Why sharks don't attack scuba divers?

Question

why they don'e bit their a** ..is the suit they wear bite resistant?!"%

Answer 1

Dont they, you better tell the sharks that

Answer 2

Scuba divers have been attacked by sharks. "During the 20th century here were 108 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast of North America, with 50 (46%) directed at divers. "

Answer 3

Scuba divers do get attacked by sharks. Scuba divers resemble seals and that is a staple diet of sharks in the S-African waters. They also attack them not intentionally when they are spearfishing and have the fish stuck on the spear without removing them.

Answer 4

scuba divers generally dive in groups which would deter larger sharks but then again scuba divers don't generally go diving where big sharks are!! go to south Africa scuba diving if you wanna see shark attacks, home of the most shark attacks and home of the great white!! ha ha

Answer 5

It depends on the type of shark as to whether a diver would be in danger, obviously the great white is the most dangerous & any diver would never take chances & only study it with the protection of a cage.  Then you start coming down the line of breeds & certainly there are some that you can swim with fairly safely.  But I can tell you this here & now NOT ONE SINGLE DIVER in this world would ever trust a shark, no matter what breed it is.

Answer 6

I think you'll find they do attack scuba divers.

Answer 7

sharks don't just going around biting everything.  they usally bite people when they think they are something else such as  a seal.

Answer 8

i read somewhere scuba divers have some sort of electrical current gizmo attached to some part of them which freaks the sharks out

Answer 9

Heck, I've been diving around sharks all around the World.  I've been with hammerheads in the Galapagos, nurses in Cozumel, blues off Monterrey, and Blacktips off Palau.  In most cases, the sharks either ignore the diver or are scared off by the air bubbles.  Sure, divers can get bit, by doing stupid things like putting their hands in the shark's mouth or grabbing the shark's tail (well, I did that once, but the shark didn't bite me).  Normally, if a diver is attacked, it is while swimming on the surface.  At that point, the diver looks just like the shark's favorite meal - a seal or sea lion.  The shark will come up from below, bite the diver, and then spit them out, when they figure out that the diver isn't a meal.   Of course, that doesn't help the diver much, who might bleed to death from the bite.  

In general, sharks are misunderstood and should be left alone, not feared.

Answer 10

The scuba divers don't bother them and if they do they usually run off unless their is blood in the water near the scuba diver.

Answer 11

They do attack them - it's just not common as only expert divers go in shark infested waters.