• Great White Sharks love AC/DC
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[url]http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/27329/great+white+sharks+huge+fans+of+rock+band+ac|dc+tour+operator+says/[/url] [release]Great white sharks huge fans of rock band AC/DC, tour operator says By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com A cage-diving operator in South Australia has discovered that great white sharks in that region are fans of rock-and-roll music -- specifically that produced by the legendary Australian band AC/DC. Matt Waller of Adventure Bay Charters began experimenting with music played through underwater speakers, as other cage-diving operators in other regions have, as a means of luring sharks to divers in cages without using chummed fish parts, which is increasingly controversial. [img]http://static.grindtv.com/images/1/00/36/20/51/362051.jpg[/img] Sharks are sensitive to vibrations and have long been known to be able to hone in on the source of the noise from great distances. (Pacific Islanders used to rub coconuts together underwater to attract certain species of sharks.) Waller, in a news release, invited guests to bring their own CDs to "see if the Great White has similar taste in rock-and-roll, pop or hip-hop. Any genre is welcome, if the sharks don't like it, we will put AC/DC back on, which to date is their favorite!" Several Australian newspapers have picked up the story, quick to make note of Waller's observation that one of the songs most likely to attract great whites is "If You Want Blood." Another favorite is "Shook Me All Night Long." Waller explained to Adelaide Now that it's a specific range of frequency, not the titles or lyrics, that attracts sharks from long distances. He added that AC/DC's high-decibel, low-frequency music seems perfect for the task for the predators at Neptune Islands. "We know the AC/DC music works best by trial-and-error, and we are doing more research to see what works best with different species of sharks," Waller told the newspaper. "Quite often we can see the sharks on the surface, but most of the time our guests want to get in the cage and see them up close. I've seen the sharks rub their faces on the cage where the sound is coming from as if to feel it." Reached Wednesday for this story he said: "Effectively food [chum] will get better results, but it delivers a more aggressive experience. We are after a passive experience; we don't see signs of aggression but we see more curiosity and are interested in finding exactly which frequencies work the best and which ones don't." While playing music underwater to attract sharks is becoming increasingly popular at dive sites, it remains unclear whether the music is harmful to sharks or to what extent this might alter their environment. Certainly, not everyone favors the practice. Said Patric Douglas, CEO of Shark Diver and a longtime tour operator: "Call me a purist, but would we do the same thing in Alaska with bear encounters?" -- Image of great white shark is courtesy of Adventure Bay Charters [/release] Thread Music: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hruhe6n7Stk[/media] :v:
Who doesn't
ALL NIGHT LONG ! Ye YOU shook me !
I wonder how they react to dubstep
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;30218502]I wonder how they react to dubstep[/QUOTE] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28591597/fast%20threads%20thing%20for%20sharks3.png[/img]
And i was just listening to AC/DC. [B]FUUUUUUUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH[/B]
[QUOTE=Garik;30218531]And i was just listening to AC/DC. [B]FUUUUUUUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH[/B][/QUOTE] I don't remember that in any of their songs
[QUOTE=johan_sm;30218654]I don't remember that in any of their songs[/QUOTE] It's either Garik hears something that way or it is Garik who shouts that.
"[i]WATCH ME EXPLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODE![/i]" "Dude, you've seen Jaws, right? ":saddowns:"
Everything white likes AC/DC
Only cause AC/DC sounds like a thrashing wounded animal.
I saw them live at download :smug: And there were no great white sharks there, ergo this story is false.
I wasn't quite sure if this would be the band or the electric current.
I found it quite funny that one of the most successful ways to attract a shark is the song "If You Want Blood"
[QUOTE=SeamanStains;30218864]Only cause AC/DC sounds like a thrashing wounded animal.[/QUOTE] NO
When I was letting the embedded youtube video load, I was praying that you wouldn't use Back In Black since EVERYBODY ON EARTH uses it for everything. I was pleasantly surprised.
To comment on the polar bear thing: sharks use perhaps the most evolved and advanced sensory systems on earth. Sound and electropreceprion being two of those. They can feel the song playing and ride it in like a homing beacon to see what it is. I'd rather use sound to lure sharks than chum because using chum makes sharks associate humans with food and that's how accidents start. If this method harmed the fish chances are it wouldn't come to its origin. Sharks have had four hundred million years of experience on hunting, they know what they're doing. The pros of this far outweigh any con someone could come up with.
Another reason I can add to my list of why I love sharks.
Shark concert
I saw AC/DC live in 2009, they still have it after ~35 years. Was fucking awesome for a diehard (well, not diehard in comparison to AC/DC's DIE-HOLY-FUCK-HARD fans) fan to see.
[quote]...it remains unclear whether the music is harmful to sharks or to what extent this might alter their environment. Certainly, not everyone favors the practice.[/quote] reading this makes me think of some old as dirt fish with a broom going YOU DAMN KIDS STOP PLAYIN YER MUSIC SO LOUD
Wonder if they prefer Bon or not
I think sharks prefer death metal.
[QUOTE=Occlusion;30218985]I saw them live at download :smug: And there were no great white sharks there, ergo this story is false.[/QUOTE] Dude they were all at VIP idiot I shared a beer with a couple of them
Wait, High decibel and low frequency. Quickly they need Meshuggah and other such djenty goodness! :v:
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