>>4884577
>One guy had an interesting theory where he thought surfers were being attacked because they kept scaring off seals that the sharks were hunting and it pissed the sharks off so they attacked in frustration
Territorial attacks can happen but they’re probably pretty rare. Sharks don’t have the forethought to think of something like that though, most things a shark is gonna be hunting won’t be scared off by a swimmer anyways. Sharks will attack just about any silhouette on the water’s surface including a human, but after the initial attack a great white will usually reject it if it’s not something it finds appealing. A really hungry great white might come back to eat a person but generally they’re very selective about prey. It’s not an accident but it’s also not jaws style man-eating
>>4884586
>People seem to not want to put sharks in the "very large animal that will eat you" category for some reason
We also don’t seem to differentiate between different shark species when discussing attack motivations for some reason. People just say “it’s a mistake” with any shark. With tiger sharks for example they’re not particularly likely to attack in the first place, but if one does it’s not unlikely that it will continue the attack and try to eat you since they’re such garbage disposals. A great white on the other hand is more likely to attack but much less likely to consume a person

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