What creature do you fear more?

[bassrique]

Gator or Shark are the choices. I'm talking about a hungry and mean gator as well as a vicious Bullshark. Both are nasty, and are known to kill humans.

I'm making a poll. Carrots will not be an option.

[iamlowsound]

Shark.

lowsound

[CBgaragebassist]

Alligator, because they can go on land.

[Grizzly700]

Shark.

[Thunderscreech]

I don't afraid of anything. Except Carrots.

[mike_v_s]

Shark. I'm more likely to encounter an alligator in an area where I can get to land with relative quickness. Although they are fast, an alligator isn't very maneuverable. On the other hand, I'm more likely to encounter a shark under water...where I can't possibly compete on the animal's home turf.

So my answer was really about the environments more than the animals in question.

Mike

[RAM]

Alligator. Seems to me that they're even less predicable and more nondiscriminatory predators. People swim with sharks - though I don't typically make a habit of it, and don't get eaten. In fact, it's pretty rare a SCUBA diver ever becomes the meal. With alligators, they've been known to snatch up any living creature when you're in the vicinity.

While alligators aren't very good at running in a straight line, they still move a heck of a lot faster than I do. Bull sharks obviously don't run, but if I'm going to be in a place where they are, chances are less that I'd be attacked.

I've played golf in the southeastern US and encountered alligators basking in the sun just a few feet from the hole and didn't fetch my balls when I hit near them. I can't really see having the same concerns about bull sharks.

The scary thing about bull sharks is how they're adept at living in brackish waters and have been found so far up the Mississippi some sightings have been reported in Illinois! Alligators don't typically come up this far north, however.

[jdieh1]

I'm gonna say the bullshark.

If I'm in the ocean with an angry bullshark I have no hope whatsoever. If I'm on land with an alligator (Which is most likely since I wouldn't swim anywhere where they hang out) then I'd have some chance of running away or escaping with some sort of injury, rather than the certain death that could be expected from encountering an angry bullshark.

This judgement is based on the assumption that both animals would be pi$$ed off about something and are both guaranteed to try and attack me. In reality I would be more likely to be attacked by an alligator (Well, crocodile, since I'm in Australia)

[Auzzie-Phoenix]

Marsupials scare me... cause they're fast... (just kidding).

[doctorjazz]

Sharks. Gators are easier to see and escape from. When you're in a shark's territory, you're at much more of a severe disadvantage.

[Gubna]

shark.

now if you had put saltwater crocs instead of gators...I would've said crocs.

[WalterBush]

No carrots, no poll.

I'm terrified of carrot sharks, personally, their native environment being the vegetable drawer of the fridge, which I don't open much as a result.

[MusicBokonon]

I live in Iowa, so neither is really an issue.

If I lived somewhere near water, then I'd say gator. If I'm not mistaken, sharks won't attack unless there's blood.

[doctorjazz]

Originally Posted by MusicBokonon

If I'm not mistaken, sharks won't attack unless there's blood.

You're mistaken. It might not be a full-on attack, but sharks will frequently analyze whether an unknown creature is food or not by tasting it. Most humans find this... uncomfortable.

[TheSuzie]

I put gator because I have never been around them but have been around sharks.

Since I am down here in the desert I fear packrats much more than other animals. The destructive power of those little beasts and their ability to spread filth and disease is simply amazing. They can destroy homes and vehicles like I never would have believed. They get into everything.

[hbarcat]

sharks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4YjmwCs6H0

[Chunk-O-Funk]

Carrots!

Two different ecosystems. They're both hungry and aggressive. I'm yummy.
The end results would be the same. I respect and fear them both equally. It just depends where I'm swimming at the time.

[Smurf-o-Deth]

Sharkigators. Robot sharkigators.

[Gard]

I don't fear either, but have a very HEALTHY RESPECT for each in it's own environment. I wouldn't want to face either if it were hungry and I was either cornered, unarmed or both.

If I was forced to choose one to take my chances against, it would be the gator, as I've already been there/done that and still have all my appendages. Sharks have humans at a significant disadvantage if you're in any danger from one (it isn't like one will do this: http://www.spike.com/video/land-shark/2802070 )

Originally Posted by doctorjazz

You're mistaken. It might not be a full-on attack, but sharks will frequently analyze whether an unknown creature is food or not by tasting it. Most humans find this... uncomfortable.

Understatement of the week award goes to: doctorjazz

[Chunk-O-Funk]

Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Deth

Sharkigators. Robot sharkigators.

With lasers on their heads!