great white sharks
Posted by Anonymous on Sep 30, 2007 · Member since Dec 1969 · 11789 posts
One of the things I'm interested in is great white sharks. I am fascinated by their power and really ever since I saw jaws ;D ;D.
I am amazed that they can jump out of the water a three ton animal.
In this website I wanted to shows yous it shows of one jumping out of the water attacking a boat and one looking right at the camera. It's called scary shark picture. I think it's smiling for the camera or it's saying, "Oooo lunch." You don't even know how scared I am of even saying that ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D
they are fascinating. but also scary. when i was younger i used to (very very illogically) be afraid of swimming alone in my swimming pool, because i thought maybe there was an invisible great white. hello? what was my problem...
It took me a while to even click on this thread- that's how absolutely terrified I am of great whites.
And I live in Missouri- how irrelevant. But at the same time I do agree that they are tremendously fascinating creatures.
i just went to teh monterey bay aquarium a week ago, and they just rescued a baby great white. from what i've read, it seems taht they will reintroduce him before he is fully grown, but it's still really neat to see
they are fascinating. but also scary. when i was younger i used to (very very illogically) be afraid of swimming alone in my swimming pool, because i thought maybe there was an invisible great white. hello? what was my problem...
Did you see Jaws at that time? Everybody's scared of them. It's not illogical. But also know there's something else even more bigger than them and they can tear a great white shark into little pieces a killer whale and they have been known to help man.
But they are very dangerous as well. Listen to this one. I was watching a show one time they were interviewing a killer whale's trainer and the killer whale was there to in the water. The trainer was saying , "Yeah they are killer's" answering the interviewer's question and you see the killer whale knodding his head when he said that. The interviewer and trainer looked at each other with sheer fear in their eyes. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D In one way it is very funny but in another way omg and beyond.
Great shark photos! I love sharks.
I first dove with sharks in 2000. Had 30 to 50 Carribean Reef sharks swimming around me. Many came within 3 feet of me. That was my year 2000 goal, to dive with sharks.
I just booked a vacation with one of my closest friends to the same location for next August, less than two weeks after my monumental birthday. ::)
Funny, I met this friend on that trip in 2000 and she is doing it again with me next year.
I had said I was going to dive with sharks in 2000. There we were standing on the deck of the liveaboard. I looked overing the railing and saw all of these sharks. I thought, maybe is not the right year! ;D So glad I did. It was amazing. Later in the week we did a shark feed dive. That was pretty neat but nothing was like the dive where they all seemed to come out of a blue hole when we arrived and swim amongst us.
I know many don't believe in shark feeds but I do. I think the benefits outweigh the negatives. The major benefit is coming home from a trip and telling people about it. They say...OMG..you were near sharks. Then you educate them on the misconceptions of sharks and the importance of protecting them.
My huge goal is one day to do a caged dive with Great Whites. Hopefully from a liveaboard in Australia.
How funny because until 1997, I would run out of the ocean when I saw a tiny fish and scream, there is a fish in here! ;D ;D ;D
Great shark photos! I love sharks.
I first dove with sharks in 2000. Had 30 to 50 Carribean Reef sharks swimming around me. Many came within 3 feet of me. That was my year 2000 goal, to dive with sharks.
I just booked a vacation with one of my closest friends to the same location for next August, less than two weeks after my monumental birthday. ::)
Funny, I met this friend on that trip in 2000 and she is doing it again with me next year.
I had said I was going to dive with sharks in 2000. There we were standing on the deck of the liveaboard. I looked overing the railing and saw all of these sharks. I thought, maybe is not the right year! ;D So glad I did. It was amazing. Later in the week we did a shark feed dive. That was pretty neat but nothing was like the dive where they all seemed to come out of a blue hole when we arrived and swim amongst us.
I know many don't believe in shark feeds but I do. I think the benefits outweigh the negatives. The major benefit is coming home from a trip and telling people about it. They say...OMG..you were near sharks. Then you educate them on the misconceptions of sharks and the importance of protecting them.
My huge goal is one day to do a caged dive with Great Whites. Hopefully from a liveaboard in Australia.
How funny because until 1997, I would run out of the ocean when I saw a tiny fish and scream, there is a fish in here! ;D ;D ;D
Diver Di what misconceptions? They are man eaters.
You know I think South Africa does the cave dive to.
Great shark photos! I love sharks.
