Researchers Test Whether Sharks Enjoy Christmas Songs 142
Scientists plan to test whether sharks enjoy listening to Christmas pop songs, after US research showed fish could recognize melody. Chris Brown, senior marine biologist at the Loch Lomond aquarium, said seasonal music would be played through walkthrough underwater tunnels where they can be heard by dozens of nurse sharks, black-tip reef sharks, and ray species. Experts will then monitor the sharks' reactions to different songs. We'll play everything from Kim Wilde and Mel Smith's Rocking Around the Christmas Tree and Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade to Wham's Last Christmas. We may find they prefer something softer like White Christmas by Bing Crosby," Brown said. Thank you for answering this question science.
More appropriate would be (Score:5, Funny)
Watch out! (Score:4, Funny)
Don't let them get a hold of any lasers, that could be a bad combination.
Suicide rate skyrockets (Score:5, Funny)
as the sharks bludgeon themselves on the sides of the tunnel, being unable to plug their ears as scientists incessently torture them with 90s remakes that completely lack christmas spirit.
Re:I'm a girl on Slashdot (Score:4, Funny)
re: "Mod me up because I have a vagina and I advertise it through my username!"
Hmmm... "Anonymous Coward". Yes, kind of an obscure reference but, indeed, you are correct there. :^p
The water outside is delightful. (Score:1, Funny)
But these great whites are so damn frightful.
Best Guess... (Score:3, Funny)
The best guess I have is that they probably won't care about it at best, or they will just be somewhat annoyed by the noise.
Now, if it were something like Two-Fin Shakur or even Mariah Carp we might get a scientifically valid result.
Good Work Guys! (Score:5, Funny)
who says our tax dollars aren't being put to good use?
Re:Want to know about sharks and x-mas tunes? (Score:1, Funny)
I would like to see... (Score:2, Funny)
...what happens if they pipe the 'Jaws' movie theme music - see if they all shit themselves and get out of the water real fast.
Yep... (Score:5, Funny)
Very evil. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Best Guess... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Watch out! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:More appropriate would be (Score:2, Funny)
Famous holiday shark films.
Grandma Got Ate By a Great White.
Silent Bite.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reef Shark.
Santa Claus VS the Great White.
It's a Wonderful Lifeboat, The Story of the Indianapolis.
A Christmas Gory.
Laser Sharks (Score:2, Funny)
test whether sharks enjoy listening to Christmas pop songs
No. They don't.
They enjoy lasers as christmas presents though...
Where is PETA? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Where is PETA? (Score:3, Funny)
I hope they'll try one Christmas classic... (Score:3, Funny)
Surely sharks will like "Santa Jaws" [blogspot.com]. (mp3 here [hipchristmas.com]).
next test: (Score:3, Funny)
do sharks enjoy researchers?
Torturing humans, ok but torturing sharks? (Score:4, Funny)
The evil in the USA knows no bounds.
Re:Suicide rate skyrockets (Score:4, Funny)
From the movies I've seen, I'm sure the sharks will have their revenge on the scientists sooner or later.
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Speaking as a Shark (Score:1, Funny)
I can safely say I hate Christmas music.
Re:What happened to Idle? (Score:1, Funny)
It happened when 4chan was slashdotted, there was a brief connection (think merry and sauron through the palantir). I don't think the place has been the same since.
Re:Good Work Guys! (Score:1, Funny)
all that effort could have been placed somewhere more productive (think humans)
no silly, we already know humans enjoy listening to pop christmas songs. the sort of humans who you wish would be used to feed the sharks, anyhow