Your label "stupidity" should be changed to "retarded"...just saying...these people make me ill.
Wait, this could be more stupid:
"The Silent Scream of the Asparagus: Get ready for 'plant rights.'"
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Co...15/
065njdoe.asp
From the Florida Museum of Natural History's 2003 summary report: "... Four fatalities occurred in 2003, a total similar to the three recorded in 2002 and four reported in 2001, but much lower than the 11 fatalities in 2000. The 7% fatality rate was significantly lower than the 1990's decadal average of 13%. Single fatalities occurred in Australia, California, Fiji and South Africa.
As in recent years, the majority (65%: 36 attacks) of incidents occurred in North American waters, including 35 from the continental United States and one in the Virgin Islands. ...."
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From their 2007 summary report: "... The 2007 yearly total of 71 unprovoked attacks was higher than the 63 unprovoked attacks in 2006 and continues a gradual upswing in attacks since dropping to 57 in 2003. That three-year drop followed a high of 76 attacks that occurred in 2000. The significance of such short scale decreases and increases should not be overplayed as they are a characteristic pattern observed in historic shark attack data. When observed more broadly, the decadal number of unprovoked shark attacks grew at a steady rate over the past century. Overall, the 1990's had the highest attack total of any decade. That upward trend has continued: the previous decadal total was surpassed during 2007, eight years into the first decade of the 21st century. ...."
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As you note, this is nothing more than an ignorant reporter, Richard Luscombe in this instance, putting out a typical fear-mongering story (for reporters which translates to "earning my pay") that also allows him to tout his politcal preferences, or the PC cascade in vogue, on global warming under the guise of an objective "just asking questions" but, obviously, not enough of them.
I bought muzzles for all of the plants in the backyard and the grass. I hate it when they scream when we mow and trim.
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