Sharks

yes - put on a black wetsuit and spalsh around like the stuff they hunt - zero chance of attack there. its all chance. people say getting struck by lightening happens more frequent than shark attacks. but guess what? people get struck by lightening all the time. there have been an usually high number of big shark sightings in that area this year. if you aren't comfortable with the idea of living things swimming around you then don't do it. however, if you do decide to do it - try and stay with someone or in a pack of people until the end and pull away.

... if you do decide to do it - try and stay with someone or in a pack of people until the end and pull away. AS they say, "You don't have to run faster than the bear - just faster than the other campers."

If you are in the ocean, there are sharks around you. Let it go

I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down the pond chasin' bluegills and tommycods. This shark, swallow you whole.

From a different group: Very egalitarian, nurturing society, sharks. A lot of people don't know that. The wise matriarch sharkesses dole out crystals and healing balms, and raise the sharklets in a communal and whole-being focused way, while the adult male sharks are shunned and castigated, as all males in every society should be. Except when there is a spider in the bathtub.

I have my first ocean area swim in Salem mass in 1 month. There are sharks south of here. Great white sharks. Are you ever anxious about this type of wild life? Or should I just let it go?To the best of my knowledge there has not been a fatal shark attack, north of Virginia since the 1920’s. On average there is about 1 shark related fatality in the US each year, with most of these are in Hawaii, California or Florida. And if you stay away from shark feeding grounds when sharks feed (typically at dusk and at night) you reduce your risk of an encounter even further. According to NOAA, only about a dozen of the over 300 shark species have ever been involved in attacks on people and even fewer are fatal. So while there are sharks in most areas of the ocean (fewer each year) most of them are not man-eaters. And even knowing these things, I sometimes get shark anxieties swimming in the ocean. There’s nothing wrong with it, but I don’t let these keep me out of the water.

Just let it go.

A few days after the multiple shark sitings near Chatham, my wife and I swam from East Falmouth (Cape Cod) to Oak Bluffs (Martha's Vineyard). It was a beautiful day and a fantastic swim. Yes, the thought of sharks was with us - added a little excitement to the fun. We kept our eyes open for seals, or, more importantly, any nervous seals.