WATCH > Video of Five-Year-Old Swimming With Sharks Goes Viral: Were Her Parents Being Reckless?
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2012/07/08 00:07:30
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When they returned from their vacation in the Bahamas, David and Elena Barnes decided to share a home video of their family snorkeling with sharks on YouTube. What was meant to be viewed primarily by friends and relatives quickly went viral, provoking massive amounts of controversy. In the beginning of the 9-minute clip, Power Boat Adventures employees are seen feeding nurse, reef, and lemon sharks. Later in the video, David, Elena, and their five-year-old daughter Anaia are seen swimming with them.
As the video piled up hits, the Internet began chiming in. Many criticized the parents for putting their daughter in danger, while others supported their actions. Eventually, the couple disabled commenting on the video and left a message defending their parenting skills. They explained that these varieties of sharks are rarely aggressive and that the company in the Bahamas has been operating for twenty years without incident.
They also appeared on “Good Morning America” to defend themselves. “Life is too short to be boring,” said Elena. “There’s just always risk assessments in life every day,” added David. “I’m more concerned that they don’t put seatbelts in school buses.”
So, what do you think SodaHeads? Were David and Elena Barnes being reckless?
As the video piled up hits, the Internet began chiming in. Many criticized the parents for putting their daughter in danger, while others supported their actions. Eventually, the couple disabled commenting on the video and left a message defending their parenting skills. They explained that these varieties of sharks are rarely aggressive and that the company in the Bahamas has been operating for twenty years without incident.
They also appeared on “Good Morning America” to defend themselves. “Life is too short to be boring,” said Elena. “There’s just always risk assessments in life every day,” added David. “I’m more concerned that they don’t put seatbelts in school buses.”
So, what do you think SodaHeads? Were David and Elena Barnes being reckless?
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Why are stupid people the ones that breed the most?
AGREED!
These reef sharks mouths are to small and people are to big interest them.
BUT a pile of these sharks will get greedy and act before thinking to try and get food before another shark gets their first. So a five year old won't know to keep their hands in against their body and not engage the shark. These sharks will bite a hand or finger off. Maybe even carry a small child off.
To put this into perspective, you have a 1:4,807 chance of being involved in a fatal car accident (including pedestrians) which is a 10% better chance of dying in a car accident than just being attacked by a shark and over 400% better chance of dying in a car accident than dying of a shark attack.
And this all ignores the fact that Females statistically are better off against sharks by 90.8% according to last years statistics!
I thought you would be interested since you had all that data.
More people die and slip in bathtubs every year than get bit by sharks.
Its just not as exciting and it doesn't sell as many newspapers.
(most people don't grease the tub though either LOL)
Yeah, I've heard of each of them biting, but I think only ONCE in my entire life. The kid was safe, and she's being taught respect for the ocean and its creatures. All for it. :-)
I am very sorry for being rude. I just am a ardent animal lover and i dont like the assumption that certain animals are relentless attackers or big flea bags.Everyone asumes he is a attack dog because he is big and barks. They talk about how dangerous he iss.But he just thinks they want to hurt me. My two yr old neice plays with him and he is thrice as big as her. But to everyone,even my little brother,he is just waiting to take a chunk out of everyone for fun.
So I think if these parent are considered to be neglectful, any family with a dog should be seen as the same.