Shark Attack Test- Human Blood vs. Fish Blood

Summary by Krater

The creator tests whether sharks are more attracted to human blood or fish blood by building a custom human-shaped shark cage and running experiments in the Bahamas. He concludes that sharks are vastly more attracted to fish blood than human blood.

From the video

Answers: Do sharks prefer human blood or fish blood?

• Shark behavior and attraction to blood
• Human blood vs fish blood experiment
• Custom shark cage design
• Marine biology experimentation

What it concludes

• Sharks do not show significantly increased interest in the presence of small amounts of human blood.
• Mammal blood smells essentially the same to sharks, meaning cow blood and human blood elicit similar reactions.
• Sharks are vastly more attracted to fish blood than mammal blood, recording 134 approaches to the fish blood board compared to 8 for mammal blood.