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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I feel the same. When you're in the ocean, you're in their territory...
Like this?
So it's not the lemon sharks and nurse sharks to be feared, it's what might attack them.
Millions of people do it every year, and far less than one percent of them get hurt.
Anytime you are in the ocean you are swimming amongst the sea life.
Something like 90% of shark attacks happen in waist deep or shallower water. Which means your in more danger doing what you consider normal water sports than drifting in the currents.
Great Whites aren't cruising coral reefs in the bahamas. And people swim with them all the time with no issues.
They don't hunt everything that moves, and neither do tiger sharks.
Your ignorant fear is just funny to see.
Look it up.
Or just google water sports.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Scuba and Snorkeling are listed.
Just because it doesn't involve running around like an idiot with a ball doesn't mean it isn't a sport.
You're actually more likely to be struck by Lightning Twice than attacked by a Shark.
Wow, what do you think of people that drive cars?
All of these are probably a good deal more dangerous than these sharks . . .
And if you've ever even waded in the ocean you've been near them.
Get over your fear and actually learn something about them.
The Lemon Sharks like in that video have been trained to perform tricks, and even to do basic logic problems.
They are well designed to hunt and eat small fish, but that's far from all they are.
I'm sad to say they are probably smarter than many humans I know.
Have a good Sunday
Still maybe you should look at the work done by Jacques' Son and Grandson.
They've made amazing breakthroughs into White Sharks since his death.
Here's a good video from the Grandson.
http://video.nytimes.com/vide...
If you're too lazy I'll list some picture to look at.
She's swum with sharks for most of her life, trained them, studied them. Proved them intelligent and complex creatures. She's only ever been bitten once. And the shark wasn't even alive-- it was a skull that she had in the front seat, and when the car stopped suddenly, she put out a hand to grab it, and it came down on her arm.
But would you use that to describe a whale shark? I don't think so. It also doesn't fit the less aggressive shark species.
He didn't even think that's what they were.
People Free Dive with Great Whites all the time.
The Sharks don't attack them.