Shark-human Interaction And Body Language Of Sharks

Most TV shows on sharks keep portraying the rather well-known whites, tigers, makos, and a few more of the larger shark species. This biased viewpoint gives the impression that only a handful of shark species, led by these large ones, and not over 500 species. Discovery's SharkWeek is a prime example of such a biased presentation. Why not go back to the roots and present knowledge instead of same o', same o'?

Outside the EEZ of Galapagos, a massive fleet of 340 Chinese longliners currently fishes in international waters. According to the law, nothing can be done against it, meaning that the law must be changed to prevent such fishing concentrations. The Galapagos will be depleted by life just because many of the animals migrate and eventually leave the Galapagos' EEZ sanctuary.

Another week of shark invested waters, aggressive sharks, human bait, and anything else that comes to mind when describing sharks the wrong way. Why not finally create the opposite, a shark plight week. Use the same famous people that appear in this year's shows and let them carry the torch for a better world for these animals.

Whenever white sharks are involved in an incident, the first reason it happened was that a mistake was most likely. The only mistake most likely is that the consulted expert does not know what he is talking about. We have to get beyond this lame assumption when it comes to white sharks and learn to accept that one cannot just be in the field with sharks, and automatically assume that one is an expert too when it comes to bites. Two different pairs of shoes!

The only danger for a swimmer out there is the shark, and the only protector for the swimmer is the dolphin. Why has no dolphin ever helped who was drowning, drifting off, or being shipwrecked? The answer is simple: dolphins are not humans' protectors out there and do not rush to the rescue.

Sharks are hard to read, but their approach patterns give them away. Once you understand the connection between an approach pattern, the shark's motivation, its intensity, and the influence of the surrounding, a shark turns more into an open book than remaining an enigma.

Once several shark bites occur within weeks or months in a particular area, the louder the voices get that there must be a rogue shark. Rogue sharks are a fantasy and do not exist. Still, as long as the public is not convinced, these sharks roam the oceans, and nobody seems safe. Chief Brody and Matt Hooper came to the rescue in JAWS; who else could we call?

The less we give in in our feelings in a situation that scares us, the more we can focus on controlling the situation. The same is true when dealing with sharks.

Drone footage floods the internet and news media with sharks being in the vicinity of people, and nothing happens. However, the headlines try to create stories about what could happen. So why not use this footage and educate what not to do in the vicinity of sharks? Because debunking a seemingly monster is not a good salesmanship.

The seemingly best response for an approaching shark ist to withdraw, hence turning out to be the worst. Sharks give off so many signs about their intentions, the moods there are in, they are like an open book, but one has to learn to read it.

As long as the news feels it worthy of twisting facts to make sharks look bad, their survival will get more and more uncertain.

Shark bites are always downgraded to the seemingly most apparent reason why it happened, ignored the mind of a shark. It is essential to try to understand each incident from the viewpoint of the shark in question and compare it to the complexity of the wound caused the animal.

Could it be possible that the media dropped so low that there was a need to interview a lifeguard about the increased stress that will come from upholding social-distancing while looking for sharks? Yes, the media can drop that low.

Sometimes it is worth imagining situations without the leading player and see what would have happened for all the involved parties. When it comes to white sharks, we would still be in the very same situation we are now, with or without them.

Once in a while, people tell that the shark came out of nowhere, rushed in, and bit. Such explanations only show that those scenarios may appear that way but do not exist.

Whenever facing a shark, it is crucial to get a first impression of the shark and its eagerness to investigate. Determining angle, speed, and level of the approaching shark, together with the surrounding and its potential limitations when it comes to escape routes, offers a well-rounded idea.

There is only one rule when it comes to facing a shark. The only problem with that rule is however, that it goes against human nature not to follow the urge to do what feels best but follow a rule that goes against it.

The interpretation of a situation between a shark and a human being is strongly affected by a person's biased emotions. Although nature shows us more often than not that our way of thinking is erroneous, we keep giving our opinion more weight than nature's contradiction.

When disasters strike, the media solely focuses on those events, leaving otherwise newsworthy events untouched, and that includes shark bites. All of a sudden, shark bites do not seem to happen anymore. Finally, sharks get a break. At least something positive can be linked to the pandemic.

Sailors seemingly died due to sharks after the sinking of the warship USS Indianapolis. But there are many arguments against that killing by a shark was then the main reason that about 600 sailors died during their four-day ordeal on the water.