OzOne wrote:
Hmmmm, Interesting.
I have pics here of my daughter at 14 swimming with grey reef sharks.
They are virtually harmless so it doesn't say much for 7 8 9 and 10


Nurse sharks & sand sharks can be dangerous under some
circumstance... while it's not difficult to identify feeding
cues for them, it is difficult to tell when they'll strike.
In bright light, in shallow water, a well fed reef (nurse or
sand) shark is no more dangerous than a kitten... feeding
cues are totally absent... safe for people to get their
picture taken cuddling them!

Hammerheads can definitely be killers. I'm surprised they're
not higher up the list, although maybe it's because they
don't usually grow big enough to seem like a threat.

But even a relatively small shark can cause a serious enough
injury to be fatal, and once blood is in the water then all
the sharks within reach will attack.

But the statistics show that sharks really aren't that
dangerous... more people die of bee stings every year.

DSK

I saw a guy moments after he stepped on a sand shark. It was pretty bad.

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OzOne wrote:
Hmmmm, Interesting.
I have pics here of my daughter at 14 swimming with grey reef sharks.
They are virtually harmless so it doesn't say much for 7 8 9 and 10


Nurse sharks & sand sharks can be dangerous under some circumstance...
while it's not difficult to identify feeding cues for them, it is
difficult to tell when they'll strike. In bright light, in shallow water,
a well fed reef (nurse or sand) shark is no more dangerous than a
kitten... feeding cues are totally absent... safe for people to get their
picture taken cuddling them!

Hammerheads can definitely be killers. I'm surprised they're not higher up
the list, although maybe it's because they don't usually grow big enough
to seem like a threat.

But even a relatively small shark can cause a serious enough injury to be
fatal, and once blood is in the water then all the sharks within reach
will attack.

But the statistics show that sharks really aren't that dangerous... more
people die of bee stings every year.

DSK

But the statistics show that sharks really aren't that
dangerous... more people die of bee stings every year.


The gore associated with such an attack, played up by Hollywood to
great effect has made shark attack appear to be a rough way to go. The
man eating shark does manage to be a true monster capable of living up
to it's billing. Burning is worse as is slow suffocation.

RB
35s5
NY

I'm going from memory. I ws pretty sleepy while
watching the show.

The list was based on the number of attacks and
the number of fatalities. The number of fatalities
was pretty low 0 to 3 fatalities at the bottom of the
list, increasing to138 for the Great White.

Many of these sharks hit and run.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/sharks1.html

"DSK" wrote

OzOne wrote:
Hmmmm, Interesting.
I have pics here of my daughter at 14 swimming with grey reef sharks.
They are virtually harmless so it doesn't say much for 7 8 9 and 10

Nurse sharks & sand sharks can be dangerous under some circumstance...
while it's not difficult to identify feeding cues for them, it is
difficult to tell when they'll strike. In bright light, in shallow water,
a well fed reef (nurse or sand) shark is no more dangerous than a
kitten... feeding cues are totally absent... safe for people to get their
picture taken cuddling them!

Hammerheads can definitely be killers. I'm surprised they're not higher up
the list, although maybe it's because they don't usually grow big enough
to seem like a threat.

But even a relatively small shark can cause a serious enough injury to be
fatal, and once blood is in the water then all the sharks within reach
will attack.

But the statistics show that sharks really aren't that dangerous... more
people die of bee stings every year.

DSK