They’re Pissing Off Sharks For Clicks – IOTW Report

They’re Pissing Off Sharks For Clicks

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A recent surge in shark attacks has been attributed to social media influencers encouraging risky interactions with the deadly predators, according to marine biologists.

Yes, really, they’re pissing off sharks for clicks.

The pursuit of viral content, such as selfies and videos with sharks, is leading tourists to provoke the animals, resulting in defensive bites, according to scientists quoted in a Daily Mail report. more

16 Comments on They’re Pissing Off Sharks For Clicks

  1. I have been in the ocean a lot with sharks, have never really been concerned. On one occasion there were several 4-5 foot nurse sharks in less than a foot of water at a scout camp. They weren’t doing anything, people were around but weren’t trying to touch or feed them. It’s when people act aggressively toward them – or if they hold food in their fingers, obviously sharks don’t understand as cats and dogs do how to carefully take food from a person’s hand.
    As long as you don’t do anything to corner them, or try to feed them, then as long as you aren’t in a sea lion rookery you’re probably fine.
    Probably… 🙂

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  2. @SNS — Some schooling doesn’t always “take” with everyone. And some people simply won’t stop listening to the father of all lies.

    “There are none so blind as those who will not see.”

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  3. Dr Pimple Popper’s rise in popularity spawned thousands of videos of people that have…. wait for it…. cultivated infected wounds to squeeze and squirt for clicks.

    Only problem is they don’t earn enough cash to cover the eventual hospitalization because they’ve also managed to go septic. A Pyrrhic Victory…

  4. The ultimate environmental activism.
    Feeding the sea creatures while cleaning the gene pool.

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