BUT DAD!! It's SHARK WEEK!

No, I am not alarmed by sharks while swimming in the ocean. No, I have not seen Jaws.

Yes, I live by the beach. Yes, there are sharks where I live. Little bitty sand sharks. They nibble on your toes. My brother helped catch a shovel-nosed shark last Thursday. Magnificent creatures.
And while I spend more time swimming with them than watching them on TV, my favorite week of the summer has official come to an end: Shark Week on Discovery Channel.

When I come home from a hard day of work (at the beach, no less), my brother and I plop ourselves onto the couch to tune into the adrenaline-pumping programs that feature the fascinating fish. Half of our amusement comes from the fact that these creatures hardly roam our waters (though a Great White was reportedly spotted in Malibu two weeks ago), and that it couldn't happen to us. Though that's what half of the victims on "Sharkbite Summer" said. Dun dun duuuuuuuun.

And while the world is often my oyster, I can't help but wonder, what's the world like for the poor oyster? Now I'm not going to preach a vegan lifestyle to you, because hey, I like sushi as much as the next person. But I'd like to know that the fresh fish I'm feasting on is as humanely harvested as possible, rather than Nemo's cousin. Don't you?

Take some time to check out http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home for more information on how to protect the infamous sharks of Shark Week.

Image from Disney and Pixar.