# Shark Attacks increasing due to Exploding Seal Population **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044 "2012-08-20T11:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/1 "2012-08-20T11:54:11Z")
I heard this on NPR today… [http://www.scpr.org/blogs/environment/tagged/sharks/](http://www.scpr.org/blogs/environment/tagged/sharks/) … and my inner 10-year-old imediately interpreted it this way: Arf! Arf! Arf! Clap Clap Clap — BOOM! Come to thnk of it, if we really did have an exploding seal poopulation, that’d prety much take care of the shark problem, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/2 "2012-08-20T11:58:31Z")
I think I read something about this awhile back, SEAL Meat 6 perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/3 "2012-08-20T12:46:48Z")
There is a problem with white pointer attacks on our beaches. In saying that though, about a dozen people are killed a year at the most and we have lots of beaches. I’ve not seen a seal here- exploding or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/4 "2012-08-20T13:02:50Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > … I’ve not seen a seal here- exploding or otherwise. That’s how they want it. They sneak up on you, then … BOOM ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/5 "2012-08-20T13:07:32Z")
Every blown seal explodes if it’s done right. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/6 "2012-08-20T13:24:19Z")
Looks like you blew a seal Nah, that’s just a little ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/7 "2012-08-20T13:44:45Z")
You must have misheard. Are you sure they didn’t say “Shark Attacks _ **on the rise** _ due to exploding seal population?” ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/8 "2012-08-20T13:55:51Z")
Is that why they club the baby ones, to keep them from getting all explody? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/9 "2012-08-20T14:18:17Z")
It’s why I never go out drinking with sharks. They break their seals way too early in the evening. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/10 "2012-08-20T14:19:03Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Every blown seal explodes if it’s done right. Only if it is an imbeseal. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/11 "2012-08-20T14:55:18Z")
The exploding seal population in New England waters is having other effects: -decline of fishing…seals can eat up to 100 lbs. of fish per day-the local fishermen are losing their cod and haddock fishery -contaminated beaches. Seal poop is rich in coliform bacteria…many beaches on Cape Cod have been closed due to this. I hope the sharks make a dent in the seal population. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-attacks-increasing-due-to-exploding-seal-population/632044/12 "2012-08-20T15:35:20Z")
Makes sense. If I were a shark, I’d go after a human w/o explosives over a seal that has high explosives.