I first dove with sharks in 2000. Had 30 to 50 Carribean Reef sharks swimming around me. Many came within 3 feet of me. That was my year 2000 goal, to dive with sharks.
I just booked a vacation with one of my closest friends to the same location for next August, less than two weeks after my monumental birthday. ::)
Funny, I met this friend on that trip in 2000 and she is doing it again with me next year.
I had said I was going to dive with sharks in 2000. There we were standing on the deck of the liveaboard. I looked overing the railing and saw all of these sharks. I thought, maybe is not the right year! ;D So glad I did. It was amazing. Later in the week we did a shark feed dive. That was pretty neat but nothing was like the dive where they all seemed to come out of a blue hole when we arrived and swim amongst us.
I know many don't believe in shark feeds but I do. I think the benefits outweigh the negatives. The major benefit is coming home from a trip and telling people about it. They say...OMG..you were near sharks. Then you educate them on the misconceptions of sharks and the importance of protecting them.
My huge goal is one day to do a caged dive with Great Whites. Hopefully from a liveaboard in Australia.
How funny because until 1997, I would run out of the ocean when I saw a tiny fish and scream, there is a fish in here! ;D ;D ;D
Diver Di what misconceptions? They are man eaters.
You know I think South Africa does the cave dive to.
I don't know much about Great Whites but the average shark is certainly not a man eater. Most of the attacks are done to people who are flailing above the surface. Sharks think we are seals. Most times when they chomp, they let go because we are not what they want to eat. Of course people die because of blood loss but it is not because the shark wanted to eat us. They are so misunderstood and maligned.
I saw on Jeopardy one night that more people die from a coconut falling from a tree and hitting them on the head than a shark attack.
Needless to say, while diving precautions should be taken. Do not spear fish and create a scene that will attract sharks. They want the fish, not you but they get confused in the frenzy.
I am insured with DAN. Divers Alert Network. Many studies have been done and sharks are not attracted to menstrual blood so women can dive while they have their periods.
Most folklore is based on fear. Just like Little Red Riding Hood. Many people are terrified of wolves.
Peter Benchley felt so bad about the negative publicity that he created with the move "Jaws" that before he passed, he wrote a book about sharks and saving them.
I always watch 'Jaws' before a dive trip to get me excited about jumping off a boat in the hopes of seeing sharks. I am going through such huge shark withdrawl that I planned next years vacation knowing I was going to shark infested waters.
As for the Great White....I will one day do that dive but in a cage.
It is not to say that sharks can not get in to a feeding frenzy or scary but as an advanced scuba diver, you know when to abort the dive and get out of the water.
Sharks are being decimated by the millions for shark fin soup. A delicacy in Asia and can cost up to $500 a bowl. They catch the shark, cut off its fins and throw it back in the water to die a slow and painful death.
Then of course shark cartilage became a big thing to fight cancer and I actually bought it for my cat years ago that had cancer. Then I started to dive and said...I can't do this! My holistic vet said bovine cartilage works in the same way. Not that we like to hear this but the cows are being slaughtered anyway so why not use their cartilage if you believe it helps. I stopped all cartilage products.
There are shark fishing competitions, stupid people who just want to win a prize. The day we kill off all the sharks, we have killed off the greatest predator of the sea. Then the balance of nature in the oceans deteriorates and we lose everything.
I have never felt a rush like I did with the 30 to 50 sharks swimming around me. There were 7 foot ones and babies. Maybe two feet long.
We learned from the biologist on board that unlike dogs, you should stare a shark in the eyes. They don't like it. To a dog, that is a sign of aggression. I thought, OK...I will try that. No word of a lie, a few 7 foot sharks came within two feet of me. I stared them in the eye and they turned away.
I also did a night dive to see huge sea turtles. Loggerheads. Their shells were about 7 feet long. They slept at the wreck we were diving at. My dive buddy shone his flashlight in a cave and it woke up a nurse shark (they are like puppy dogs). It came bombing out of the cave and came right up to us and stared in our faces for what seemed to be 10 hours. Probably only a minute. We both stayed calm. We were staying buoyant but in an upright position, my legs were spread open. The shark then looked at us one last time and swam through my legs! I still can't believe I used to run out of the ocean screaming there is a fish in here.
Sharks do not want to eat people. We are not their food of choice.
Great shark photos! I love sharks.
