# Would you rather be eaten by a crocodile or a shark? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913 "2014-01-15T22:32:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913/21 "2014-01-16T21:26:36Z")
> [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](#): > > From what I’ve read, unconsciousness occurs _very quickly_ after inhaling a lungful of water. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913/22 "2014-01-16T21:43:31Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > If I had my druthers, I’d druther be eaten by squirrels. Or otters, like Ottery St. Mary. I hear otters are quite popular with St. Peter, so it’d probably get you a leg up when you arrive at the pearly gates. Anyway, can’t you just give me a revolver and a single bullet and let me take care of this like a gentleman?\* If I absolutely had to pick one, based on the responses in this thread, I guess I’d pick shark. \*.44 Mag or better, please–I figure that ought to make a gator think twice, at least… ---
**Author:** ![This\_Just\_In\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@This\_Just\_In\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_Just_In_2)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913/23 "2014-01-16T23:08:48Z")
I’m going to go with Both. Might make my death pretty famous. Also, there is a chance they will ignore me and attack each other. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_York](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913/24 "2014-01-16T23:44:47Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > If I had my druthers, I’d druther be eaten by squirrels. You realize that they would store your nuts in a nearby tree? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913/25 "2014-01-17T01:01:33Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’ll fight the hypothetical. I’ll go you one better, and use the technicality of an omitted word and no punctuation to stop me to _rewrite_ the hypothetical. Here is how I read the title: _“Would you rather be (a) eaten by a crocodile, or (b) a shark?”_ I choose (b). I would rather be a shark. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913/26 "2014-01-17T22:52:58Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I think it would be less embarrassing to be killed by a reptile than a fish. And at that, a primitive, boneless fish. > > That and deep water is scary. Actually, sharks generally swim in shallower water. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913/27 "2014-01-17T23:11:35Z")
> [@James\_Toothpaste](#): > > Actually, sharks generally swim in shallower water. Shark _attacks_ generally occur in shallower water. And a good part of that is explained because human prefer to be in shallow water. But no, for our purposes, I don’t consider the middle of the ocean shallow, even if you don’t go below the 200m of the epipelagic zone. If I were to graph my comfort as a function of water murkiness, it’d be a U-shaped curve. Clear water is alright, as is muddy swamp water. But when you’re in a field of opaque blue, you can’t help but feel helpless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913.md?page=1)