Are You Afraid of Sharks?

I am weary of any wild animal that has the ability to kill me, but I am not scared of sharks because they are very misunderstood. Yes, you have a chance of getting attacked by a shark, but just as much of a chance of getting attack by your dog or in reality having a vending machine fall on you. Sharks are not out to get you, to be honest I am more scared of jellyfish and killer whales than sharks.

No... I've been swimming in the same waters with them as well as fishing. I enjoy shark fishing. They're very good!!! I do however have a healthy respect for them. One must if you're going to be in the same territory just as all living things... Respect for one another.

I love watching them and find them very interesting but I am still afriad of them. I have been watching Shark Week and watched the Dirty Jobs and I dont remember if it was the Jobs That Bite or Jobs That Bite Harder but I definately did not want to be the shark suit tester right then!

yea I don't want to get eaten like this by one.8O

They don't intentionally go after humans, its just they mistake us for food. Anyway I love sharks and i'm not scared of them.

Not "misunderstood" per-say. But hell, we kill and forage to eat, so what's wrong with a shark killing to eat? The shark didn't tell us to go swimming, we decided it ourselves.

Suck it up, people. You have to eat to live.

Not in Nebraska I'm not

Bottom line ...great white sharks , Tiger sharks, and Bull sharks are very unpredictable....more people get bitten than the news would suggest.

I made a deal with sharks a long time ago, they don't come to my home and I won't come to theirs......

Do sharks get a bad rap? Hmm, lemme' see...indiscriminate killing machines that eat anything that can't get out of their way. No, there's no misunderstanding.

i don't think you have please Google sharks

but in all fairness..i'm petrified of the whole ocean.

at the risk of being called insane: i have no fear of sharks and wouldnt have a heart attack if i was in the water with a few. theyre not maneaters just curious animals that investigate with their mouths

Sharks are to be respected, like any and all animals, and are far from the bloodthirsty monsters that they could appear to be to the uneducated.Hey, Shark Week is excellent, if you don't know a lot about sharks, watch it and you might learn some interesting facts about how they're simply predatory animals and they will do what a predatory animal does when they're hungry.

They haven't got me yet..

Not like most people are. Sharks are so very misunderstood! I read once that more people kill sharks than sharks kill us! here are very, very few shark-on-human attacks each year... it's not like you don't go on the road because you are afraid of traffic accidents (which are far, far, far more common than shark attacks).

That is exactly why my butt doesn't go in the ocean! :/

Jaws totally hosed them... They're actually not that bad if your not bleeding...

COME ON !

Aw, c'mon! As if sharks are even half that size! Except for whale sharks, of course... But they don't exactly go for human muscle.

so youre saying a big ass shark is swimming your way you wont be scared??

They don't really get THAT big...at least, not for a few million years they haven't.

you never know
its like shaq
humans havent EVER been that big without a disformitty

Yeah, that's true, you never know, in the deep, dark depths of the abyss there may still be a Megalodon around.Or two.The Giant Squid wasn't thought to actually exist until about a hundred and twenty years ago, and we all know how that turned out.(There's an even BIGGER one.)

and nessie!
i believe theyre real !

Well, they ARE real...

yup yup

jaws was just a robot!

so?
i know that
it was just a picture example

yeah but I'm basically saying a shark like jaws doesn't exist (I mean the size anyway)

could be

there just a humbble anamial they think the bords are turtles sharks rule!

They're deffinently misunderstood...But I wouldn't want to meet one face to face.

They are amazing creatures.Shark attacks are rare,there are alot of other animals that kill more then sharks do. Would you believe that donkeys kill more then sharks?

Oddly, I find this picture cute. He's smiling! It makes me wanna hug it and risk a limp X)

I dont want to be near one when its hungry. But other wise i would not care.

This being said...I'm not in a rush to swim with one.

Shark attacks on Humans are rare. You're more likely to get gored by a Buffalo In Yellowstone, than bitten by a shark anywhere in the ocean. Contrary to popular myth, sharks in general don't even like human flesh, and would prefer fish or seals over us (not that they're THAT picky). If you fear sharks, stay out of the ocean. If you love the ocean, then be aware of what may attract sharks, and avoid those things. Going into the water during your period, or with an open cut or sore, is asking for trouble, as sharks can smell blood. Splashing and making noise may attract sharks, so do it only in a shark-protected area. Bright colors may attract sharks (although there is some debate that sharks are color blind). Nothing guarantees that you will not be attacked by a shark, but less risky behavior will decrease the risk.