… Bears rarely attack humans unless they feel threatened or territorial. But a 12-year-old girl jogging in Michigan is among the latest victims in a spate of bear attacks that have left seven people mauled in five states since Thursday.
….Authorities also reported attacks in Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho.
The massive increase in shark attacks worldwide has been, so far, unexplained. There are many theories, however: One assumes that the radiation from Fukushima and the dispersants used in the BP/Halliburton oil spill killed off most of their food supply, and despite their best efforts, they have been unable to find food “out there”, so they’ve resorted to the 3rd-easiest prey (behind dolphins, which are also beaching themselves in masse, by the way), which is us.
There were 26 shark attacks off the Florida coast last year, and 53 throughout the U.S., records show.
Authorities in France say it’s gotten so bad, they are considering a “cull” to kill off the sharks and protect the public against shark attacks.
At the Dublin Zoo a few weeks ago, a 2-year-old was savagely attacked by the so-called “usually docile creature” for no reason at all.
I honestly don’t know what to make of the sudden hostility from the fauna, but maybe they’re trying to tell us something about ourselves, or about the world, but maybe they’ve just been watching us for the last 100 years and are tired of seeing us treat each other and the planetary organism the way we do, and simply can’t stand it anymore.