anassrat
Contributor
Since we haven't really gotten any new information from the experts on what is going on I thought to start a thread to see what everyone thinks beyond all the facts that were shared previously (i.e. weather, sheep carcasses etc.)
I am not a shark expert by any means, but I have had my share of shark diving. Looking at what we have been told so far could it be possible that there is no rogue shark in Sharm and it was just all a chain of unfortunate events?
We know that all the factors that have led to the current events have resulted in an increased presence of sharks in the Sharm area which is not common. As a matter of fact most people on this form have said that some of the sites that currently have sharks did not have them for over 20 years. This means that all tourists that have been coming to the area in the past 20 year are not familiar with sharks and even the staff working in the area aren't either. So if you had asked them about sharks before these events they would say they don't exist here or are non-lethal.
We know that humans are not on the preferred diet of OWT, as a matter of fact humans are not on any type of sharks diet including great whites. This doesn't mean that a shark would not come close and try to identify the big object that is floating on the surface (i.e. snorkeler) and possibly taking a curiosity bit (non-lethal). That is assuming that the person on the surface does not panic and show aggression towards the shark which can turn the bit into a little more than just curiosity.
I know in Canada we have a lot of bears and they do injure people who do not know how to act in the presence of a bear. This doesn't mean that there is a jaws type of scenario with people and bears making bears want to eat people. It is just how animal act to protect themselves.
So, what I am throwing out as a possibility is that what has been going on is in deed rare to happen in the area especially within a span of a few days, but this doesn't mean it is not normal in any way. We just need to be careful in the presence of sharks and educate people about this.
I am open to hearing everyone's comments on this maybe we can come with an answer before the experts do!
I am not a shark expert by any means, but I have had my share of shark diving. Looking at what we have been told so far could it be possible that there is no rogue shark in Sharm and it was just all a chain of unfortunate events?
We know that all the factors that have led to the current events have resulted in an increased presence of sharks in the Sharm area which is not common. As a matter of fact most people on this form have said that some of the sites that currently have sharks did not have them for over 20 years. This means that all tourists that have been coming to the area in the past 20 year are not familiar with sharks and even the staff working in the area aren't either. So if you had asked them about sharks before these events they would say they don't exist here or are non-lethal.
We know that humans are not on the preferred diet of OWT, as a matter of fact humans are not on any type of sharks diet including great whites. This doesn't mean that a shark would not come close and try to identify the big object that is floating on the surface (i.e. snorkeler) and possibly taking a curiosity bit (non-lethal). That is assuming that the person on the surface does not panic and show aggression towards the shark which can turn the bit into a little more than just curiosity.
I know in Canada we have a lot of bears and they do injure people who do not know how to act in the presence of a bear. This doesn't mean that there is a jaws type of scenario with people and bears making bears want to eat people. It is just how animal act to protect themselves.
So, what I am throwing out as a possibility is that what has been going on is in deed rare to happen in the area especially within a span of a few days, but this doesn't mean it is not normal in any way. We just need to be careful in the presence of sharks and educate people about this.
I am open to hearing everyone's comments on this maybe we can come with an answer before the experts do!