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Discussion (2) ¬

1. 
   ronald

   January 12, 2019 at 5:15 am | #

   Presumably there’s no such chapter because no matter what people saw in the Jaws films, sharks, like most other wild animals, will avoid or ignore humans unless provoked. Real-world shark attacks are almost unheard of. In fact, sharks don’t even LIKE the taste of human beings. Or so I have been informed by reliable resources.

   If you find yourself in the water with a shark, the LAST THING you should do is thrash away in a panic. The excessive motion will only attract the shark’s attention. To the extent that it’s possible under the circumstances, swim away slowly, just like you were swimming before; the shark didn’t notice you then and it won’t notice you now. Or again, as above, so I’ve been told.

   In almost all cases, wild animals DON’T CARE about us unless we MAKE them care.
2. 
   Peter Rogan

   January 12, 2019 at 8:44 pm | #

   William Peter Blatty, author of “Jaws”, was scuba-ing in the Bahamas when he came face to face with an actual Great White shark.

   Before he could figure out what to do, even to thrash in panic, the shark turned tail, blew a wad of excrement (as a decoy, as octopi do with ink) and vanished back into the blue. Blatty was bemused that he didn’t become an iconic, ironic obituary — and sobered that the shark was more afraid of him than he was of it. Even though the shark presumably couldn’t read.