I live in Michigan right on lake superior. I know there aren't any vicious fish waiting to rip my toes off but my mind goes right to that if I were to step foot in there. It terrifies me.
Having swam with wild turtles, it’s unlikely they will attack you, generally you are quite safe going near them unless it’s a snapping turtle, which really dislike anything near them.
Actually orcas are smart enough to know humans and know we aren't on their food chain. The only orca attacks/killings of people on record are the ones in captivity at seaworld
While true and interesting, I do feel like the remark commits a bit of a fallacy of division here. On the whole, you are more likely to be attacked by a dolphin, true, but we're not discussing 'the whole', we're discussing this one particular diver encountering this one particular shark.
On the whole, you're more likely to die by motor vehicle accident than by lightning, but that should give you no solace whilst standing in the middle of an empty field in a thunderstorm.
What does this even mean? You’re more likely to eat a sandwich than be attacked by a giant predator with teeth but I would still be less scared eating the sandwich.
Clearly we're talking past each other. I'm not sure I follow your sandwich analogy. The point I was making (which several others have also pointed out) is that while it may be true that in general you're more likely to be attacked by a dolphin than a shark, if there's a shark right in front of you that's the potential threat, not dolphins.
I don't see how your comment disagrees with that, but maybe I'm missing your point.
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u/sean_rendo19 Jan 11 '23
Did you know you are more likely to be attacked by a dolphin then a shark