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Summer 2001 will be remembered for many things.

The G8 riots, stem cell controversy, and of course for me,

this was the summer I finally lost it on a camping trip.

None of you know her. She's from Canada.

But for many it was and remains, summer of the shark.

Okay, the scene, Encode Key, Florida, where local officials have spotted hundreds of sharks gathering in what is perhaps

the largest feeding frenzy ever witnessed.

The frenzy included over 200 sharks or one shark for every six news reporters covering it.

No one knows for sure why the sharks chose to congregate in this area, though marine

biologists note that sharks are motivated by the same factors as humans, food and sex.

It also explains the 30-minute wait outside the Tampa Hooters.

Some experts believe the sharks have gathered because this area is rich with their favorite food, a stingray known as cow-nose ray.

It's a species so named because of its

resemblance to noted Delta Blues Man

Cow-Nose Ray Jefferson.

Come on, that took a long time to make on a

computer, but I don't know.

It's not easy.

With its beaches packed with tourists slathered in coconut oil,

it's not surprising that 50% of unprovoked shark attacks occur in Florida.

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