Animal cruelty vs Murder?

[Bloodstalker]

[QUOTE=Magrus]




No it isn't. A shark needs a certain amount of room in which they can swim in. That specific amount of room precludes those who are either not physically fit enough to swim into a depth and get out of the water readily themselves, or those too stupid to do so without help. Sharks do not come up to shallow water regularly. In fact, they would never do so if humans didn't steal all of their prey. Whether through hunting, boating and scaring off prey due to ship activity, or polution. A shark entering water which is only 10 feet deep means there is something seriously wrong with it's eco-system, and as they are the top of the food chain in the ocean, that means none other than humans. Which means, if little billy gets eaten by sharks for swimming in the oceans, it is a humans fault.[/QUOTE]


Just for the record, this statement that sharks do not frequent shallow waters is wrong. Many species of shark are more often found in shallows than in the deeper waters, one of them being the Tiger shark, which, coincidentally, is one of the most aggressive sharks known. Even more of a danger to humans, however, is the Bull shark, another highly aggresive and dangerous shark that actually can live in freshwater and has been found in rivers all over the world, from Australia to the Mississippi in fairly high numbers. In both cases, the sharks aren't forced into such shallows because of a problem with their natural habitat, it's simply that shallow waters are a natural habitat for many different species of shark.

While most people think of the Great White or some of the larger species as being the big danger to humans (the result of movies like Jaws most likely), Tiger sharks, Bull sharks and so on are a much higher risk simply because their natural habitat overlaps humans in many instances.

[Luis Antonio]

[QUOTE=Bloodstalker]Just for the record, this statement that sharks do not frequent shallow waters is wrong. Many species of shark are more often found in shallows than in the deeper waters, one of them being the Tiger shark, which, coincidentally, is one of the most aggressive sharks known. Even more of a danger to humans, however, is the Bull shark, another highly aggresive and dangerous shark that actually can live in freshwater and has been found in rivers all over the world, from Australia to the Mississippi in fairly high numbers. In both cases, the sharks aren't forced into such shallows because of a problem with their natural habitat, it's simply that shallow waters are a natural habitat for many different species of shark.
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That is so very true. Tiger sharks were fished in the amazon river, 500 km from the coast.