Comments by "" (@CYMotorsport) on "This Is The Deadliest Creature in The Ocean" video.

  1. It might be possible you’re both incorrect. It’s pretty dumb to imply they aren’t “scary”. But he also didn’t go about this “correctly” but he’s def more correct than this comment was. The idea is humans insert themselves in positions to be near great whites more than almost any other apex predators. Not only that but one could argue unlike bears, sharks don’t have the natural inclination to avoid humans, SPECIFICALLY. They will avoid situations that threaten them but there’s no evidence to suggest it’s bc a human is involved. Whereas apex predators like lions, gorillas, and certain bear have proven to understand the type of creature we are and v behave according to our perceived risk to their survivability. Of course great whites don’t hunt humans, but a bear is far more familiar with the concept of a human and their risk than a shark is. Bears will avoid humans at almost all costs. Excluding polar bears. Sharks are opportunistic. They avoid humans once they realize it’s not a cheap meal. But often mistake a human for a seal or some other easy meal. Once a great white decides you’re food, there’s nothing you can do. There’s no strategies. That’s just a comical false statement not even sure why that was said. You might have mean avoiding conflict. But on land, you can shoot a bear. You can make loud noises. You can spray a bear. You can do none of these things to deter a shark once it decides to attack. There’s no strategy. None. The death & maim rate of someone attacked by a shark is much higher vs. bear attacks when excluding simple exploratory nibbles that remove a limb clean off. When you talk about dangerous animals, you’re talking about animals that can cause deadly harm with the habitual access to humans to do so . Simply bc you see a lot of great whites as many divers including myself have, doesn’t make them not scary. You’re just not interesting to them at the time. I get what ppl are trying to say by demonizing sharks, bc the overreaction can cause ppl to in turn hunt them but as far as if you see one in the wild, I pray no one listens to your dangerous anecdote. Much like a grizzly, croc, or big cat, avoid at ALL COSTS. All due respect, it’s very silly to suggest an animal that doesn’t actively hunt you isn’t scary if it’s very possible that same animal might confuse you for something it hunts. Bc at that point, your odds reduce to nil unless there’s some external force to save you. Sure oceanic white tips are scary bc they gravitate towards ship wrecks. And sure bull sharks are instinctively more aggressive. But as far as your survival rate from a full on attack, you can’t argue the great white would pose a smaller chance. Regardless, I still don’t agree the great white is the scariest. Orcas certainly are scarier but it goes back to why I think your comment is incorrect jn the first place. Orcas do discriminate on the type of things they eat and statistically based on observed provable facts they confuse a human for a meal FAR less as well as hunt larger animals in packs. That type of hunting is much different than great whites. So the great whites propensity to confuse you for food is the kicker here. While I agree demonizing them as if they are man hunters is just egregiously and objectively wrong, it doesn’t change the fact that under specific circumstances, they are effective man killers. Maybe the most effective considering the arena, the advantages they possess, and our vulnerability.
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