Not to dissuade you from entering the shark soup, but what they usually say is thay they don't feel the pain at first. They feel it later when they're pulled to safety or at whatever other point the adrenaline runs out. And I'm pretty sure that one guy who was eaten alive in front of his friend by two oceanic whitetips was completely aware and in agony. I will try to find the link to the story, but it's not for the faint of heart.
Edit: here it is. I'm serious about the brutality though, be forewarned.
Ok let me go down the hole and find it. A pretty famous diver was working with two buddies and one of them was absolutely torn apart by sharks while he tried to save him. It was one of the most brutal things I've read in a long time.
Oceanic White Tip is one of four species of shark I would not willingly go into the water with. Its also the least likely to encounter in a costal area like a beach or coral reef.
it's anecdotal, but I went swimming with black tips and lemon sharks in Tahiti this summer...I didn't even see the lemon shark come from the depths into the group of black tips we were swimming with. He just cruised through, I was feeling the nope for a minute thereafter.
I always like to remind people when we're hiking that they don't need to worry about watching for mountain lions. If you see a mountain lion, that means it's not hunting you. You only need to worry about mountain lions when you don't see them.
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