Is Shark Week Scary?
13 Irrational Fears You Get After Watching Shark Week
It's Shark Week, and if you're not inside watching all of Discovery Channel's fresh shark-related content, you should — at the very least — be far, far away from any large bodies of water. I've been an avid watcher of Shark Week for years. I love learning about sharks, watching crazy shark footage, and hearing insane shark stories, but I always walk away from the weeklong special absolutely petrified. If you're like me, you might relate to the following fears that always set in some time during Shark Week . . . and never go away.
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1 The ocean is a vast, terrifying place.
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2 Water that you can't see the bottom of is infinitely more terrifying.
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3 The idea of swimming in water that you can't touch the bottom of gives you hives.
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4 Fishing just seems like asking to be eaten by a shark.
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5 You know how you thought freshwater was safe? It's not, and you're never going in again.
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6 Shark-related movies suddenly seem so real.
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7 When someone tells you to try snorkeling, you take it as an insult.
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8 Also don't ever eat shark. The rest will know, and they'll come after you.
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9 Surfing? That's the worst thing you could possibly do.
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10 Any boat short of a Navy battleship is too small.
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11 You have nightmares that you'll somehow end up in a shark cage.
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12 You become convinced that aquarium glass could break with a slight toss of a pebble.
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13 You know what's really out forever? Underwater spelunking.
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Honestly? Just resign yourself to never leaving dry land.
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