The lake seemed to be open to the ocean and just as dangerous as anwhere else - am I wrong?
shareI don't think so. Hell...from my POV it looked more rocky than the beach area and by far wasn't shallow. That guy's foot traveled a fair distance to the once floor once it was bitten off.
shareI’m not sure why Brody and the others didn’t see the pond as dangerous. It’s directly connected to the open waters of the ocean. I’ve always found it another fascinating aspect of the shark, though, as it continues to surprise and out-maneuver the experts. Everybody is guarding the beach and the shark just sneaks by. It adds to the shark’s supernatural element.
shareBut it is relatively sheltered has a narrow inlet. It's called a pond for a reason. It's reasonable to consider it safer than the beaches completely open to the ocean.
The shark only slipped through because most folk were distracted by the panic on the beach.
If it had a narrow access to the open ocean then a shark was unlikely to swim through it, a sensible shark would avoid shallow water and lagoons where it might be cut off by the tide. It was also closer to all the adults on the beach, so the nearness and shallow water would have given Brody a false sense of security.
The local kids probably learned how to handle their little boats there, because it really did look like an adult could wade out to any kids in trouble.
I don't know anything about sharks but my college professor is also a sharkologist. He told me that sharks would never leave the ocean and swim in channels of shallow waters. This looks like a plot hole
shareShark behavior varies by species, Bull sharks in particular notorious for liking brackish water, which means they WILL swim into rivers and estuaries, and have attacked humans in waters assumed to be shark-free. Other species like shallow water, I've seen 8-foot Reef Sharks close up and personal in Hawaii, and wasn't afraid because they don't attack humans. Great Whites will swim in shallow water, and I've never been so afraid of meeting one as when I went diving near a seal colony in Monterey Bay, but they don't like brackish water at all.
Isn't Shark Week grand? Anyone can feel like a shark expert nowadays, even if they haven't been diving.
But this was a Great White and they are the meanest sharks in the oceans. I doubt they would waste their time in shallow waters
shareSharks aren't mean at all! They're predatory animals, they kill so they can eat. Killer whales will kill for fun, so will humans, and a species that invented both trophy hunting and shark fin soup has no room to talk shit about Great Whites.
Great White sharks aren't mean, they're just dangerous. So while I have don't hate them, one shot at diving in waters where Great Whites hunt was enough for me. It was actually stupid of me to go there at all. But that's not hate, that's realism.
Edit: And yes, per google, Great Whites will hunt in shallow water, but not brackish estuaries and or rivers. Well, hardly ever...
Shark fin soup is an example of humans killing to eat, just like sharks. It gives us room to talk.
shareShark fin soup is eaten for medicinal or egotistical purposes, not because there's nothing else available to eat. The shark fin trade typically involves a shark being killed, and the fins being removed, while the perfectly edible meaty parts of the sharks are thrown into the ocean.
No, we've got no room to talk shit about sharks. We kill more of them than they kill of us.
You can't compare a human's menu variety to that of a shark and say humans are thus less entitled to eat. Food is food. It's like saying "let them eat cake".
Uh yeah, I can most definitely say something about sharks eating human beings. It's not good.
Sharks don't take one bite of surfers and leave them to bleed out because they just want a taste of the best parts, they take bites out of surfers and leave them to bleed out because they think they're about to get a nice mouthful of seal muscle and blubber, and instead they get wood and neoprene.
And since I'm a vegetarian, I get to talk shit about both species hunting and eating habits! Frankly, sharks look like they do a lot less wasteful killing than humans do.
Well I definitely agree with you that hunting an endangered species for food or trophy is wrong. But I have no moral qualms about killing animals for good reasons. I'm guessing many species of sharks are endangered. And the damn Chinese eat everything.
they think they're about to get a nice mouthful of seal muscle and blubber, and instead they get wood and neoprene.
I don't know that I want to get into the moral relativity of hunting, but yeah, some kinds are worse than others. Hunting for food isn't terrible, particularly when it's species that are overpopulated as a result of humanity ruining the natural balance. But anyone who trophy hunts in on my shit list for life, as is anyone who hunts endangered species. So is anyone who buys shark fin soup or any other endangered species.
The thing is, while not all hunting is morally objectionable, I find it all repellent. If you guys want to get in tune with the wildlife as you complain, go on photo safaris or go birdwatching with me! There are non-lethal forms of hunting.
Okay, I can't disagree. I looked up shark fins soup. It doesn't even add flavor to the soup, it's just added for appearance and texture. The soup would be the same without it. It's definitely a vanity food. 73 million sharks are killed a year for this crap.
Because long before the shark attacks it was where inexperienced boaters learned. That’s why he said the “pond is for old ladies.” No big waves or rip tides and all. It’s sheltered.
Parents of kids who grow up around the water and boats usually put a limitation on where they can venture out to at first.