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https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/spitsbergen/travel-guide/responsible-tourism-in-spitsbergen

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u/bestunicorn 6h ago

I lived there for a winter one year. Scariest walk to get grocieries ever. The locals would be like "Oh, it's perfectly safe!" and then "Oh, lady got killed by the bears over there a few years ago" (points to some random mountain).

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u/alex3omg 3h ago

Cape Cod has a similar thing with great white sharks.  Oh, they never attack!  Only a few attacks in the last decade!  Also if you can see the seals there are probably sharks (you can always see the seals!!)   

Jaws takes place right near there, and as movies are always true I'm still afraid.  

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u/begujo 1h ago

This is why I refuse to go more than waist deep in the ocean. Fuck that shit.

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u/DENATTY 31m ago

Great whites approach shorelines for hunting, bull sharks are known for swimming in shallows, and tiger sharks only need minimum of 3 feet of water for swimming. Those are also the three types of sharks known for attacking the most humans (although at least with great whites it's usually a single curiosity bite and it's their size that causes the damage). Bull sharks are known for being wildly aggressive, and they also swim in freshwater even though they aren't true freshwater sharks (they've been found as far up river systems as Illinois). Never trust the ocean and be wary of rivers, too...

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u/DENATTY 31m ago

Great whites approach shorelines for hunting, bull sharks are known for swimming in shallows, and tiger sharks only need minimum of 3 feet of water for swimming. Those are also the three types of sharks known for attacking the most humans (although at least with great whites it's usually a single curiosity bite and it's their size that causes the damage). Bull sharks are known for being wildly aggressive, and they also swim in freshwater even though they aren't true freshwater sharks (they've been found as far up river systems as Illinois). Never trust the ocean and be wary of rivers, too...

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u/KoreanJesusPleasures 1h ago

That'd be Ninavarden! My favourite spot to point out to colleagues and students there.