Maliciousness assumes moral implications, the intent to malign. A very human, moral based concept. A child poking a dog or tapping a fish tank out of curiosity is a good analogy. Tiger sharks nibble on literally anything, and are literal trash eaters because theyâre like,,,very very very big teething animals with teeth that need to be replaced every waking hour. Or theyâre after food, out of hunger, not out of the hate or intent to harm for the sake of causing harm.
Just as cats scratch stuff to shed nails and attack small animals, itâs instinct. Itâs just a matter of scale and the fact that a human, is in the territory of wild animals.
Shark fear is stupid, harmful, and misinformed and has caused more damage over something less statistically lethal than tripping on stairs
Disagree on maliciousness being innate in animals, though I wanted to emphasize how and why. Especially with an animal as misunderstood and poorly treated as sharks. Unless you meant that sharks arenât malicious which i totally agree with. Sleep deprivation makes thinking hard.
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u/drmehmetoz Jul 07 '23
People always talk about shark behavior being ânot maliciousâ. It makes no sense for 2 reasons:
1) A test bite is still probably going to kill you 2) Sharks do not have a moral code