Discovery Shark Week 2014

Back in the late 80's through most of the 90s and early 2000s I was excited around this time to be able to watch Shark Week...but for the last 10 years it has been one disappointing season after another.  It seems like this year will not be any better - the promos have been horrible, the stunts a joke, and the rolling of tiger sharks has no value what-so-ever.

While I will probably record the episodes - I will just skim through them, hoping that I may actually be pleasantly surprised by one or two episodes.

Found this article on USA Today thanks to David Shiffman - highly recommend following him on Twitter - he is calling out all the misinformation and bullshit that Discovery has been spewing out. 

Read the USA Today article 

When will something good come out again on the screen about sharks?

Shark researcher David Shiffman needs our support.

PhD Student David Shiffman of the University of Miami has been named a finalist in the 2011 blogging scholarship.

Should David win, it will provide him with $10,000 towards his doctoral dissertation research, focusing on the ecological importance of sharks to coral reefs. He will also use the money to support his lab's citizen science program, which has taken over 1,000 high school students and teachers into the field to learn about sharks and participate in an active research program.

If you are for sharks, which I am sure you are, please vote for David and his important research project. David is a very dedicated young scientist, and a passionate shark conservationist. He deserves to be supported.

All you have to do is vote for him no later than November 30, plain and simple. Here is the link.

Thank you.