Reader Polls
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

