Punters guessing about climate change

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onDec 28, 2006 @ 15:54 PST

A UK bookmaker is offering odds of 25-1 that a great white shark will be caught off the UK next year – part of a new series of climate change related bets. Nothing scientific about any of this, but it’s interesting to see that SOME people are prepared to put their money were their mouthsย are.

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