Okay, I know I'm going to get alot of eye-rolls here, but I really need to know. Does swimmng in OW during your menstrual cycle make you shark bait?
I was talking to one of the lifeguards at the La Jolla Cove about last year's Solana Beach shark attack and he said this: "What the news didn't report was that there was an injured seal involved. That's why the shark came in and attacked in 15 feet of water. He was after the seal that was bleeding."
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And I heard that sharks can distuinguish fresh shed blood vs. menstrual blood I don't think anyone really knows but it makes some sense to me that since we are nto thier prey they would not be interested (at elast for whites, some of the bull and nurse sharks in other parts of the world seem generlaly agressive to everyone all the time). In any event i find no reports of mensturating women attacked by sharks. THere's more fear than truth out there. Maybe you could check with Scripps and tell us all what you find out.
As for the Fletcher Cove incident, there was a seal on the beach in fact all the seals and sea lions had reportedly beached, were they fleeing a predator in the water? Seals and sealions are known to beach when there's a big predator in the water. Lots of women out at the cove in various parts of their cycles, no sharks and notably a lot of the recorded shark attacks are male.
Now it has been reported subjectively that the seals and sea lions become more friendly or curious at certain points in a woman's cycle.
So set aside your fears of sharks and look for the real things to fear-getting hit when crossing the street to the cove, going head on into a swimmer with his eyes closed, swimming hard into a buoy or getting hugged by a seal (stinky)!
And I heard that sharks can distuinguish fresh shed blood vs. menstrual blood I don't think anyone really knows but it makes some sense to me that since we are nto thier prey they would not be interested (at elast for whites, some of the bull and nurse sharks in other parts of the world seem generlaly agressive to everyone all the time). In any event i find no reports of mensturating women attacked by sharks. THere's more fear than truth out there. Maybe you could check with Scripps and tell us all what you find out.
As for the Fletcher Cove incident, there was a seal on the beach in fact all the seals and sea lions had reportedly beached, were they fleeing a predator in the water? Seals and sealions are known to beach when there's a big predator in the water. Lots of women out at the cove in various parts of their cycles, no sharks and notably a lot of the recorded shark attacks are male.
Now it has been reported subjectively that the seals and sea lions become more friendly or curious at certain points in a woman's cycle.
So set aside your fears of sharks and look for the real things to fear-getting hit when crossing the street to the cove, going head on into a swimmer with his eyes closed, swimming hard into a buoy or getting hugged by a seal (stinky)!
