If you have ever sat through Jaws or watched Discovery Channel’s annual lovefest, perhaps you have imagined your reaction at the sight of a massive shark heading straight for you. Worse still, perhaps you have imagined yourself among a swirling frenzy of sharks, each awaiting its shot. I have imagined this. Between the dolphin-pitch squeaks of terror and a soiled wetsuit, it’s not a pretty picture.
As one approaches, I remember the advice I heard somewhere…go for the eyes and snout. Stick and move!
Before I can lift a finger to fend it off, though, the moment passes by with little more than a glancing nudge from an animal whose front-end looks something like a 1990s Honda Civic.
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| Whale shark, Rhincodon typus (image from Wikimedia Commons). |
Huh?
Oh, PHEW! It’s a whale shark frenzy I’m imagining, not one of their toothier cousins.
