Diver survives after being bitten by nearly 7-foot shark in Australia: ‘Pretty good bite’ 16%

By Ella Morrison0%

7/19/2026, 12:50:49 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Negativity Bias, with Representativeness Heuristic as the most egregious example at 18.2% saturation with 37 hits. Analysis detected 248 faulty-reasoning hits from 203 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 32% and a BS Rank of 16% (15,098 of 17,815 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 84.70% of the article peer group.

A deep-sea diver is counting his lucky stars after surviving a shark attack off the coast of Australia over the weekend. 
The 31-year-old was bitten on the forearm by a shark measuring over 6-and-a-half feet in length off the coast of Tasmania, Australia shortly after 9 a.m. 
Saturday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. 
Tasmanian authorities say the man was diving with two other individuals approximately 165 feet off the shore of Adventure Bay at a depth of 26 feet when he was bitten by what is believed to be a broadnose sevengill shark. 
The victim, who has not been identified, was brought to shore by fellow divers and then airlifted to the Royal Hobart Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Inspector Darren Latham with the Tasmania Police. 
The diver is in stable condition, according to police. 
According to Black, broadnose sevengill sharks are “generally regarded as harmless, but will come belligerent in situations where there is feed in the water or where there is a stimulus, such as fish blood, in the water.” 
Since the attack on Saturday, police say there have been no further sightings of the shark. 
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
18.2%
Hindsight Bias
7.9%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
6.9%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
6.9%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
10.3%
Self-Serving Bias
10.3%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
18.2%
False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
7.9%
Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
18.2%
Quote-first Misdirection
6.9%
Biased Writer Voice
10.3%
Indoctrination
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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203 words analyzed.

Analysis

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