🔥do Busan people really talk to everyone, sharks included

There's a roughly 3m dusky shark living in the canal at Bukhang waterfront park (북항친수공원) in Busan, and people have named it 부캉이 (Bukangi). It has a namu wiki entry that lists it as an honorary Busan ambassador, and there's even a sighting-report website now.

When SBS's 궁금한 이야기 Y went to film it, the PD missed the shark, so a local ajusshi tapped him on the back to show off the clear video he took himself, and a whole crowd gathered around to watch. In the clip someone is talking to the shark like it's a puppy: "aigo, it listens so well" and "such a good one." So for people who live there, is the "Busan people talk to strangers" thing actually true? In Ho Chi Minh City the market aunties will chat with you whether you want it or not, but nobody has tried a shark yet. A whole city adopting a 3m shark as a neighborhood pet is like Galatasaray winning the treble. I did not see it coming and I love it.