by singwell-is off researching a lot on April 6th, 2007

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Did you know:bees kill more people a year than sharks do. So why are we more afraid of sharks?

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by Stableboy on April 7th, 2007
For the same reason that we're more afraid of terrorists than we are of septicemia: the former killed ZERO people domestically last year, while the latter averages 43,000 EVERY year.

The bottom line is that in our ignorance, we react to what frightens us, not what actually threatens us. Part of maturing as individuals -- and as a society -- is to develop the wisdom to know the difference and tolerate fear without allowing it to determine our priorities.
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by donovan reynolds. on April 6th, 2007
One word: Jaws.

Now, to elaborate: (One word answers never seem to do it for people)

Is there a scary bee movie? Nope. (Not that I know of, anyway.)

Jaws pretty much established the mindset for the typical fear of sharks.
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- Actually I vaguely remember watching some Killer Bee movie years ago...not very good. But I agree a bee kills you and blood does not gush everywhere where as Jaws gets ya and yeah blood is spurting everywhere. If it came down to death my Jaws or death by killer bee's I will take the bees ANYDAY
  
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  by MIA on April 6th, 2007
- Ditto. And with bees I would feel like I have some escape. If it were Jaws, things would end badly because I swim like a rock, but I could at least TRY and escape the bees. It's not as if I'm going to be anywhere there aren't buildings, either.
  
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  by donovan reynolds. on April 6th, 2007
- When I first read this I thought it said "Jews".
  
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  by BAM@Cyberscrewed.tk on April 8th, 2007
- Candyman. There's your scary bee movie.
  
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  by Anonymous on April 8th, 2007
- Lol, BAM, I'm glad you took the time to re-read that.Though, I thought I was going to die laughing after I read that comment. And Candyman! I completely forgot about that movie. Thanks for bringing that one up.
  
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  by donovan reynolds. on April 8th, 2007
- Yeah, I choked on my beverage when I misread that.
  
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  by BAM@Cyberscrewed.tk on April 8th, 2007
- I'm sorry that I indirectly caused that to happen. Hahah.
  
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  by donovan reynolds. on April 8th, 2007
- Lol, no harm done.
  
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  by BAM@Cyberscrewed.tk on April 8th, 2007
- haha, same here!!
  
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  by The0Rising on June 10th, 2009
- @MIA, speak for yourself. Death by shark attack is quick, you bleed to death in seconds. In my case, a bee sting sends me into anaphylactic shock - suffocation is slower.
  
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  by Slartibartfast on February 27th, 2011
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by sssquib on June 10th, 2009
Good question. Personally I think sharks evoke a innate primordial fear in us of being eaten alive. We as humans, have just about managed to decimate virtally every predator that is capable of munching us to death. And as an earlier answerer pointed out Jaws didn't help much either. Incidently Peter Benchley regreted the impact his book had on the shark populations of the Western world. Luckily bees don't have similar bad press, on account of them being just a minor inconvenience to most people. Without bees we would be extinct in pproximately 6 years, so it's a good job. However we DO underestimate the importance of apex predators. Most carnivorous sharks help clean up the seas by consuming rotting carcasses. Just out of interest, did you know that more people die from a cocoanut landing on their head, than they do from shark attacks?
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by Lazlow on April 8th, 2007
Well which looks more threaten? A bee that can sting you once and then die itself. Or a shark that can chew you up, spit you out and then come back for seconds? Just the sheer physical difference is enough. You can swat a bee, what exactly do you do to a shark?
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- the problem is though, even people who go nowhere near the sea have a fear of sharks...but few realise they are more likely to be stung by a bee than eaten by a shark...and that a bee can be more dangerous than people fear...
  
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  by singwell-is off researching a lot on April 8th, 2007
- Well isn't it a good thing that not more people are afraid of bees?
  
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  by Lazlow on April 8th, 2007
- they should be more wary. I have had people from overseas say to me that they will not come to Australia because of the sharks and crocodiles...we don't have any crocodiles in Sydney, and the last time I saw a shark was in 1976. (except in an aquarium). Howver, i HAVE been stung by bees....OVER AND OUT.
  
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  by singwell-is off researching a lot on April 8th, 2007
- Go fishing at Broken Bay , drift between Box Head and Lion Island on a falling tide using heavy lines and sinkers and you are guaranteed to see a shark, generally a hammerhead, on the end of your line. They hit like a torpedo but there's not much fight in them. If a shark stops moving, it drowns (its gills have no muscles).
  
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by MG1942 Has a Life Penguin on April 8th, 2007
The bee's gonna sting me. The shark is gonna EAT me. Any questions?
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- Yes. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? ;-)
  
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  by gtravels loves her life penguin on February 27th, 2011
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by daishotachi on April 6th, 2007
i'm sorry about answering a question with a question, but it is simply because, "Which one is easier to kill?"
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by gondola on April 7th, 2007
Sharks can kill anyone. Bees mostly only kill people that are allergic to them. Wouldn't you rather see a little bug flying around you than a 10 foot shark with giant teeth swimming?
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- Lol. I agree. But the mentality of killer sharks has seemed to have been emprinted in everyone's mind.
  
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  by Anonymous on April 7th, 2007
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by Taras V. Orel on April 7th, 2007
Sharks are more painful :)))
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by American idle on April 7th, 2007
Not really. I'm WAY more afraid of bees. Why would I be afraid of sharks when I don't go near water?
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- I'm totally terrified of bees, too.
  
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  by Anonymous on April 8th, 2007
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by KagomeShuko on April 6th, 2007
I knew that. Sharks are bigger and scarier. I think most people aren't allergic to bees, but nobody has to be "allergic" to a shark!
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by Crazed_Wiseman on April 6th, 2007
because bees are insects and sharks are bigger then cars
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- Not all sharks are huge. I fish for them all the time, it they're any more than 6 or 7 feet long I let them go. Big ones can be full of mercury, it's pointless keeping fish you can't eat.
  
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by PrettyPirate on April 6th, 2007
I'm way more afraid of bees! I am highly allergic to them and have to have an adrenaline shot with me if I am going to be anywhere where one might sting me. Bees can strike at any time! You have to actually go wading into the ocean for a shark to attack you.
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by Patti jo on April 6th, 2007
Sharks look spooky and have big teeth
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by nishaphi on April 7th, 2007
Sharks are bigger than people (well, the ones that people are afraid of are.) Bees are smaller. People are more afraid of things that are bigger than they are. Also sharks have lots of big teeth, and if you imagine it, being killed by a shark seems like it would be more painful and gory than being killed by a bee.

But if you asked me, I am more afraid of bees than I am sharks.

Actually, I'm more afraid of little fish than I am sharks . . .
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by Anon on April 6th, 2007
Drama, drama sells
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by Slartibartfast on February 27th, 2011
Sharks don't bother me, and I swim in the ocean and go fishing in deep water - often for sharks. Bees, on the other hand, scare the living daylights out of me. I've been stung twice, the second time landed me in hospital with anaphylactic shock - I almost died. My son is also allergic to them.
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