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gs - 18 Jul 2005 18:28 GMT

I just caught a preview of this weeks Discovery Channel's Myth Busters
and what caught my eye was where they show what happens when you shoot
a scuba tank in a sharks mouth (the end of Jaws) .

In the clip I saw they stuffed it in the mouth of a fake (foam I
think) shark and shot the tank. Pretty much did what I expected it to
do ...

While the ending of Jaws was pretty dramatic (for a 70's movie) I was
kind of impressed with the tank doing its best impression of a
balloon.

other items they"test" are colors, punching a shark in the nose etc.

may not be the most scientific study I've seen ... but it does look to
be entertaining :-)

Discovery Channel MythBusters - Jaws Special
Jul 18 2005 (midnight)
Jul 20 2005 @ 09:00 PM
Jul 21 2005 midnight
Jul 23 2005 @ 04:00 PM
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/sharkweek.html

- Ed

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ben bradlee - 18 Jul 2005 20:11 GMT

> I just caught a preview of this weeks Discovery Channel's Myth Busters
> and what caught my eye was where they show what happens when you shoot
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> may not be the most scientific study I've seen ... but it does look to
> be entertaining :-)

There was a shark program yesterday on TNT (I think) that showed a
researcher getting his leg bitten off by a rather large shark. He was in
the water with an interviewer showing how it was safe to be in the water
with the sharks swimming around. While statistically correct saying sharks
don't generally attack man, his missing calf should convince even the
skeptics that sharks do indeed attack.

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Dillon Pyron - 19 Jul 2005 08:14 GMT

>> I just caught a preview of this weeks Discovery Channel's Myth Busters
>> and what caught my eye was where they show what happens when you shoot
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>don't generally attack man, his missing calf should convince even the
>skeptics that sharks do indeed attack.

His bite is further proof that sharks provide a valuable service as
pruners.

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ben bradlee - 19 Jul 2005 12:09 GMT

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message

> His bite is further proof that sharks provide a valuable service as
> pruners.

The calf is a bit low to cut any limbs from the family tree.

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Greg Mossman - 19 Jul 2005 18:41 GMT

> "Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>>
>> His bite is further proof that sharks provide a valuable service as
>> pruners.
>
> The calf is a bit low to cut any limbs from the family tree.

Speak for yourself.

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Dillon Pyron - 20 Jul 2005 02:03 GMT

>> "Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>
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>
>Speak for yourself.

I think it's called disinsanguination.

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