Is he right? Is the "mistaken identity" narrative surrounding shark attacks bullshit?
>>5115009probably, but this narrative is light on evidence, only a bunch of circumstancial. regardless bob gymlan's video on sharks kinda turned me around on them. however there's something that i don't think these guys talk about (for obvious reasons). given the official baseline of how many sharks attack/kill people, now think about how many people swim in the ocean each year. hell, think how many do it daily across the globe. it's hard to comprehend because there's so many. now assume the actual number of shark attacks is 10% higher. 20% higher. even then there's still so many more activities you engage in on a daily basis that have a higher chance of maiming you. so while sharks are not the cute cuddly misunderstood creatures the discovery channel wants you to think, the actual risk of being attacked by one is not as high as the other side wants you to think.
Just by looking at your picture I can assure you he's just looking for attention by being the edgy anti shark guy
>>5115009I don't care stay out of the ocean if you don't work there the why is unimportant.
>>5115056i'm gonna write that down as a shitpost, not an attempt to troll, and we'll move on
>>5115040I think you're overestimating the human presence in the ocean. There's a lot of people in beaches, in the shallows where large sharks largely try not to go and where their natural prey doesn't live. Large numbers of seals are generally away from human activity and their fish prey is predominantly in deeper waters. Large sharks do tend to visit beaches on occasion and there's a ton of drone footage of them just observing people before moving on, but attacks by large sharks in shallow water does happen now and then. Still the overlap of territory is mostly nonexistant, much less so than when humans venture into forests and stay in grizzly bear territories, and not just for a dip but often camping for days. If you think of it like that and compare grizzlies for example to sharks you see how much more aggressive sharks are, given the amount of attacks vs the amount of times people are directly exposed to them for prolonged periods.
>>5115066He's right though, the guy looks like Dan Aykroyd. Schizo boomer phenotype. In a similar vein my state has a whole discussion forum where unmedicated grandpas talk about how Fish & Wildlife is introducing mountain lions to the state and covering it up.
>>5115069>If you think of it like that and compare grizzlies for example to sharks you see how much more aggressive sharks arepeople aren't staying underwater for days in shark territory. also the overhwelming majority of reported shark attacks happen in shallow waters.
>>5115009Best YT channel about sharks, by far. I watch it religiously.
>>5115083>people aren't staying underwater for days in shark territoryThats what I'm saying>the overhwelming majority of reported shark attacks happen in shallow watersThat's also what I'm saying. That's where people are. It's not generally where big sharks are, but it still happens.
>>5115075Schizos come with every generation, anon. Your ageism is showing.
>>5115066>unkempt weirdo wearing le cool shark attack t shirt gesturing wildly in front of a scary photo of a shark and calling them murder machines doesn't set off any red flagsok
>>5115158>doesnt watch the channel so doesnt get the referenceweak
>>5115009If it is bullshit, why don't they continue the attack?We're not a whale, so taking a chunk and leaving us to bleed out isn't necessary. Do great whites even have that hunting instinct? We're seal-size, so surely they'd just continue the attack. Some are probably investigative though, and we probably taste like shit so they don't continue. That's why tiger sharks kill and eat us more often, they eat literal shit.
>>5115069>in the shallows where large sharks largely try not to go and where their natural prey doesn't liveSharks absolutely enter the shallows and there is plenty of prey close to shore>If you think of it like that and compare grizzlies for example to sharks you see how much more aggressive sharks are, given the amount of attacks vs the amount of times people are directly exposed to them for prolonged periodsIt’s the opposite. Since 2025 in the US and Canada there have been 9 fatal shark attacks and 12 fatal grizzly bear attacks. Bears will chimp out and maul you just because you spooked them
In my anecdotal experience, the closest animal psychology to sharks is the boa constrictor and saltwater crocs.There is no "mistake" when attacking humans, they don't have anywhere near the intelligence orcas do for judgement calls like that for instance. Shark vision is also piss poor. You are the same thing as a seal to small whale to them.
>>5115009Shark attacks are like murders: It happens way more than you actually expect but it mostly happens under>out of sight, out of mindA lot of people who go missing are just people who get dismembered and buried under spice plants or left to rapidly decompose in a warm river, same happens at sea but it is not always a human dismembering them.
>>5115009Full of shit and not based on fact.
>>5115221>boa constrictorBoa constrictors are harmless to humans and usually pretty docile>saltwater crocsSaltwater crocodiles are a million times worse than sharks, or anything else that isn’t a crocodile for that matter
>>5115009Kinda. The idea that sharks mistake surfers/swimmers for seals and turtles specifically is bullshit. But it is true that any silhouette on the surface looks like potential prey to a shark. Most of the time the shark will reject the human as prey after the first bite, especially with great whites
>>5115009I think some uppity cryptozoologist should stay in his lane of fantasy bullshit.
>>5115009Yes and literally everyone has always known it.
>>5115158>Using unkempt as an insult>On 4chanHow many kempt people do you think post on this board?
