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Or, just look at the "large animal" interaction issue..... put some "cowboy" on a ranch in a study---with a herd of 100 horses, how many days will he go with "working with moving the herd around, etc) , until he gets stepped on and hurt, run into and hurt, thrown off one he was riding and hurt...etc...Yet, there is a VERY SPECIFIC behavioral understanding the cowboy or anyone needs to be around horses without big problems on day ONE. If you know how horses act, what scares them, what calms them down, how incredibly long their memories are, or how hard it is for them to actually process info/change thinking/no longer be afraid or to react a certain way for a certain thing ( big memory with small processing engine) ..then you can be quite safe around horses. Put some city kid that has never seen a horse in a pasture with a bunch of horses, and god only knows how long they would go without getting hurt, or running away 
Or.... Take a friend that is huge, like a pro football player around 20 years old, and another friend about the same age but 155 pounds....they start needling each other, start wrestling around, and the 155 pounder will most likely get injured ACCIDENTALLY, as the big guy can easily hurt him even while trying NOT TO.
Sharks, are curious. They explore by tasting, typically, which is why it is smart to have the Go Pro on a pvc pipe when you expect to be around sharks.
You want them on camera, because it is cool video, and you want to allow them to bump into the pvc in their exploring, and to decide pvc does not taste interesting, or feel interesting, whatever they are curious about.
You don't try to bump them, or to hurt them, you just let them bump in to the pvc. It is easy to stay safe and get good video, all at the same time.
You would be MUCH SMARTER to be snorkeling with at least one buddy( resorts should PUSH this), for all the normal buddy reasons, and in this shark issue, to help make certain that no other sharks are behind you where you are not looking, and also curious.
With 99% of the "attacks", it is a gentle test bite, and the shark decides it is not on his menu, or not something to bite, almost immediately....Unfortunately for humans, unlike many other large marine life, a little nip DOES hurt us. So we need understanding and knowledge of what sharks are doing around us, and smart behaviors for us, and the right tools to maintain a good encounter.
I don't know why people are so resistant to trying something like this, and would rather just repeat a mantra about how unlikely it is that they will ever see a shark, while they are snorkeling. What would be the harm in getting prepared in this way? How could this not be "smarter" , than the present approach by resorts all over the world?
Or.... Take a friend that is huge, like a pro football player around 20 years old, and another friend about the same age but 155 pounds....they start needling each other, start wrestling around, and the 155 pounder will most likely get injured ACCIDENTALLY, as the big guy can easily hurt him even while trying NOT TO.
Sharks, are curious. They explore by tasting, typically, which is why it is smart to have the Go Pro on a pvc pipe when you expect to be around sharks.
You want them on camera, because it is cool video, and you want to allow them to bump into the pvc in their exploring, and to decide pvc does not taste interesting, or feel interesting, whatever they are curious about.
You don't try to bump them, or to hurt them, you just let them bump in to the pvc. It is easy to stay safe and get good video, all at the same time.
You would be MUCH SMARTER to be snorkeling with at least one buddy( resorts should PUSH this), for all the normal buddy reasons, and in this shark issue, to help make certain that no other sharks are behind you where you are not looking, and also curious.
With 99% of the "attacks", it is a gentle test bite, and the shark decides it is not on his menu, or not something to bite, almost immediately....Unfortunately for humans, unlike many other large marine life, a little nip DOES hurt us. So we need understanding and knowledge of what sharks are doing around us, and smart behaviors for us, and the right tools to maintain a good encounter.
I don't know why people are so resistant to trying something like this, and would rather just repeat a mantra about how unlikely it is that they will ever see a shark, while they are snorkeling. What would be the harm in getting prepared in this way? How could this not be "smarter" , than the present approach by resorts all over the world?
