Comments on: In Defense of Sharks http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:21:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lis http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/#comment-1670 Lis Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:45:36 +0000 http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/#comment-1670 Hiya, I've just done a shark feed dive off of Fiji's main island, Viti Levu. I think it ticks all your boxes: wetsuits, 24m depth max, and mostly watching the sharks from afar, although they do take you in one by one to touch nurse sharks : ) The guy running the Aquatrek operation there, Brendon, is a shark fanatic and very experienced at dealing with sharks - he knows them all by name in the lagoon. I felt very safe during the entire dive and got to see lots of reef sharks, nurse sharks, bull sharks, and even a tiger shark. The feeding occurs a bit further away from where you are - you can still see (well despite the thousands of fish) but there is no mistaking you for food... I'm not saying you'd be seeing natural behaviour - far from that, they're being fed. But still a very interesting and incredible experience, and I do believe it's a better local income than the sharks being caught for their fins... Check it out on my blog: http://lisroundtheworld.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/sharks-sharks-sharks-sharks-sharks-sharks-sharks-and-sand-dunes-and-a-bike/ (there's a link for pictures at the bottom too) Hope you can get to that corner of the world one day! Good luck! Lis Hiya,

I’ve just done a shark feed dive off of Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu. I think it ticks all your boxes: wetsuits, 24m depth max, and mostly watching the sharks from afar, although they do take you in one by one to touch nurse sharks : ) The guy running the Aquatrek operation there, Brendon, is a shark fanatic and very experienced at dealing with sharks – he knows them all by name in the lagoon.
I felt very safe during the entire dive and got to see lots of reef sharks, nurse sharks, bull sharks, and even a tiger shark.
The feeding occurs a bit further away from where you are – you can still see (well despite the thousands of fish) but there is no mistaking you for food…
I’m not saying you’d be seeing natural behaviour – far from that, they’re being fed. But still a very interesting and incredible experience, and I do believe it’s a better local income than the sharks being caught for their fins…
Check it out on my blog:
http://lisroundtheworld.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/sharks-sharks-sharks-sharks-sharks-sharks-sharks-and-sand-dunes-and-a-bike/

(there’s a link for pictures at the bottom too)

Hope you can get to that corner of the world one day! Good luck!

Lis

]]> By: Nancy Gentry http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/#comment-1090 Nancy Gentry Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:18:13 +0000 http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/#comment-1090 Diving with sharks is NOT on my "want list", but when are people going to be responsible for their own actions. If this is what a person wants to do, he/she knows the danger, and should be allowed to do it. These companies should not be shut down because of one death. Everyone faces death every day from one thing or another. If that's what you want to do, go for it. Diving with sharks is NOT on my “want list”, but when are people going to be responsible for their own actions. If this is what a person wants to do, he/she knows the danger, and should be allowed to do it. These companies should not be shut down because of one death. Everyone faces death every day from one thing or another. If that’s what you want to do, go for it.

]]> By: marge http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/#comment-1086 marge Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:23:25 +0000 http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/#comment-1086 well some people are crazy and like risking their lives that way. Not me! Those sharks would look at me and think "Wow......I won't be hungry for days if I eat her!!!" Thanks but no thanks well some people are crazy and like risking their lives that way.
Not me!
Those sharks would look at me and think “Wow……I won’t be hungry for days if I eat her!!!”
Thanks but no thanks

]]> By: Jason Rakowski http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/#comment-1085 Jason Rakowski Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:37:39 +0000 http://seamonster02.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/in-defense-of-sharks/#comment-1085 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you. Jason Rakowski I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Jason Rakowski

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