Why do sharks not bite divers who are right next to them?
In: Biology
So I used to work with sharks in an aquarium and at BBFS. A few things come to mind. -Many sharks are ambush predators. They don’t have the element of surprise if they’re already swimming with you.
-A lot of sharks I’ve swam with are skittish. At the aquarium they used to let little Jack fish steal their food all the time. In the ocean if you barely brushed them with a fin they would freak and swim away. At BBFS they told us juvenile sharks explore novel objects by using their teeth which is unfortunate if were the novel object.
-Fun fact: sharks have a fatty liver instead of a swim bladder. This allows them to change depth rapidly for ambush attacks as they don’t have a gas filled sac to equalize.
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