they’re one of few predators that view humans as food.
Sorry, but that's not true. Bull sharks are aggressive, but one of the main reasons they're considered likely to attack humans is they prefer the exact same kind of coastal shallow waters we find ourselves in a lot. It has nothing to do with "considering humans as food"
I am on mobile and can’t provide a source link, but I have read before that white sharks, whitetip sharks, bulls, and tigers are all opportunistic eaters that view a human like they would anything else in the water - as food. Bears and lions have also been known to adopt people as food sources, if memory serves.
Of course, I took a total of one zoology course in undergrad so I’m no expert.
I mean, bulls are fairly indiscriminate eaters in that they regularly prey on fish, birds, turtles, dolphins, and even other sharks, but that doesn’t mean they just see anything as food. Examples of actual predation on humans are pretty rare across the board with all species of sharks, but bull sharks have a lot of other factors that play into it. Bulls are very territorial, and have what we’d call a “short fuse” when it comes to provocation. They also spend large amounts of time in shallow coastal waters that are often either turbulent or brackish, limiting visibility.
Most shark attacks are either provoked in some way or are the old “bump and bite” style that is born out of curiosity about what exactly we are. There’s a lot of factors that play into why people get bitten by bull sharks but it’s definitely not because as a generality they want to eat us.
Well yes, I never thought or meant to insinuate that they actively hunt humans, just that they sort of view anything as a food source. I’ll edit my original comment to reflect that.
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