How would you feel if some random stranger bearhugged you and refused to let go no matter how many times you told them to, just because they like how your hairstyle feels?...... I feel like they were over reacting.. somebody enjoying the fluff can't be evil... it's common sense...
They had no actual reason to attack her...
When I watched Street Sharks a long time ago, they were rollerskating and fighting criminals, not kidnapping and maybe raping mermaids