Off Topic Sharks

Any of you lot seen sharks up close, particularly in the wild?

 

No.

 

Does watching Jaws count?

 

Depends how close to the screen you were.

 

I like this shark

 

In a slightly more serious reply - I did a shark swim while in the Caribbean, only Nurse Sharks, but sharks nonetheless

 

Yeah I survived an attack from a Great White. Needed over 200 stitches, but have a awesome shark bite scar all over my back now, so all good.

 

I've seen basking sharks but nothing big. Also, as as aside, I do a lesson a year on statistics about how humans are terrible at appreciation of risk and probability.

Did you know that on average 6 people are killed by sharks each year (in the entire world) but 1000 sharks are killed by humans each hour. I always find it baffling when it's suggested it we who should be scared of them.

 

I once had someone come to my door saying that do you want some money with low interest rates

so yeah I've seen a Loan Shark about 6ft in height

 

You being serious or?

 

So if I throw you into a shark pen will you just calmly explain this statistic to them?

Nothing to fear.

 

Not seen them in the wild but sea world has a cracking shark tunnel that you get to see them really close up

 

Lol no, the original question seemed quite random and surreal, "have you ever seen a shark close up in the wild?"

 

Well until sharks develop breathing apparatus and vehicles that allow them to come on dry land to kill humans, I think that stat is actually quite predictable.

 

how do you count the stitches?

 

As opposed to close up in Tesco doing it's shopping?

 

They have tashes like Hung don't they?

 

I was snorkeling off Malta many years ago when a shark swam under me,don't know what kind it was,but I broke all the swimming word records getting back to shore

 

Oh I just wanted to ask who it felt

Disappointed now.

 

And that's all we get ???




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