Shark attacks - Accidental or Malicious?

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I recently watched a whole documentary on it including people who were actually there, the men who were on the rafts would push anyone w/ a grievous injury away for fear of attracting the sharks from the blood. Many injured sailors died from blood loss, then were eaten by sharks. A man who had survived was crying as he said him and his friends condemned the injured to die by not letting them on the rafts.

The assumption most died from the sharks is a myth, dispelled by the men who were actually there.

You also have to account for the many men who died when the ship sank, no shark is going to bother going after a live large animal when theres a bunch of perfectly dead ones to scavenge on. Also exposure, they sat out there on the water during the withering heat of the day and the freezing cold of the night. Many died simply from that, and were pushed off to let sink for the sharks

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Weare not there natural prey, but they are in most cases the apex predators in the water. A lot of attacks happen around there natural prey like for certain sharks seals or near schooling fish. People who should take notice that yes on land in most cases we are the "apex predator" but when we get into the ocean we drop down the food chain ALOT. You can try to take precautions when swimming where sharks have been known to be, like watch for bait fish schooling or don't swim at certain times.

Also I believe aren't you more likely to be hit by lighting then to be attacked by a shark or killed by one. Anyway for me if I go in the ocean to swim I understand that I am not a top predator and I know what could be swimming around me, I don't blame any sharks or any animal for attacking humans when we intrude or visit there domain.


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I side with your friend. Skarks don't think like humans, I don't even think they have the brain to "think". They operate purely on instinct.
 
Some interesting replies! I'm glad this had a decent turn out.

about the torpedoed ship. this is the kind of thing I'm talking about. regardless of the exact number, a lot of people were killed by sharks and some were eaten after they died....now I'm expected to believe all those soldiers were mis identified?

Or the people that get bit multiple times. i would think that after the first or second bite the shark would know its not its "normal" food.

idk..i think we as humans and our "hell yea! We have thumbs!" Mentality underestimate other species and their ability to think and act.

Idk...i just feel many times the shark knows what you are and wants to bite you.

thank for the replys!
 
Most if not all were eaten post-mortem (after death), or men who were already badly injured from the ship sinking. What do you mean by misidentified? They acknowledge sharks had taken a few exploratory bites from healthy men but there were 0 reports of a healthy man being taken down by a shark, as what the men who lived it explained on that documentary. They also acknowledge they scavenged on the dead bodies, there were way too many dead to eat for sharks to be hungry enough to kill a adult male.

Most of the sharks weren't jaws-status huge, they were mostly 5-6 feet as the survivors say. I'm sure a few biggies were floating about but that's another reason not many if any healthy men were killed by sharks outright. Plenty of sharks eating dead people floating around them, but the survivors had debris they would use to scare the sharks or whack the water if they got too close

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Yes it is wrong place wrong time for the person. No, the shark doesn't swim at the person really fast and bite their leg off on accident. Do you really think sharks are smart enough or maybe dumb enough to waste their energy attacking people just for fun?


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^ what about that somewhat famous video of that guy explaining how he's not in any danger as a bull shark(?) swims around him in shallow water.. and then BAM! it latches onto his leg taking massive chunks....the shark clearly knew that he wasn't "normal" prey....he wanted to bite him and did.


&Mis identified meaning the shark thought they were something else. or couldn't see clearly what it was. On almost every shark attack documentary its claimed most attacks occur simply because the human looked like a seal or turtle.

I'm sure that's true in some cases but i can't help but think that sometimes the shark knows its not a seal..knows its not a turtle and wants to eat it.
..like the dead sailors.

so if infact sharks can't be bothered to eat humans..hate the way we taste and all of our bones then why did they gather and fill up at the site of a man made catastrophe.
 
d3r said:
^ what about that somewhat famous video of that guy explaining how he's not in any danger as a bull shark swims around him in shallow water.. and then BAM! it latches onto his leg taking massive chunks....the shark clearly knew what he wasn't "normal" prey....he wanted to bite him and did.


&Mis identified meaning the shark thought they were something else. or couldn't see clearly what it was. On almost every shark attack documentary its claimed most attacks occur simply because the human looked like a seal or turtle.

I'm sure that's true in some cases but i can't help but think that sometimes the shark knows its not a seal..knows its not a turtle and wants to eat it.
..like the dead sailors.

so if infact sharks can't be bothered to eat humans..hate the way we taste and all of our bones then why did they gather and fill up at the site of a man made catastrophe.
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I don't think they dislike the way we taste. I think we are a prey item they aren't used to and that's the reason most do the bump and bite and release in to the curiosity aspect. I agree some sharks probably know good and well it's not a usual prey item when they see us, but where still a prey item. As for the gathering thing they gather scavengers gather around a kill of a larger predator or get attracted to it, they perceive a chance for a possible easy meal and cash in. And someone correct me if I'm wrong but most sharks can detect the electrical impulses made by other animals. While they aren't capable of higher thought I'm pretty sure they can realize that the impulses give off by humans is different in some way than say a seal,turtle or fish. So some do know it's not a typical prey item but when it comes down to it's still a prey item. Do they know the difference maybe, do they have malicious intent Heck no

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Hmmm.. maybe "malicious" and "trolling" were wrong terms to use... but i do think sharks attack people knowing full well they're human..no mistakes. no accidents.
 
A shark isn't like oh there's a person let's get em, it goes food. Swim. Bite. Too bony jumpy and loud. Leave. Not many shark attacks on live humans end up w/ the victim being eaten, just bitten. Bull sharks are one of the sharks most likely to attack humans, I sure as hell wouldn't get in the shallows w/ one. Not w/o a massive spear or ak47 or glock (they can shoot underwater) lol. It was more then likely an exploratory bite, did he eat the man? Is the man dead? Probably not, I do think noise has a thing to do with it. We are LOUD compared to most typical prey items of sharks, once they take a bite and realize we are going to put up a good fight they leave.

Then there's the shark experts I've seen on like nat geo that claim now that food sources are dwindling (from us overfishing) we are going to see more cases of sharks actually eating live people purely out of hunger. Hunger does crazy things to animals, I wouldn't put it past many a toothy fish to attack us and take at least a bite once they get to a certain point of hunger.

Unless we are dead, all sorts of scavenger fish were eating the dead sailors not just sharks!

And its not just us, I heard a story a while back, I'll try to find it and provide a link at one of those giant livestock tankers sank in a similar area as the navy vessel in ww2. There were like 800 animals on board, the crew escaped just fine but all the animals were lost. There were reports by the crew and by the rescuers of the crew of a frenzy of shark feeding on the dead bodies. Things like that are a boon for aquatic creatures

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