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Originally Posted by MattyC
Yes, but I can swim, and so I have already taken steps to protect myself from drowning as much as possible. I can't swim faster than a shark though. Are you telling me you would enter water in Australia with signs saying "no swimming"? Maybe it's my own fear but I would not. And if I did, I would certainly be as vigilant as possible and definitely be very uncomfortable. What if a local told you they are shark infested waters? The likelihood of an attack is still pretty minimal. Would you go in? Not even saying you shouldn't be, but you'd have more guts than me, that's for sure.
As I said, they should certainly have more appropriate signage posted at the beach if there is any risk of gator attacks, especially because it's a tourist spot. And again, as I said, I really don't blame the parents at all. But to think that a "no swimming" sign by a body of water in Florida doesn't instantly make you think of gators, I dunno, to me it seems disingenuous. Saying so isn't putting blame on the parents. Tourist naivety about the dangers there is something Disney should be doing it's most to protect against.
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If an Australian beach said no swimming I would assume rip tides or maybe jelly fish but not shark. Sharks are not a real risk. Because rip tides are actually dangerous.
I would swim in "Shark infested waters" (that's called the ocean) if there was no specific shark sightings in the area that elevated the risk above 0.
If the gators are really a threat what is the difference from being where the chairs are around the lagoon and being in ankle deep water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._United_States
So the number of children (under 12) dying of alligator attacks in Florida is 5 in the last 50 years. Drowning average 1.8 / 100,000 people per year.
Its almost negligent to be concerned about alligators as a threat as any time spent contemplating the risk of alligators is better spent on other real risks that could be present.
Why can't people accept this as a tragedy