STUDY: SHARKS ATTACK MORE DURING FULL MOON

A new study suggests shark attacks against humans may be likelier during a full moon. Researchers at the University of Florida and Louisiana State University say their study is the first to show any statistical correlation. Comparing moon cycle and shark attack data suggests “fewer shark attacks than expected during waxing or waning moons while more shark attacks than expected only occurred during fuller moon periods.” The study points out that it’s not that sharks are guided by moonlight toward humans, because the vast majority of shark attacks happen in broad daylight. Although the study does suggests two possible contributing factors: electromagnetic fields influenced by the moon’s phases, and tides.
* Don’t swim under a full moon in the middle of the day. Got it.
* It’s true, then: shark are just incurable romantics.
* Electromagnetic fields. So if we could wrap sharks in aluminum foil …
* Do sharks, like, swim to the surface and see that big moon just sitting there and think, “Oh, wow, that thing’s really bugging me. I gotta go bite someone. Get it out of my system.”
* These researchers are luna-tics. And their study sounds fishy.