No. Sorry guys. It's not 'sharks' as in 'dangerous women'. Although, there might be a notable ..'wavering' lesson in this peculiar story...
from the Daily Mail, 7th August 2007
"They might have a reputation as being fearsome killing machines but scientists have discovered that even the ocean's ultimate predator appreciates a decent tune.
A new study by German scientists has discovered that playing certain music to sharks gets them in the mood for mating.
Five Sea Life aquariums in Germany took part in a project to try and encourage their sharks to mate after a worrying reduction in the number of shark offspring.
Now after four weeks and two hours a day of different songs being beamed int othe aquarium the novel approach has had, erm, a positive effect on the shark's libido.
"We tried everything else and it didn't work, so we tried a new approach," said a spokesperson for the aquariums.
"It has been tried with pandas and primates and it worked with them as well, so why not sharks?"
It is doubtful whether the female sharks will be quite so chuffed with the success of the new musical technique.
When sharks mate, the male pursues the female shark and bites her fins.
The top five songs to put sharks in a romantic mood were:
- Salt'n Pepa -Push It
- Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On
- James Last - Traumschiff (German version of Love Boat)
- Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
- Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry "
source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=473810&in_page_id=1965
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Yes!? You noted it too!?? Haha, I think the sharks are way more ahead than we thought.. Come on, WHEN is it exactly you hear German version's of any song...?? -I'll let the comment swim around here-
Although I have to say that that's an alright taste for music considering it was probably the first time they tried out a juke-box "hey Bob, have another seastar? I wanna hear Madonna's Like A Virgin!"
...So? An alternative way to save the world??
Could be fun though... :)