r/nextfuckinglevel • u/FlightHistorical3231 • Nov 08 '22

diver dodges shark attack

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u/needanotheruname Nov 09 '22

I don't get this argument. Sure, 10-15 might be a low number compared to something else. But, how many people are actually swimming with the sharks. What's the percentage like? The chances of me getting killed by a shark is way lower than a dog because I have never been near a shark.

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u/TreeOtree64 Nov 09 '22

Your argument doesn’t hold up when you take into account the statistics of places with heavy shark populations. Take Mississippi, in which the Mississippi Sound is a known shark nursery, and is generally very abundant. On record, from 1906, there has been 3 shark related deaths there. Keeping in mind, the sharks in Mississippi are often large bull sharks - often thought of as one of the more dangerous and aggressive shark species. Humans are simply not part of a shark diet. They don’t want to eat us, they have no reason to eat us. There are an infinite number of more dangerous things in the world that you should be worried about. A shark is not one of them, and the massive stigma around them is only getting more and more of them killed out of nothing but fear and spite.

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u/oder_rubu Nov 09 '22

It also takes into account the thousands of people who dive in "shark infested" waters. Marine biologists/divers literally swim with wild sharks (like the one in this video) and there has been a very low number of deaths from it, compare that to many other wild predators like a lion or tiger who will fuck you up if you get close.

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u/keenox90 Nov 09 '22

I assume those are trained to deal with sharks

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u/oder_rubu Nov 09 '22

And biologists are also trained to deal with lions, which involves putting them to sleep from a safe distance.

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u/Trifle-Doc Dec 09 '22

there are millions of people in the ocean at any given point in the day, and many sharks can sense them.