seekers (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 25, 09:44:14
      - Jurassic Park 4: The Lost Leave to Remain. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 25, 09:48:23
      - And Lawyers, although that is justified. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 25, 09:47:16
      - haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jul 25, 09:46:50

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