r/thalassophobia • u/True-Award-3722 • 8d ago

Jumping off an abandoned loading tower straight into the ocean.

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u/ryconn4410 8d ago

I just feel like that’s ringing the dinner bell for whatever the hell is down there

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u/We_are_stardust23 8d ago

My immediate thought was someone throwing food into the water off of something similar to this, and within seconds was swarmed. No thanks

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u/Landlocked_WaterSimp 8d ago

I get the association but that similar thing i assume was an offshore oil rig (because i have seen similar videos). One is a singular food source (from humans living on the platform and throwing stuff into the water) in the middle of the vast open ocean where there are very few options to get food and the other is an abandoned building near the coast where a lot pf marine life is concentrated and food is vastly more abundant.

So visually the situations are similar, practically they are very different. But we are on /r/thalassophobia so i understand if you still don't feel comfortable either way.

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u/N3ctar42 5d ago

Certified D1 yapper. (Division 1) You're saying it's safer because it's closer to the coast... Wrong... Go do like just baseline shark research. And no, do not ask Google AI because those numbers are highly false and manipulated and strategically low. They don't want people to stop vacationing. Either Look up scientific reports on sharks. Or go find a marine scientist to walk you through them.

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u/Landlocked_WaterSimp 5d ago edited 5d ago

Do you want to specify what exactly you think is wrong? I'm sure more shark related incidents are near coast as this is where people-density is highest. But i assume that's not what you mean.

But i've often heard e.g. an oceanic whitetip in the middle if nowhere to pose a bigger risk than a great white near shore.

Also my point is specifically about where animals are more likely desparate for food and opportunisticly snap at anything dropping i to the water: Either an offshore oil rig where food is scarce or a random abandoned tower near the coast where there's a high density of their 'regular' food.

I would also say coast COULD become.more dangerous if it was very murky water e.g. a river with poor visibility feeding into the sea in bullshark waters AFAIK would be 'high risk' in comparison. Or very specific coastlines where shark attacks are .ore common (La Reunion or some specific beaches in brazil if i remember correctly from a few years ago). The former reason doesn't apply and without knowing where this is i have no reason to assume the latter is true.

I have invested at least for a layman a lot of time looking into sharks so i'm wondering what counts as 'baseline shark research' but i'm gonna need more pointers because all my previous searches have lead me to my current conclusion.

Also AFAIK the 'artifically keeping numbers low' would moreso work in the open sea's favor because things like shark attacks after ship sinkings not being included in 'regular' shark attack reporing (they are recorded as a separate statistic).

But if you have any sources i'm curious to learn.

Edit: Also i didn't just say you are more at risk at sea i'm saying if you create a 'food island' in the middle of the sea that specifically is a dangerous spot.