Originally published at: Great white shark attacks on people really are honest mistakes, scientists show | Boing Boing
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Sorry gov, I thought you was a seal,
Really… you ain’t even my type
It’s a laugh
You’ve gotta laugh…no hard feelin’s
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I’m willing to forgive this one. The older and fatter I get, I honestly make the same mistake when I see myself in a mirror.
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I get the feeling that sharks don’t mind the meal either way.
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As a kid, I remember when Jaws came out and suddenly our family was no longer going to the suddenly shark netted town beach, going out clamming, swimming off the rocks in, I kid you not, “Shark Cove,” or diving off the boat when the fish weren’t biting. I caught a tiny dogfish, just over a foot long, and my dad was going all “don’t touch that, I’ll go get the gaff hook and cut the lead” when we normally would just net and haul blufish and other game onto the deck, and dad would fight for five minutes with pliers to get his hooks back. I never had a fear of sharks, and studies like this I think show that for all it is a great movie, perhaps it should have taken a less denegrative approach to the villian.
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Why’s the comparison always to “fat” seals? Some of us more closely resemble moderately chubby walruses, thank you very much!
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Dogfish are poisonous, so you probably shouldn’t touch one
Oh, come on. Mistake? They’re apex predators. Humans are definitely fair game for them.
(I mean, I certainly can believe that they can’t tell the difference. But so what?)
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Wrong dogfish. Squalus acanthias, the Atlantic Spiny Dogfish is delicious, sustainable, and probably what you had in your last dodgy fish-and-chips.
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About time they started fucking apologising then, huh?
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Apex predators with bad eyesight? Yeah, this is why I’ll do my swimming in a pool and check the peephole before opening the door (in case of Landshark). 
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This would be an opportune time for some shark snark, but it would be hypocritical considering that I have confused chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies before.
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You’ve never been bitten by a shark?
Then all those precautions are sensible!!
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I don’t know, maybe a diver in a dark suit looks all seal-like? Could be, the point is that such a shark’s bite is going to hurt. A lot. Even if it’s a honest mistake.
Maybe a change in suit design? Colors, more dissuading shapes? Mmmm.
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I harbor such primal fear of sharks, to the point of keeping me out of surfing classes, that I first read the title as “rarely” honest mistakes!`
I blame picking up my mom’s copy of Jaws when exploring my new reading skills.
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Squalus acanthias are edible, but have venomous spines. They can sting you if you try to touch them.
Yeah, yeah, tell it to the judge, sharky.
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