Step one: Take your five-year-old child and put them in with the shark:
Due to their small brain size sharks are actually very predictable creatures. They are hard-wired to bite any object moving rapidly in the water. This is irrespective of the object’s size.
A small child’s rapid movement in the water would be one of the things most likely to trigger a shark to bite.
The parent in the video above makes an argument that statistically getting bitten by a shark is a low-probabilities game. After all only a small number of people (under 50) get bitten by a shark in the US pet year.
That is true, but the reason why the number is so low is because most people don’t put themselves near a shark intentionally and if a shark surfaces, most people run out of the water. Fast!
So don’t play the odds. Sharks are not dolphins. They are predators designed to bite. You. Or your child.
Dr Vadim the Visiting Vet 