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Happy Holidays! I'd rather be eaten by a...

  • Genial Great White (45%, 59 Votes)
  • Hungry Human (23%, 30 Votes)
  • Terrific Tiger (17%, 23 Votes)
  • Fuzzy Polar Bear (16%, 21 Votes)
  • Cuddly Crocodile (-1%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 132

Start Date: December 24, 2009 @ 8:19 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Australian Waters: Deadly Dangerous?

  • Aussies just bitch-slap the sharks (33%, 4 Votes)
  • Sharks too busy with saltwater Crocs (33%, 4 Votes)
  • Great Whites don't like the taste of VB (33%, 4 Votes)
  • Beaches protected by nets... Unless you're a fish (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 12

Start Date: December 4, 2009 @ 1:52 pm
End Date: No Expiry

El Niño: More Shark Attacks?

  • I call bullshit. (38%, 65 Votes)
  • Great Whites are EVERYWHERE (34%, 59 Votes)
  • Sounds plausible. I'll be a bit more cautious. (23%, 40 Votes)
  • What's the niño? (5%, 12 Votes)

Total Voters: 173

Start Date: July 20, 2009 @ 4:45 pm
End Date: No Expiry

President-Elect Obama:

  • Great White Sharks: Yes, We Can (Eat You) (40%, 6 Votes)
  • Once caught a 24-foot GWS with floss (27%, 4 Votes)
  • This poll is a stretch, even for The Fear Beneath (27%, 4 Votes)
  • Institutes comprehensive shark nets (6%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 15

Start Date: November 20, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Great White Shark

  • entitled to its share of the ocean, man (45%, 27 Votes)
  • victim of a bad reputation, just hungry (20%, 12 Votes)
  • fish like that… swallow ya whole (17%, 10 Votes)
  • is out for blood: no more, no less (10%, 6 Votes)
  • who cares? winter's here - fire up the NPAC (5%, 3 Votes)
  • see 'em every day but i still paddle out (3%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 60

Start Date: November 1, 2008 @ 12:59 am
End Date: No Expiry

Most Bad-Ass Predators, Anywhere, Anytime

  • Great White Shark (37%, 26 Votes)
  • Saltwater Crocodile (19%, 13 Votes)
  • Oprah (17%, 12 Votes)
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex (17%, 12 Votes)
  • Vincent Vega & Jules Winfield (6%, 4 Votes)
  • Grizzly Bear (4%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 70

Start Date: October 15, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Most Fearsome Ocean Predator

  • Great White Shark (54%, 15 Votes)
  • Homo Sapiens (21%, 6 Votes)
  • Tiger Shark (11%, 3 Votes)
  • Super-Smart 'Deep Blue Sea' Sharks (7%, 2 Votes)
  • Orca (7%, 2 Votes)
  • Oceanic Whitetip Shark (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 28

Start Date: September 20, 2008 @ 12:29 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Shark Attack News

  • Often Valuable, Always Entertaining (44%, 4 Votes)
  • Important Public Safety Information (33%, 3 Votes)
  • Thin Out The Lineup (22%, 2 Votes)
  • Mostly Hype. Statistically Unlikely. (0%, 0 Votes)
  • People Are Getting Eaten! (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 9

Start Date: September 20, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
End Date: No Expiry

you'll never catch me paddling out at:

  • I paddle wherever I damn please (44%, 15 Votes)
  • Ocean/ Stinson Beaches, Red Triangle (18%, 6 Votes)
  • Shark-y Northern Santa Barbara County (15%, 5 Votes)
  • Outside the cage, Guadalupe Island (15%, 5 Votes)
  • Tiger Shark Terraces, Hawaii (9%, 3 Votes)
  • Volusia County, Shark Attack Capital (-1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 34

Start Date: September 15, 2008 @ 11:15 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Why So Much Shark Activity Lately?

  • More sharks & less food (31%, 14 Votes)
  • More people = more attacks (29%, 13 Votes)
  • Humans are delicious (20%, 9 Votes)
  • Tired of being hunted, started hunting us!!! (11%, 5 Votes)
  • Global Warming (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Less sharks & more food (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 45

Start Date: September 11, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
End Date: No Expiry