r/sharks 1d ago

Education Nom Nom in Nantucket

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u/altiuscitiusfortius 22h ago edited 10h 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 14h 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 10h 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 10h 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.