imported post
Well, being that every one of these stories involves a SURFER being bitten by a shark, I'm thinking the best way to keep from getting bitten is to not surf where there are sharks. Sharks going after surfers and boogie boarders is not a new phenomena and there are several theories as to why, mostly dealing with the surfers appearing, from the shark's perspective looking up from under water to be a prey animal.
So really, this is not like wearing normal hiking gear and running into a mountain lion or bear. This is like dressing up kinda like a deer or big salmon and running into a mountain lion or bear during their peak hunting season. If someone here dressed up kinda like a deer, was walking around an open field in an area known for mountain lions along the woodline, and making sounds like a deer and then got attacked by a mountain lion, we would say, "why the hell were you trying to act like a prey animal in a known predator area?" And "it is fun" wouldn't cut it for a good reason. We would still think it is stupid.
Scuba divers are around sharks all the time and very, very rarely get bitten, but then we don't look like a prey animal. Scuba divers approach sharks very much like a hiker walking into the woods and encountering a predator. We are in their environment doing our thing and cautiously leaving them alone and they tend to leave us alone.
