Articles by Jim Meyer
Jim Meyer is a Baltimore-based stand-up comedian, actor, retired roller derby announcer, and freelance writer. Follow his exploits at his website and on Twitter.
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Rather than killing sharks, this town moves them away from human-infested waters
Recife, Brazil, has taken a shockingly non-hysterical approach to reducing shark attacks. Fly fishers everywhere call it catch-and-release.
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Australia responds to shark attacks by … attacking sharks first
Reacting to an uptick in fatal great white shark attacks, the country’s Conservative Party has decided to kill any shark that comes anywhere near the beach.
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Shark Week without sharks is just Week
We kill 100 million sharks a year -- many of them just for their fins. If we keep this up, Shark Week is going to be just a whole lotta blue.
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Fabien Cousteau pulls a Spongebob to live at the bottom of the sea for a month
This grandson of Jacques just lived in a James Bond-style undersea capsule, studying the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs.
