Comments by "bruzote" (@bruzote) on "Diver Encounters Deadly, 13-Foot Leopard Seal | National Geographic" video.

@GTAVALE - Well, the distinction there is that when the polar bear realizes his prey is human, he does not stop hunting it. It might be that no marine predators will attack a human if they could realize it was not it's preferred prey, but who cares? If the animal is known for attacking, it's known for attacking.
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@kargaist - You seem to miss the point. It's quite capable of going to deadly from playful in an instant, even while still being playful. Watch the Sea World Orca attack video. Tell us when the playfulness stopped and the deadliness started. It seems that incident never lost the play component, it simply became deadly. So, watch that leopard seals mouth and then imagine it puts its mouth AROUND THE DIVERS HEAD. This actually happened to a diver. The seal did not kill him, but it was an extremely dangerous situation.
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Would you call that being on your Ice Bucket Challenge List?
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How is that overdramatization. I have been diving around sharks and other potentially dangerous creatures. Nothing would have scared me more than to have that leopard seal in my face. The diver has no control, no escape, unless the seal allows it. That is very troubling and potentially deadly. The only thing scarier to me would be a polar bear (that would be terrifying) or a horde of feeding Humboldt Squid.
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fiendin281 That is quite unlikely. A jellyfish is an animal. Do you think it has self-recognition? It does not even have a brain-like organ.
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fiendin281 - When a word's definition begins to encompass everything, the word has no (useful) meaning. So, when we say "sentient", first make sure you assign that word a useful meaning that we all commonly share before you decide that all animals are sentient. Sentience was purposefully created as a word to distinguish intelligent creatures from others, creatures that can recognize and distinguish their own identity at a high level. If you think you can cleverly win an argument or change public attitudes by destroying the useful meaning of a word, think again.
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