I first dove with sharks in 2000. Had 30 to 50 Carribean Reef sharks swimming around me. Many came within 3 feet of me. That was my year 2000 goal, to dive with sharks.
I just booked a vacation with one of my closest friends to the same location for next August, less than two weeks after my monumental birthday. ::)
Funny, I met this friend on that trip in 2000 and she is doing it again with me next year.
I had said I was going to dive with sharks in 2000. There we were standing on the deck of the liveaboard. I looked overing the railing and saw all of these sharks. I thought, maybe is not the right year! ;D So glad I did. It was amazing. Later in the week we did a shark feed dive. That was pretty neat but nothing was like the dive where they all seemed to come out of a blue hole when we arrived and swim amongst us.
I know many don't believe in shark feeds but I do. I think the benefits outweigh the negatives. The major benefit is coming home from a trip and telling people about it. They say...OMG..you were near sharks. Then you educate them on the misconceptions of sharks and the importance of protecting them.
My huge goal is one day to do a caged dive with Great Whites. Hopefully from a liveaboard in Australia.
How funny because until 1997, I would run out of the ocean when I saw a tiny fish and scream, there is a fish in here! ;D ;D ;D
Diver Di what misconceptions? They are man eaters.
You know I think South Africa does the cave dive to.
I don't know much about Great Whites but the average shark is certainly not a man eater. Most of the attacks are done to people who are flailing above the surface. Sharks think we are seals. Most times when they chomp, they let go because we are not what they want to eat. Of course people die because of blood loss but it is not because the shark wanted to eat us. They are so misunderstood and maligned.
I saw on Jeopardy one night that more people die from a coconut falling from a tree and hitting them on the head than a shark attack.
Needless to say, while diving precautions should be taken. Do not spear fish and create a scene that will attract sharks. They want the fish, not you but they get confused in the frenzy.
I am insured with DAN. Divers Alert Network. Many studies have been done and sharks are not attracted to menstrual blood so women can dive while they have their periods.
Most folklore is based on fear. Just like Little Red Riding Hood. Many people are terrified of wolves.
Peter Benchley felt so bad about the negative publicity that he created with the move "Jaws" that before he passed, he wrote a book about sharks and saving them.
I always watch 'Jaws' before a dive trip to get me excited about jumping off a boat in the hopes of seeing sharks. I am going through such huge shark withdrawl that I planned next years vacation knowing I was going to shark infested waters.
As for the Great White....I will one day do that dive but in a cage.
It is not to say that sharks can not get in to a feeding frenzy or scary but as an advanced scuba diver, you know when to abort the dive and get out of the water.
Sharks are being decimated by the millions for shark fin soup. A delicacy in Asia and can cost up to $500 a bowl. They catch the shark, cut off its fins and throw it back in the water to die a slow and painful death.
Then of course shark cartilage became a big thing to fight cancer and I actually bought it for my cat years ago that had cancer. Then I started to dive and said...I can't do this! My holistic vet said bovine cartilage works in the same way. Not that we like to hear this but the cows are being slaughtered anyway so why not use their cartilage if you believe it helps. I stopped all cartilage products.
There are shark fishing competitions, stupid people who just want to win a prize. The day we kill off all the sharks, we have killed off the greatest predator of the sea. Then the balance of nature in the oceans deteriorates and we lose everything.
I have never felt a rush like I did with the 30 to 50 sharks swimming around me. There were 7 foot ones and babies. Maybe two feet long.
We learned from the biologist on board that unlike dogs, you should stare a shark in the eyes. They don't like it. To a dog, that is a sign of aggression. I thought, OK...I will try that. No word of a lie, a few 7 foot sharks came within two feet of me. I stared them in the eye and they turned away.
I also did a night dive to see huge sea turtles. Loggerheads. Their shells were about 7 feet long. They slept at the wreck we were diving at. My dive buddy shone his flashlight in a cave and it woke up a nurse shark (they are like puppy dogs). It came bombing out of the cave and came right up to us and stared in our faces for what seemed to be 10 hours. Probably only a minute. We both stayed calm. We were staying buoyant but in an upright position, my legs were spread open. The shark then looked at us one last time and swam through my legs! I still can't believe I used to run out of the ocean screaming there is a fish in here.
Sharks do not want to eat people. We are not their food of choice.
Yes they do. Your underestimating them. They have eaten people. The statement fits for an animal that hasn't attacked a person maybe a killer whale. All I'm trying to say is don't underestimate them