Shark Hysteria 2008!  So there was that guy killed by a shark
last week. But that was only the beginning! Because it's almost
summer. And there are sharks with lots of teeth everywhere-and
they're gonna eat ya! "Two deaths in the waters off California
and Mexico last week and a spate of shark-inflicted injuries to
surfers off Florida's Atlantic coast have left beachgoers
seeking an explanation for a sudden surge in the number of
strikes. In the first four months of this year, there were four
fatal shark attacks worldwide, compared with one in the whole of
2007, according to the International Shark Attack File at the
Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville."  "'The one
thing that's affecting shark attacks more than anything else is
human activity,' said Dr George Burgess of Florida University, a
shark expert who maintains the database. 'As the population
continues to rise, so does the number of people in the water for
recreation. And as long as we have an increase in human hours in
the water, we will