They opened one* week

Shark Week used to be about educating people about sharks. Now it has become this massive spectacle where all science and reason is thrown out the window to appeal to the American (American Idol watching, dumb as a doorknob) public. Discovery relies on shark attack porn and other fear mongering specials that only serve to boost ratings. They opened this week with a special titled “Megalodon: The Monster Shark That Lives”. Sorry but no, that bitch has been extinct for over 2.5 million years.

The real tragedy is that the switch in programming that we see today is harming the animal that this whole week is supposed to be honoring. Shark attacks on humans are such a rare occurrence that being afraid of them is absolutely ludicrous. On average Sharks kills around 5 people per year while Humans kill around 100 million Sharks per year. To put that into perspective around 4,000 people in just North America die from choking on food every year. So you should be more weary of eating than encountering a shark.

The point is humans are killing (at an alarming rate) some of the oceans longest living and most impressive animals it has. Sharks have been on the Earth before plants even started to appear on land. If the Discovery channel actually wanted to help these animals they would focus on facts rather than ratings.

The best one is the show where the Orca kills a mature Great White off the coast of SF. Apparently sharks are harmless when you flip them over – which the Orca somehow knew, did that, and essentially drowned it before ripping it apart. Within a day of killing it, the entire great white population of the area (about 150), disappeared from the region out of fear.

“Jaws” and all the shark culture started at the Jersey Shore btw…
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150702-shark-attack-jersey-shore-1916-great-white/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20150706news-jerseyshark&utm_campaign=Content&sf10660929=1#