How do u over come the fear of the ocean?  Manely I fear the sharks that live in it.?
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the most effective way is to be put in a situation where your life depended on it and then it wouldn't be about fear it would be about survival
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omg fantastic, i love sharks and am hoping to cage dive next year, that clip was shown on sunday on planet earth i think, i missed it but my boyf was going on about it, thanks!
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Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) indeed have an interesting sensory physiology enabling them to sense a variety of physical stimuli.  But fear is not one of them. That said, it is true though that fear may be associated with either the release of particular chemical compounds, but far more importantly and likey in regards to your question, with particular behavior.  And in that sharks are not very different from any other predator.\n\nThe sense of smell is indeed very well established in almost all elasmobranchs; if you ever take a look at a shark's brain note the extremely large bulbi olfactorii, the areas of the brain where smell is first analyzed.  The sentivity of shark noses for blood is often emphasized, but you must not imagine sharks to be "swimming noses."  Rather, they rely on different senses for different environmental conditions, prey, etc. The priority assigned to either one of the possible sensory modes is largely dependent on the life-style of the animal.  Given that there are over 400 different species, there are a few variations.\n\nLike many other aquatic animals (e.g., teleosts, but also amphibians) sharks rely on their lateral line organ for detecting objects in greater distances.  The lateral line organ is a tiny canal running along the side of the animal underneath the skin.  it is open to the environment through a set of pores, through which the shark can sense pressure differences in the water, as they are being produced for example by a fish in distress.  This can of course be misunderstood as "smelling fear," when in fact it is more like "sensing the panicked movements of a potential prey."\n\nThe electromagnetic sense of elasmobranchs is perhaps most amazing from a human point of view, since it is so very different from anything we have.  All elasmobranchs have Ampullae of Lorentzi, with which the animals can indeed sense bioelectric fields.  These organs are so sensitive that a dogfish can sense the bioelectric field induced by the beating heart of a flounder covered by sand.  Sharks also use this organ for a magnetic compass.  By swimming through the earth's magnetic field, a shark will induce an electric current that will either run from its back to its belly (when the animal swims in an eastern direction), or from its belly to its back (in western direction).  with its own electromagnetic sensores, the animal can sense the induced electric current and its direction and can thus orient itself along the magnetic field of the earth.  Again, very sexy and very helpful, but no detector of fear!\n\nNow, some sharks use their eyes when they hunt prey, and this may an important point in regards to your question.  Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) often attack their prey (e.g., seals) from far below, orienting themselves visually in their attack and going for the tell-tale silhoutte of the pinniped.  Some sharks, like the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), have an interesting eye, where the sensitivity of the retina changes from light of one particular wavelength during day time to one of a different wavelength during night time.  This Purkinje-shift allows the animals to see optimally during day and night.  Now, many animals (or humans) in distress show a particular behavior.  Sometimes, a flight response is what is initiated when faced with a predator.  This behavior can signal the shark that the fleeing animal (or human) is afraid and therefore not a danger but rather a potential prey.  Consequently, fear in humans that cause a flight response may cause sharks to respond accordingly.  This may also be misunderstood as "smelling fear."  This, by the way, is the same kind of behavior a cougar, dog, or bear will dislay.\n\nThat said, there is always the possibility that during fear a human may release certain chemical compounds that the shark can smell.  But I doubt that this is something really significant in a real-life encounter.\n\n
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Hey first off DON'T listen at all to the hippie nonsense garbage about Sharks being "endangered"! That is a load of grade A bull. Shark populations are exploding,we need to hunt them to reduce the OVER population. My opinion is bite then before they bite you. This how you clean them:After you have shot the top of the shark in the head with a explosive tip deer slug; death and paralysis ensues. Cut the tail off to drain the max. amount of blood out of the shark,then hack/saw the head off then slice the belly open and plop out the guts in a top down fashions. then skin and fillet as you would any other fish and enjoy fried,baked,in tacos,stewed! Save the teeth as a souvenir!!
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I am strangly terrified of worms. It gets so bad that after it rains I won't go outside for a long time and I can almost swear I smell them (like a dirty musky smell).\n\nI've even gone as far as to tell my husband that when I die I do not want to be burried underground for the fear of worms and being underground with them. ><\n\nI don't know of any good cures for fears like this (If I knew, I wouldn't have the fears) But people have always told me to "face your fears" Or maybe in your case, get a HUGE container of salt.
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I do not know exactly what you are looking for here. I guess you have never seen "Jaws". \nGreat whites are killers. They usually bump prior to attacking to test the weakness of their prey. Since their skin is like sandpaper, in the process of bumping it can cut skin. \n\nSharks have very acute senses; they can detect smell (like blood & urine) & vibrations from far distances. This is one reason you should never swim in the ocean with a dog. Their swimming makes vibrations that sound like struggling, inviting sharks to attack. \n\nFor more information on sharks read " Twelve Days of Terror: A Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks" by Richard G Fernicola (ISBN 1585745758) & "Close to Shore" by Michael Capuzzo(ISBN 0767904141).
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Fear of fear - Phobophobia
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To scare sea monsters.
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u can look it up on www.phobialist.com. i has a LONG list of phobias.
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Fish are extremely stupid and many are afraid of everything. Seems your technique is just bad.
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The Dogfish shark is pretty small to be dangerous.  It's not much larger than a small cat... and like most craetures more scared of humans than anything else so no they are not going to attack you or anything.
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your confusing fear with protection against evil my friend
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I'm sometimes scared of waterpipes, but only if I think about it too much.  But I am scared of those pipes that come off heaters that have all the insulation.  There's one in our attic that I have to step over every time I go up there, and it freaks me out.  The other thing I'm scared of are fire-sprinkers in my building, but thats just cause I'm afraid they'll go off and get my stuff wet.
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I dive with them all the time without a cage. I live in Miami and we go diving with sharks every weekend. The only Shark I would be concerned about would be a great white. We see Mako's, bull, hammerhead, etc. all the time. They will not hurt you unless you have a fish or look like an easy meal.
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I don't think its the water, I think it has more to do with what is in the water and what may happen when you go swimming in it... I think most fear sharks, or other creatures that occupy the water and it does get very scary at times.  The best way to swim in Deep water is to go with friends that are very supportive and that are very understanding....  :)
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yes i was in Tobago 2003 in the man of war bay. I was in a canoe.It was also my first time trying this sport. I was told no sharks come into the bay yet this one did. It was jumping out of the water rather close to me, Scared me silly. Unfortunately a few days later the local fishermen caught one. a hammer head shark. Lovely to look at but would have been better if it was alive in the sea.
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I'm not a surfer, but if that ever happend to me I doubt I'd have the confidence to go back into the water. Imagine how terrifying that would be - you wouldn't know wether you were going to live or die!\n\nI might in smaller bodies of water where I knew there weren't sharks, but even there I'd be nervous and have to watch my back. You never know...