People should fear dolphins more than sharks

Thanks for accepting, here goes... I say people should begin to fear dolphins more than sharks. Yes, I know at some point the death rate of people from shark attacks each year is going to come up some time in the argument so might as well say it now... in the United States, nineteen people are attacked by sharks and two of them are fatalities. Now that I got that repetitive fact out of the way, I can challenge it. More people end up struck by lightning or crushed by falling vending machines in a year compared to being fatally attacked by a shark. And, many more people are killed by fireworks. So your chances of actually getting attacked by one are pretty slim. 1 in 3,748,067 to be exact. And yes, I do realize that there are a lot less deaths from dolphins although there are records of a wild killer whale injuring someone and four instances when killer whales have killed trainers in captivity plus others who have been seriously injured. So yes, the numbers stand as so but I'm arguing from a different perspective. As much as numbers like these help us see what HAS happened, they may falsely lead us in a wrong direction in the future. For instance, a diving expedition may go wrong in a matter of seconds. Lets say Jim and his diving crew plus cameramen are diving at a certain fish hot spot. While there, they can see a pod of orcas swimming together in the distance. The boat that they arrived at the hot spot in radios to them and tells them that they see some orcas and tells them to be careful. Jim, being not such a seasoned diver, ignores that last part like he is ignorant to the dangers of a wild animal. (You have to also play in the chances of the orcas being disturbed by other human activities.) So Jim doesn't exactly call in the group for safety. Instead, he watches as the orcas make their way towards the group. (For this next part, I'm not saying orcas will attack naturally just because they see a group of people because sharks don't exactly do the same like portrayed in Jaws.) A certain male in the group feels pressured by one of cameraman's tethers connected to a camera. The orca takes the tether in its mouth, and pulls and drags the cameraman with it. Now, this might not be the most accurate or believable anecdote, but still has a greater chance of happening than getting attacked by a shark. And this story could end in one or two ways; the cameraman gives up his camera out of fear and retreats to the ship or he freezes in fear of the massive animal and lets go a little later suffering from a dislocated shoulder or possibly a severely broken arm. So the point of this is that wild animals, even dolphins, are unpredictable and can be just as dangerous or more than sharks also due to their bigger population. To add, even if it weren't a pod of orcas rather a pod of bottlenose dolphins a similar occurrence may take place. The dolphins may become to playful in their frenzy and end up slapping someone or dragging someone down to the bottom. Either way could lead to a potential death if not practiced with calmness. And you must also remember that these animals are not exactly your docile, toothless Grandma or pa. Both bottlenose dolphins, orcas, and a lot of the other types of dolphins have teeth. Yes, a shark's jaws may be equipped with more chompers and replacements, but that doesn't necessarily mean that a bite from a dolphin might hurt any less. A shark's bite will most likely cleanly bite a limb off... (clean used in way of how many times a bite must be preformed to result in a complete loss of limb... not the amount of blood lost or appearance of the wound.) A dolphins bite, with meaning, will inflict a great deal of damage to a diver. Although the force behind a behind a dolphin's bite is not as great as a bite of a shark's, both bites may cause the death of an unfortunate victim. Yes, a dolphin does not chew its prey, but under certain circumstances, whose to say a dolphin wouldn't take a snap at someone who deals a great bit of aggravation? And if you were to challenge me on sharks not needed aggravation to attack a person, I would have to accept that challenge. Just like dolphins, sharks do not attack just because they see a person. In fact, a shark may be swimming right next to someone who is the water at a beach and they won't even act interested. Most people don't know it, but a shark may actually be a few feet away from them in the water. And a seriously misused myth that sharks attack people because they may think that they look like a seal, is not a good argument to put up. I do not believe this myth. Rather, I believe sharks attack out of pure curiosity. And sharks don't necessarily have hands to investigate things with, they have mouths. So like a toddler or young child, they'll use their mouths to learn about new things. It is also said that bull sharks will often ram their victim with their nose before biting. And if you were to find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time, most would suffer from a heart attack first from the site of the animal before actually getting bitten. Heart disease is actually the number one killer. So to sum this all up, sharks do need aggravation to attack people. Instead, they attack from pure curiosity. And dolphins, especially orcas, prove to be just as dangerous as sharks.