Theme 16-30 Sept 06: Sharks!

[sharky60]

No need to express how I feel 'bout 'em

 

[pakman]

Now here’s a thread I can contribute to!!!

Night Tiger Shark

Debersol, I hope that was a 500mm lens from very far away... I wouldn't want to bump domes with a tiger shark in the dark...:shakehead

All great pics!

 

[pakman]

OK, my small contribution... fuzzy pics of threshers...

edit: oh and one more... not a great pic but now that's what you call a tail fin!!

[sigh...] if they would only come just a bit closer...

 

[parabolic]

 

[maractwin]

OK, two unusual shark pictures.

In Saba last year, we saw a lot of juvenile nurse sharks. One of this pair has gotten herself into a tonic immobility state. When I saw it, I was afraid that she was in trouble. But a professional aquarist along on the trip explained after the dive that most sharks can be put into a kind of trance by turning them upside down. It's rare that it happens in the wild. She probably snapped out of it after a little while.

This one was shot inside the Giant Ocean Tank at the New England Aquarium. It's a sand tiger shark.

-Mark

 

[fairybasslet]

Leopard shark in Thailand

Whaleshark in Thailand

 

[kapula]

It isn't much but it's a leopard (zebra?) shark from Similan Thailand

 

[parabolic]

OK, two unusual shark pictures.

In Saba last year, we saw a lot of juvenile nurse sharks. One of this pair has gotten herself into a tonic immobility state. When I saw it, I was afraid that she was in trouble. But a professional aquarist along on the trip explained after the dive that most sharks can be put into a kind of trance by turning them upside down. It's rare that it happens in the wild. She probably snapped out of it after a little while.

-Mark

Mark, I have seen the same behavior in blue sharks off the coast of California.

 

[fairybasslet]

It isn't much but it's a leopard (zebra?) shark from Similan Thailand

That is a great shot. When I tried to turn around and get low to take another photo of the leopard I saw, I spooked it. The one above (which hadn't shown up the first time I posted it ) is the only shot I got of it.

 

[Empty V]

All of these pics are ridiculous. I don't think I could be more jealous!

Billy