Skittl1321
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Now, this is actually listed as a "shark attack" but nothing could be further from the truth.
Well, at least they can't say this one is unprovoked.
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Now, this is actually listed as a "shark attack" but nothing could be further from the truth.
When man tries to kiss a shark!
Now, this is actually listed as a "shark attack" but nothing could be further from the truth. This happened by the City of Washington here in Key Largo. File this under the "I bet he don't do this again!" department.Talk about a hickey!
When man tries to kiss a shark!
Now, this is actually listed as a "shark attack" but nothing could be further from the truth. This happened by the City of Washington here in Key Largo. File this under the "I bet he don't do this again!" department.Talk about a hickey!
This is not what it suggests. There is a difference between the number of sharks in the water while diving, and the number of historical shark attacks in an area.
I wouldn't dive if 30 great white sharks were circling the boat, but if 30 great white shark attacks occurred in an area where I'm diving over the past 100 years, it wouldn't sway me. The fundamental flaw with your poll is that it is not realistic....there is nowhere in the world that sees weekly fatal shark attacks.
Now that's one thing I've never liked. They are incredibly unpredictable when they have calves and those hooves is seriously dangerous....
I've stared down a cow moose on a deer trail for several minutes because there was only one way for us to get past each other and neither one of us was sure which way the calf had gone. (extremely dangerous... worse than a hungry bear)
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There are some areas in the world where it would be suicidal to enter the water because of the risk of an attack, but that would evidently be of no concern to these divers.
There are some areas in the world where it would be suicidal to enter the water because of the risk of an attack,
In the year I've been on this board, MANY accident/incident threads have been started where a diver died in a cave. I can't think of one where a diver died by shark, though I may have missed one. I think statistically, a cave is MUCH riskier for a diver than being in an ocean with sharks.I think the responses and poll demonstrate the difficulties that many divers have in properly assessing the risk of shark attack. Ironically, many divers on this board will jump at the first hint of anyone suggesting that it is okay to enter a cavern or cave without the necessary training. And yet when it comes to shark attack, a suicidal level of risk is accepted and promoted by the board.