Tiger Sharks ...

So I'm listening to the radio this morning, going along my merry way (not that I'm merry about going to work, but rather enjoying my last few minutes before impending doom) when I hear the Red 96.7 morning hosts talking about the attack of Tatiana the Tiger.

No it wasn't an ad for cornflakes .... but it was sufficiently annoying enough to make me wish they WERE trying to sell me something. This Tiger attacked 3 people, killing one and injuring 2 others before it was shot dead. The year before, it killed a man.

Apart from the fact that they said part of the reasons for the attack is that they should not take Tigers out from ... I quote: "Africa" and "Australia" ( I hope to good God that was a joke)

The kept going on and on about how the Tiger was real "Dread" .... and one of the hosts compared it to this bad dog he had that once bit his hand.

I had a bit of an issue with that ..... a dog is a domesticated animal ... if it lunges at you unprovoked it is, one might say "Real Dread"

However, a Tiger that mauls people is not "Real Dread" ....... its just a Tiger

That's what Tigers do ..... they kill and eat stuff ........ its on a Tiger's resume:

Work Experience:
92-94 Emperor Valley Zoo
94- 00 San Francisco Zoo
00-07 Central Park Zoo

Hobbies: Killing and eating meat

Not to rag on the morning show boys ...... but its a common ideology that human are superior to other animals ..... so we get all appalled when a Tiger, for example, eats a human.

How dear he !! That Bastard....

Its the same thing when I watch these nature shows about animal attacks. They always give these long explanations as to why animals attack humans.

Like this show about shark attacks on national geographic. "Oh it was a case of mistaken identity", "The sharks are stressed"..... blah blah blah ......

Who knows.... Maybe humans are just delicious !!

What I do know is that we are over fishing the seas, destroying the environment, reducing food sources and always in abundance everywhere. The point is if I was a Shark/Tiger I'd eat people too. Just think about it. Its obvious. Easy pickings. We are fatty, slow, and stop to take pictures of everything. We have a disconnect from nature ...

We never see an attack coming...