Man meeting Shark!

[bruno007]

At The End of The Day ...............

Shark Meets Diver

Diver Meets Shark

Diver & Shark Love It

Shark & Diver Depart

No Harm Done!!!!!!!!!

Its Christmas for godsake!!!!!

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all you commies out there!!!!

P.S - Stew mentioned a 'Turtles Head'.....

Father Christmas with little round glasses springs to mind!!!!!!!

Oh berko! Now look what you've done!!!

[bruno007]

Originally Posted by bruno007

At The End of The Day ...............

Shark Meets Diver

Diver Meets Shark

Diver & Shark Love It

Shark & Diver Depart

No Harm Done!!!!!!!!!

Its Christmas for godsake!!!!!

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all you commies out there!!!!

P.S - Stew mentioned a 'Turtles Head'.....

Father Christmas with little round glasses springs to mind!!!!!!!

Oh berko! Now look what you've done!!!

Behavior towards divers - Very playful and friendly with divers!!!!!!

A Whale shark at Ningaloo Reef


This species, despite its enormous size, does not pose any significant danger to humans. It is a frequently cited example when educating the public about the popular misconceptions of all sharks as "man-eaters". They are actually quite gentle and can be playful with divers. There are unconfirmed reports of sharks lying still, upside down on the surface to allow divers to scrape parasites and other organisms from their bellies. Divers and snorkellers can swim with this giant fish without any risk apart from unintentionally being hit by the shark's large tail fin.
The shark is often seen by divers in The Bay Islands in Honduras, Thailand, the Maldives, the Red Sea, Western Australia (Ningaloo Reef), Gladden Spit Marine Reserve in Belize, Tofo Beach in Mozambique, Sodwana Bay (Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park) in South Africa and at the Galapagos Islands.
The highest concentration of whale sharks to be found anywhere in the world is in the Philippines. From January to May, they congregate in the shallow coastal waters of Sorsogon province (at Donsol). Lucky divers have also come across whale sharks in the Seychelles and in Puerto Rico. Between December and September, they are well known to swim along the bay of La Paz in Mexico's Baja California. Sometimes, they are accompanied by smaller fish, in particular, the remora. Recently, they have been seen in the vicinity of Tenggol Island, off the east coast of Westcoast of malaysia.

[XeN]

Looked to me like some guy at his work happening across a truly magnificent creature and him showing his enthusiasm for it!

It's not like he hauled the bloody thing out of the water and cut it's fins off for soup for crying out loud. He just got close to it and enjoyed a "once in a lifetime" moment with it.

I'm all for protecting the wildlife etc but sometimes Political Correctness seems to run bloody riot.

[bruno007]

Originally Posted by XeN

Looked to me like some guy at his work happening across a truly magnificent creature and him showing his enthusiasm for it!

It's not like he hauled the bloody thing out of the water and cut it's fins off for soup for crying out loud. He just got close to it and enjoyed a "once in a lifetime" moment with it.

I'm all for protecting the wildlife etc but sometimes Political Correctness seems to run bloody riot.

Bang on! Zen. I share the same respect for all marine life, and I would not be able to hold my excitement in either for been up close and personal with such a magnificent creature!

I take my hat of to the guy and hope someday I get that chance.

[stew]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

I pointed out *I* wouldn't .... I find close encounters come from not approaching.....

& i respect you for that.

[A. Berk]

Originally Posted by XeN

Looked to me like some guy at his work happening across a truly magnificent creature and him showing his enthusiasm for it!

It's not like he hauled the bloody thing out of the water and cut it's fins off for soup for crying out loud. He just got close to it and enjoyed a "once in a lifetime" moment with it.

I'm all for protecting the wildlife etc but sometimes Political Correctness seems to run bloody riot.

Absolutely Zen... I have to admit that while I was editing the footage from the two divers hat camera's I saw all this coming - it's a bit of a 'hypercrite trap' - loads of folk spout off about not touching but they say Jack Sh1t when their buddy/boat companion heaves a 50 year old lobster from its home- that's OK . There's no-one without 'sin' on this site - unless you've never dived or eaten marine life. The very fact that we are leisure divers adds to the destruction of the seas - so if you're that set on conservation stay out of the f@*king water. As for the shouting, he did it 'cos he could in a Kirby Morgan - imagine the din if scuba divers could gob-off at one-another at will underwater

Berko

[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by stew

& i respect you for that.

Thanks Stew

Originally Posted by Xan

I'm all for protecting the wildlife etc but sometimes Political Correctness seems to run bloody riot.

It's nothing to do with political correctness or any other stereo-typed sort of view being put forward but I guess if you prefer to think of it that way, then good luck to you.

Mal

[Mark Chase]

Originally Posted by A. Berk

Absolutely Zen... I have to admit that while I was editing the footage from the two divers hat camera's I saw all this coming - it's a bit of a 'hypercrite trap' - loads of folk spout off about not touching but they say Jack Sh1t when their buddy/boat companion heaves a 50 year old lobster from its home- that's OK . There's no-one without 'sin' on this site - unless you've never dived or eaten marine life. The very fact that we are leisure divers adds to the destruction of the seas - so if you're that set on conservation stay out of the f@*king water. As for the shouting, he did it 'cos he could in a Kirby Morgan - imagine the din if scuba divers could gob-off at one-another at will underwater

Berko

Don't be silly Berko,,

Theres no way I could have got that in my goody bag

I have to say I found the childish enthusiasm in a hardened commie diver quite touching. If we all had that much passion about sea creatures there would be a consensus on conservation in two seconds flat.

Good vid, his enthusiasm made me smile


ATB

Mark Chase

[A. Berk]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

I have to say I found the childish enthusiasm in a hardened commie diver quite touching. If we all had that much passion about sea creatures there would be a consensus on conservation in two seconds flat.

Mike T is an Ox of a man too - big Aussie rugby type - in the audio you can hear him talk of a "beautiful creature"

kreBo

[thehappychappy]

Bonza Video.