What Are Sharks Afraid Of? Unveiling the Natural Enemies and Weaknesses of Sharks

Fish fear sharks, while sharks fear dolphins. In groups, dolphins join forces and organizedly besiege a shark, taking turns striking the shark's flanks with their powerful snouts. Because a shark's skeleton is soft and its ability to protect its internal organs is poor, the clever dolphins seize on its vital weakness and ram it desperately, giving it no chance to catch its breath, until the shark's internal organs are battered, and often the shark quickly dies in such a siege.

Sharks are extremely aggressive, and once spotted by a shark, few people can escape. Strangely, however, the marine biologist Roford studied sharks for many years, often wearing a diving suit and swimming right up to sharks, coming into close contact with them, yet the sharks seemed not to mind his presence. Roford said: “Sharks are actually not frightening. What is frightening is that the moment you see a shark, you frighten yourself first.”

Yes, that is indeed the case. As long as you are not afraid in your heart when you see a shark, then you are quite safe. When a person encounters a shark, their heartbeat speeds up, and it is precisely that rapidly beating heart that draws the shark's attention. The shark detects its prey from the sensing waves in the water given off by that rapidly beating heart. If, in front of a shark, you can stay calm and completely unpanicked, then the shark poses no threat to you at all; even if it accidentally touches your body, it will not attack in any way and will immediately swim away from you to look for its prey. Conversely, if the moment you see a shark you are so frightened that you tremble all over, scream shrilly, and your heart races, and all you want is to flee for your life, then you are destined to become a fine meal for the shark.

Things that seem dangerous can, in fact, ultimately all be resolved as long as you face them calmly and deal with them methodically. Sometimes, what traps us is only ourselves.