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JJ Irani · 16 January 2006, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by padi56

James you got more chance of being run down by a car crossing the road.That to be attacked by a shark while diving,most attacks on humans are by Bull sharks.And they only mistake humans for seals etc,after all you are in the sharks environment,the shark does not enter ours on land.

Spot-on Padi!!

We humans moan and crib about the very few annual shark attacks all around the world; but we never talk about the literally thousands of sharks that are mercilessly and cruelly hooked out of the sea, have their dorsal, ventral and tail fins hacked off (for the expensive and delicacy of shark-fin soup), and then thrown back into the waters only to be ripped to shreds by the other sharks who also await the same fate as their brothers and sisters.

Man thinks he can enter the shark's domain and come out unscathe, but, then again, he thinks it's okay to pull the shark out of its domain, hack the poor bastard to pieces and throw him back bleeding and helpless.

Man has just gotta be the biggest prey around!!! How the animals must "love" us!!

padi56 · 16 January 2006, 03:49 AM

Yes 100% agree JJ and pictures like Jaws etc done the shark know favours The most dangerous animal on this planet ,guess we look at it everyday in the mirror man or woman

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Subfiend · 16 January 2006, 07:14 AM

Well said Padi. I wholeheartedly agree. IMO, sharks are like dogs. Almost all will leave you alone or, at worst, come over to take a look or sniff you. Every once in a while you might get a nip. But they are opportunistic, and they will take advantage of a free meal if one is presented.

I have been diving with sharks for more than 15 years. I have counted more than 100 on some dives, and easily that many on my dives off Isla Darwin in the Galapagos. This incident was the first time when something bad happened, and it's not hard to see why.

I was alone, floating ten feet below the surface, and heading out to sea, when these two peeled away from a passing school of fish to see what I was. Maybe they thought I was an injured sea lion that had fallen off the rocks. But they were certainly curious, and I was worth checking out, so that's what they did. They circled me for a bit, getting closer and closer, before coming in to bump me. That was unpleasant, but I was not too surprised. What scared me was how they kept coming back when I hit them and kicked them. I felt like I was living the last five minutes of the movie "Open Water."

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16 January 2006, 07:14 AM	#33
Subfiend "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Outside Watch: Isn't it obvious? Posts: 1,926	Well said Padi. I wholeheartedly agree. IMO, sharks are like dogs. Almost all will leave you alone or, at worst, come over to take a look or sniff you. Every once in a while you might get a nip. But they are opportunistic, and they will take advantage of a free meal if one is presented. I have been diving with sharks for more than 15 years. I have counted more than 100 on some dives, and easily that many on my dives off Isla Darwin in the Galapagos. This incident was the first time when something bad happened, and it's not hard to see why. I was alone, floating ten feet below the surface, and heading out to sea, when these two peeled away from a passing school of fish to see what I was. Maybe they thought I was an injured sea lion that had fallen off the rocks. But they were certainly curious, and I was worth checking out, so that's what they did. They circled me for a bit, getting closer and closer, before coming in to bump me. That was unpleasant, but I was not too surprised. What scared me was how they kept coming back when I hit them and kicked them. I felt like I was living the last five minutes of the movie "Open Water." __________________ Subfiend

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