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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Sharks are attracted to deep sea (internet) cables and apparently like chewing on them, which may cause massive internet outages

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why don't they use chewing gum? Are they stupid?

[–] Syltti@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Help them understand what it's like to chew 5gum!

[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why sharks chewing them then ? Are deep sea cables has special flavor coated ? Or deep sea cables has weird electromagnetic wave that attract shark ?

[–] Cenotaph@mander.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago

Some sharks have electroreception that allow them to sense electrical currents for hunting prey.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Both of those have been causes.

Modern cables don't attract them, but sharks were a constant problem for many decades.

[–] morto@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But what about the photos part?

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Its just a joke, shark is trying to stop the, presumably, bad photos of them self from being shared.