Well, again, he's nominally human so off the menu.
Sharks are just another fish to me, so fair game.
Yes, you can take an absolute view of the argument.
But I think of it in practical terms. And I reckon this goes across cultures.
If you are in a situation where a person and an animal are both gravely injured, and you can save one but not both... Would you ever NOT pick the human?
(A normal random human you don't know. Does not include Trump/Netanyahu/Putin/Farage or Barnaby Joyce).