We, like bears, are mammals and thus an argument could be made that we have just as much right to walk in the woods as the bear, so self-defense is okay if a mean old bear attacks us while we’re trying to play with her cubs.

Sharks OTOH are fish and we are not. The ocean is their home, not ours and if they decide to taste our feet while they so graciously allow us to trespass, that’s okay. If we tease them while out on a surfboard and they mistakenly take a bite thinking we really are a seal/sea lion, that’s the human’s own fault, not the shark’s so the shark gets a pass.

You may have guessed that I’m sorta on team shark when it comes to humans being attacked. I’ve seen the Shark Week video’s of humans touching sharks and the sharks being okay with it because those humans were polite. Ever notice how sharks attack shark cages? Sharks hate to be put in cages and they are instinctively trying to help the humans trapped inside to escape... okay that was a bit over the top, but you get my point. Sharks live in the sea and if we go there, the liability for damages is on us, no reason to make the shark pay for our bad deeds.

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