Didn't any of you guys watch Shark Week? I can't remember the entire explanation, but the whole "humans confused for seals" thing could possibly be wrong. The best way to prevent an attack is to stay still and to not splash. Of course, it didn't prevent the guy who said that from getting his calf bitten off when he was standing in shallow water.
You're more likely to be killed riding the escalator than being eaten alive by a shark...or something like that. Don't be a puss...unless you personally have been near killed by an escalator accident.
yeah what a ****ing moron, If she only knew the odds of her getting killed by a shark maybe she would have been more cautious.
actually, she's been doing it for years. of course, the shark naturally thought her the weakest of the seals and attacked her.
CNN just reported that they have confirmed that the woman died from an attack of a fairly large Great White shark.
That shark week post seems to make sense. How many animals actually confuse their victims with something they don't like to eat? you don't hear about that very often. No less confusing a victim with a predator who has as much chance of killing a shark as a shark does to kill it. Couple that with the fact that sharks have been on the earth for freaking ever. They are highly evolved. It would seem unlikely that a shark would get confused unless it was very young and didn't know better. If you think about humans. When do we ever confuse one animal for another? Why would a shark get confused? The only reason I can think of is that maybe it had a genetic defect. Or that maybe it wanted to see what a human tasted like. People do that. We try new foods just to see if we like it. All that being said, the evidence would suggest the seal theory as being accurrate. Women got killed in a pack of seals. And it does make sense to a degree. But that would make sharks pretty stupid wouldn't it?
On my local news last night they have a guy who said he saw a Great White of at least 15 feet wide and 3 feet across swimming around before the attack happened.
I hope they don't kill this shark just because it made the mistake of biting a human it thought was a seal.
Go down to Surfside/Mata on a good day where the water is green/clear... (I've been there 8 time and 4 out of those time's I could be in neck deep water and still see my feet) Back to the point, go down on a good day you'll see 3-7 foot black tips swimming in the waves chasing the fish.
There are alot of Hammerheads as well which are pretty aggressive, i'm surprised there aren't more attacks in the murky water.
a woman in a wet suit swimming with seals would appear to be the weak swimmer of the bunch, and therefore the appropriate target he spit her out as soon as he bit her, knowing his error same thing happens when they grab a surfer, mistake. considering the number of opportunities around the world, there are damn few mistakes But I think your point about a physiologic defect in the shark may be sound. It might explain why he was feeding there, as a weaker competitor.
I did learn a couple of things about sharks from Shark Week. 1) They depend alot more on their other senses than sight when hunting. The mistaken attack on a human instead of an animal could happen since they cant really tell the difference from a distance. Especially when the said human is swimming in the middle of a bunch of shapes that the shark knows are food. 2) Tiger sharks are alot more vicious and deadly than Great Whites. Their teeth can cut thru a human faster and cleaner because of the way they are shaped.
I think the Maco shark is the scariest looking one, they look prehistoric with those crazy sharp teeth sticking out everywhere like a Croc.
kinda like this one? check out them teeth! this one is actually labeled as a "Sandtiger shark" but Im not sure about that.
