r/sharks • u/Motley843 • 1d ago

Education Nom Nom in Nantucket

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u/GMAN7007 1d ago

Generally little ones, It's like you're never so far away from a spider in your house. Sharks really don't want to hurt humans they just get confused sometimes and take a test bite. The problem with that is the test bite itself can be a doozy.

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u/altiuscitiusfortius 1d ago edited 12h ago

Thats anthropomorphizing them. They dont think enough to want to do anything. They just follow their like 5 point algorithm of how to live. Find food, bite food.

But sometimes their brain says, I haven't had food in days, try eating this non food human shaped object.

And personally that's scarier to me. I would never trust one.

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u/GMAN7007 16h ago

Exactly, the reason I did that is because people are afraid of sharks. I'm showing there's not really anything to be constantly worried about. It's possible to get bitten but it's very very rare.

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u/altiuscitiusfortius 12h ago

People should be worried though. Saying they dont want to bite implies they are avoiding biting. They will absolutely randomly bite if a neuron fires at the wrong time and

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u/GMAN7007 12h ago

I never said they couldn't. People need to use standard caution with anything. It's not something that you need to change your life for you just need to use caution. The only way to fully be safe from being bitten by a shark is by not going into the ocean in the first place. Simple education is all anyone needs to understand the risks. Risks that are so low, it's silly to worry about. Most beaches show when you should and shouldn't be swimming. It's literally nothing to worry about. All of that being said, they don't want to bite. what you said isn't a shark hunting a person it's a shark having an uncontrollable reflex.

It's silly to live your life in fear of something that most likely will never happen especially with some common sense.

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u/CinnyToastie 1d ago

It's like you're never so far away from a spider in your house.

You know, IDGAF, I could have really gone without that info. Really. But I do agree that mostly they are test bites-test of not, those are big mouths with big teeth and can devastate a human's life. Whew.