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Anonymous Mon 11 May 2026 23:42:16 No.2868397 View View Reply Original Report

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How do I deal with these giant fucking rapists?

I’m snorkeling and swimming off of the west side of the ‘Big Island’ in Hawaii soon. I am worried I will encounter one of these fuckers and it will try to bite me. Im bringing a tourniquet just in case. Please share advice if you are familiar with this area or species.

Thank you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 May 2026 01:39:33 No.2868407 Report

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>>2868397
Learning what they look like will help. That's a sand tiger shark which is not much to worry about.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 May 2026 13:04:43 No.2868562 Report

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>>2868397
We get these here in the summer. I've seen one once while spearfishing. Just like every other shark, you don't want to look like prey. I approach sharks trying to look tall in the water with spear pointed at them and nudge them if they get too close but typically they will maybe be a bit curious but generally uninterested in you as a prey item. That said, if a large shark decides to eat you, you are dead. Nothing you can really do about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 May 2026 14:45:53 No.2868568 Report

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>>2868397
you bonk it on its nose and say
>bad shark, this is my fish! no, you cant have any
if it doesnt listen, you just flip it upside down

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 May 2026 23:09:21 No.2868599 Report

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>>2868568
I just stick my thumb up it's bumhole. Don't try it on stingrays, though, it really pisses them orf.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 May 2026 07:38:42 No.2868630 Report

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>>2868397
most of the places you can snorkel are too crowded to have tiger sharks. If it helps any I've snorkeled all over the kona coast of big island and I've never seen a tiger shark in shallow water or met anyone that has.

avoid the places nobody is swimming though. Places like Kona harbor and off the point at magic sands people get eaten sometimes. Stay in the shallows.

if you want to be really sure just stick to Kahalu’u Beach Park where the entire reef is behind a breakwater that sharks pretty much can't get through. But even then stay away from the deep north end where the surfing school is because that's not protected and sharks do go there.

anyways you're way more likely to drown in hawaii than get eaten by a shark
the waves there get big

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Jun 2026 05:56:11 No.2870922 Report

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>>2868630
>you're way more likely to drown in hawaii than get eaten by a shark
that's a statistical shallow analysis that has no bearing in specific situations
someone diving is way less likely to drown from waves giving you a big bonk, way more likely to find sharks depending of where you are

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Jun 2026 09:44:28 No.2871493 Report

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>>2868397
Just stay aware of your surroundings. Maintaining eye contact will usually stop them from trying to take a bite. They’re nowhere near as aggressive as their reputation suggests. They are however not fussy about what they eat, so if they do attack you then they’re not just going to bite and spit you out like some other sharks

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Jun 2026 09:45:33 No.2871494 Report

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>>2868397
Also that pic is a sand tiger which are harmless, actual tiger sharks have teeth that are much more horrific

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Jun 2026 10:33:18 No.2871583 Report

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>>2868397
just stay home if you're so pussy about it
no one here thinks twice about sharks

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Jun 2026 20:37:59 No.2872147 Report

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>>2868397
shark attacks are wayyyyyy under reported. don't listen to that nonsense about "just don't look like their prey! they're not aggressive!" it's all bullshit. sharks attack for all kinds of reasons. curiosity, territory, anger, hunger, or just being in their way if they feel like it. the shark community really needs to realize there's a problem with under reporting and old cliches. people get attacked by sharks all the time, with nearly 50 percent of those cases being fatal. the requirement for something to be registered as a shark attack is that people have to have seen the shark. think about that one for a minute. the only registered shark attacks are from people that literally saw a shark bite a guy. consider what this does to the reporting of shark attacks. if you're smart, you stay the hell out of the water.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Jun 2026 20:55:02 No.2872151 Report

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sharks are chill bros. its dolphins that will rape you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Jul 2026 01:10:59 No.2874052 Report

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>>2868397
Titanium or kevlar chainmail, or at the very least a few longwise titanium strips sewn into kevlar fabric should be good enough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Jul 2026 18:31:11 No.2874096 Report

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>>2872147
>shark attacks are wayyyyyy under reported
Lol.
No.
Every bite gets national coverage for days.
>just don't look like their prey
Thats exactly what it is though.
In this decade there have been 9 fatal attacks. All 9 were swimming on the surface or on a surfboard. Only 1 person was snorkeling (on the surface)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_shark_attacks_in_the_United_States

The last scuba diver to die was September 3rd, 2001. And he actually drowned when the regulator fell out of his mouth while "fighting off" a shark.
Thats zero scuba diver deaths in the last quarter century.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Jul 2026 20:27:58 No.2874101 Report

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>>2874096
>The last scuba diver to die was September 3rd, 2001. And he actually drowned when the regulator fell out of his mouth while "fighting off" a shark.

He died in a better world. Let's try not to be too jealous.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Jul 2026 00:06:35 No.2874115 Report

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>>2872147
>shark attacks are wayyyyyy under reported
sounds like somebody watched the bob gymlan video and didn’t stop to verify any of it
>people get attacked by sharks all the time, with nearly 50 percent of those cases being fatal
No they don’t. Sharks have a remarkably low fatality rate for such large animals
>the requirement for something to be registered as a shark attack is that people have to have seen the shark
This isn’t true either. Plenty of attacks are recorded without anybody ever seeing the shark. There have been several in Australia like that just recently

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