A quick less painful death rather than slowly freezing the life out of you and since you will die one way or another anyway so if shark eats you that might spare the life of some poor innocent seal.
Eating one meal doesn’t automatically mean that the seal is or is not saved as a result, because that seal seal very well might be next. It might prolong the seal’s fate for a while, but the other consideration is that many types of sharks hunt in packs. A feeding frenzy has them consuming large numbers of prey.
I’d most likely stay on the iceberg. Weather cold enough for iceberg conditions means the water is cold enough for hypothermia to set in, so either water or iceberg, I’d take a chance on freezing, but it’s worse in the water because it’s quicker. Besides, the water is the shark’s environment. The possibility or probability of being rescued from the iceberg still exist, and at theoretically higher rates than water rescue, or shark rescue.
Great question, great scenario. It’s all very thought-provoking and intriguing.
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This post was edited by Randy D at January 3, 2021 12:48 PM MST
In this case, hypothermia could take place either in the water or on the iceberg, right? As such, choosing hypothermia doesn’t say which of the two scenarios you’d prefer. I’m jes’ wonderin’.
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