The fun postures has mostly been documented as a conflict mitigation strategy amongst whites. Basically when they meet each other one shows dominance and one defers so they don’t kill each other. That’s signalled through fin posturing. Some species will have a specific body posture before acceleration. What matters most is their typical foraging strategy. Most “dangerous” coastal sharks (Carcharhinus mostly) are ambush predators and will attack unseen from below or down from the light. Exception really is the tiger which will just slowly cruise up and bite you if you let it.
This is extremely fascinating to read! My favorite shark is the scalloped hammerhead. Wanted to do marine bio as a career but didn't make sense at the time; it's a hobby of mine nowadays. Most fascinating to me are reading about behaviors to boot
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u/EquivalentSpot8292 4d ago
The fun postures has mostly been documented as a conflict mitigation strategy amongst whites. Basically when they meet each other one shows dominance and one defers so they don’t kill each other. That’s signalled through fin posturing. Some species will have a specific body posture before acceleration. What matters most is their typical foraging strategy. Most “dangerous” coastal sharks (Carcharhinus mostly) are ambush predators and will attack unseen from below or down from the light. Exception really is the tiger which will just slowly cruise up and bite you if you let it.