Jaws syndrome.
Sharks don’t attack people. Sharks kill at most 8 people per year, while humans kill 100 Million, not a typo that says Million, sharks per year.
I think the shark wants to fuck the guy with the boogie board, not kill him.
Sure, but that doesn’t mean they don’t fantasize about it
Also humans kill far more humans than sharks do, yet we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark.
for comparable numbers we have to control for amount of humans in proximity to sharks vs amount of humans in proximity to humans.
I mean, id still wager humans win out, but not nearly by as much.
Well, if we’re ranking species by humans killed, Mosquitos are the Apex Predator of the earth.
Mosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos.
Edit: pluralize
Being afflicted with venom is also a disease. Disease is a very broad word. Viruses are also not alive.
Yeah but humans do it on purpose a lot of the time.
Plus I’m not really sure that being a disease carrier makes you an apex predator.
Oh actually, how many people die from all human to human transmitted illnesses per year?
If a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.
A venomous snake produces venom, a mosquito is just a host for the virus. It gets nothing from killing you. Arguably it’s failed if it kills you as you’re no longer producing blood for it.
To be fair, sharks aren’t a risk for us in great part because we don’t share the same habitat. If swimming with them was part of our routine, things would probably be very different
Honestly, humans are a whole lot more dangerous to sharks than sharks are to humans.
Some sharks are apex predators, but we are the planet’s superpredator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_attack
Out of more than 500 shark species, only three are responsible for a double-digit number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger, and bull.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark
Shark species are increasingly becoming threatened because of commercial and recreational fishing pressures, the impact of non-shark fisheries on the seabed and shark prey species, and other habitat alterations such as damage and loss from coastal development and marine pollution.[6] Rising demands for shark products has increased pressure on shark fisheries, but little monitoring or management occurs of most fisheries.[7] Major declines in shark stocks have been recorded over the past few decades; some species had declined over 90% and population declines of 70% were not unusual by 1998.[8] In particular, harvesting young sharks before they reproduce severely impacts future populations.
Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fins. Many shark populations are threatened by human activities. Since 1970, shark populations have been reduced by 71%, mostly from overfishing[8] and mutilating practice such as shark finning.[9][10]
In 2008, it was estimated that nearly 100 million sharks were being killed by people every year, due to commercial and recreational fishing.[131][132] In 2021, it was estimated that the population of oceanic sharks and rays had dropped by 71% over the previous half-century.[8]
Sharks are often killed for shark fin soup. Fishermen capture live sharks, fin them, and dump the finless animal back into the water. Shark finning involves removing the fin with a hot metal blade.[132] The resulting immobile shark soon dies from suffocation or predators.[138] Shark fin has become a major trade within black markets all over the world. Fins sell for about $300/lb in 2009.[139]
The three most-dangerous-to-humans species listed above were the great white, tiger, and bull sharks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark
The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the white shark as a vulnerable species globally and critically endangered regionally in European and Mediterranean waters. Major threats have included accidental catching by commercial fisheries, recreational fishing, and entanglement in protective nets near beaches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_shark
Tiger sharks have only one recorded natural predator, the orca.[6] It is considered a near-threatened species because of finning and fishing by humans.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark
The bull shark is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List and its population is decreasing. Despite its status, the species isn’t named as a protected species. Threats to the bull shark are numerous, such as getting caught in fishing nets, overfishing for their oil, skin, and meat, pollution to their habitat, and more.
Or we’d just be used to them and dealing with an aggressive shark would just be a thi g you do
I’m not sure it would be possible fo hey, shoo, shoo. Bad shark! Can’t you see I’m replying to a comment? Go, go, shoo
So it’s Bears > Men > Sharks in terms of perceived safety. Interesting. I wonder where other animals fit in.
we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark
Speak for yourself!
This seems high
Its high, but its not wrong.
Its mostly for soup and eastern traditional medicine.
It’s high but the number keeps dropping as sharks are being killed of
Cars kill more people in a single country than sharks do over the whole world.
Shark can’t get ඞ out pf their head.
The shark’s face in the last panel…rofl
