Social Question about shark attacks.

[LeonardoBjj]

- I like to watch those vídeos about sharks on tube. My favorite channel to this topic is Dodo.

There's several vídeos of people interacting with white sharks, i've watched one that a guy mistook a white shark with whale shark. Was the white supremacist shark.
And even thought he jumped in the water, touched the shark, before realizing, the animal wasn't bothered by him, didnt even try to attack.

We also got videos similar to those bellow:





Theres also a video, con't find now, but a man saved a white shark, and the animal always greet's him, and diferent to what was belivied decades ago, that sharks were dumb, bloodtirst animals(i wasn't born of course, but read about), sharks aren't dumb, they can reconize people, and even the under hull of a boat.

Do the people that have encounters with them, just very lucky?
Or they can develop afective ties with people and other animals?

 

[RoastBeast]

Hard to say but I will say that people definitely like to project their own human emotions onto animals.

It's probably something along the lines of the scuba diver isn't hurting the shark, the shark likes the way it feels when it gets pet and the shark isn't hungry enough to eat the diver.

 

[khukurikoo]

Do the people that have encounters with them, just very lucky?
Or they can develop afective ties with people and other animals?

Yes and yes. Some animals are just crazy like some people and no matter what will attack or act crazy for unknown reasons. This is the luck. I think they can make friends when no presence of a threat is felt. But if they haven't eaten in days, I think they are happy to eat their friend for dinner.

 

[fungi]

Sharks can definitely remember humans, and are smarter than we thought.

 

[HHJ]

I saw some video on IG where a Great White bumped into the diving cage like it didnt see that it was there and then just dove down into the depths.

The power of those things is unbelievable and that was just it having a "Huh?? what just happened? K im out" moment

 

[HHJ]

Here a diver is in murky waters and the shark bumps into him from the side and scares the shit out of the guy but whats worse is the guy yells and stands his ground to keep an eye on where the shark is and the shark turns and comes right at him! holy fuckin shit.

Who even wants to go into murky ass water like this???

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Sharks can definitely remember humans, and are smarter than we thought.

- I've seen one that a guy on a caiak jumped to free a huge white shark from a net, and the animal started following to celebrate.

Do you remember those old docs about sharks?

They used to say that any hint of blood would make a shark attack, and theres videos of several of them dont even bothering in attack someone.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

I saw some video on IG where a Great White bumped into the diving cage like it didnt see that it was there and then just dove down into the depths.

The power of those things is unbelievable and that was just it having a "Huh?? what just happened? K im out" moment

- I've seen one that teared a cage, but didnt care about the person inside. The guy said there's no way to know what size you will meet.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Here a diver is in murky waters and the shark bumps into him from the side and scares the shit out of the guy but whats worse is the guy yells and stands his ground to keep an eye on where the shark is and the shark turns and comes right at him! holy fuckin shit.

Who even wants to go into murky ass water like this???

- Isn't that a Mako shark?

 

[fungi]

They used to say that any hint of blood would make a shark attack, and theres videos of several of them dont even bothering in attack someone.

Videos of them not attacking, even though there was blood? Really?

Haven't seen those.

 

[HHJ]

- Isn't that a Mako shark?

It does look a bit slender to be a great white but a pants shittingly scary encounter nontheless

 

[LeonardoBjj]

It does look a bit slender to be a great white but a pants shittingly scary encounter nontheless

- That's why i asked. Looked thin.

Blue sharks are also gigantic.

 

[Osculater]

Shit, when I go swimming to the beach I get paranoid when I swim past 7ft in the water

 

[Osculater]

They say don't swim away from a shark unless it is a bull shark

 

[Osculater]

- That's why i asked. Looked thin.

Blue sharks are also gigantic.

Blue sharks are anorexic

 

[rocketskates]

I don’t think that fish can develop bonds with humans. Most shark attacks are a case of mistaken identity from what I’ve read. In fact, after a test bite sharks usually spit people out. We are too bony and not fat enough for their liking…well, most of us.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Blue sharks are anorexic

- They can grow to almost 4 and half meters

 

[Osculater]

- They can grow to almost 4 and half meters

Might be long but it sure is skinny!

 

[djacobox372]

Sharks are really stupid animals, almost completely driven by instinct.

A large shark just assumes that if their pray sees them first that they are uncatchable. They will not attack without the advantage of surprise, as it's a waste of energy.

 

[jeff7b9]

Yes and yes. Some animals are just crazy like some people and no matter what will attack or act crazy for unknown reasons. This is the luck. I think they can make friends when no presence of a threat is felt. But if they haven't eaten in days, I think they are happy to eat their friend for dinner.

Shark wasn't always the biggest baddest thing around, it was little once.

Animals have a LOT of the same behaviors and experiences we do which cause childhood trauma.

Bullying... animals love that shit.
Identify the weakling and fuck with him is basically the most popular past time of animals.

Plus the ocean is full of predators and shit that is looking to kill other shit. Life or death violence is every day stuff to ocean life.

You catch a shark with a shitty attitude in a bad mood and he will rip your fucking arm off just to blow off steam.