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| Originally Posted by Brian of Aquanauts The main difference tho is that the shark or stingray does not need this food to keep them alive initially, but it's an easy source for them in quite a competitive environment.
After a while it creates a dependance that if withdrawn then places the animals in difficulty. It also changes the dynamic within their own communities, and changes the balance on what was previously hunted.
Surely everyone sees this, don't they? |
This would hold true if they were getting 100% of their food from human feeders, which would require a study to prove of disprove.
I've fed fish in the past, both with natural food, found in the sea to wrasse and congers and with frozen fish bought by the dive guide, who happened to post on here a while ago.
I'm not trying to convince others to do the same, but I'm not trying to convince others to not do this either.
By diving with wildlife must alter their behavour in itself shouldn't it? Perhasps not as much as feeding them. So should we all there fore stop diving altogether?