• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    22 days ago

    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.

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      22 days ago

      Also humans kill far more humans than sharks do, yet we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark.

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          22 days ago

          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?

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            22 days ago

            If a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.

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              22 days ago

              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.

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          22 days ago

          Mosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos.

          Edit: pluralize

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        22 days ago

        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

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        22 days ago

        So it’s Bears > Men > Sharks in terms of perceived safety. Interesting. I wonder where other animals fit in.

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        21 days ago

        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.

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          21 days ago

          Thing is, sharks still don’t attack people. For a scene in the Jackass Movie they put a hook in Steve-O and dragged him behind a boat and even then the sharks were avoiding contact. They even bled some fish out around him.

          There are roadside attractions where you swim with sharks.

          Sharks do not identify people as food.

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            20 days ago

            Yeah, thats my understanding too. I just think the point would be better made with comparable numbers than with comparing apples to oranges.

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        21 days ago

        Do we have stats for how many sharks fucked by humans per year?

        I want to say zero, but I know in my heart it wont be zero.