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Although rare, I would include Oceanic Whitetips among the species in the group you mentioned.
In SE FL?
They are in the REEF database for SE FL.
Who knew? Add them to Great Whites as another shark I've not yet seen in SE FL. I need to catch a Whale Shark too,
Although observation of any of them, Great White, Oceanic Whitetip or Whale Shark would get the adrenaline going, I would prefer the adrenaline rush of the Whale Shark as opposed to the adrenaline rush of the other two.
I recall two sightings off Palm Beach, one of which was I think earlier this year. They're found off some spots in the Bahamas such as Cat Island.
Bulls can be up and down the scale, but in general I find them to be calculating - e.g. they seem to have a good idea of where the viz limit is, whether they have a numerical advantage, and what they're up against. I've only had one time when one charged me while I was ascending with a can of lionfish; the only other times I've seen them get feisty were when they had a numbers advantage and/or there were some obvious human goobers in the water. Other days it's hard to bring them in; among other things if they don't have overwhelming numbers they don't like mixing it up with lemons, silkys, and sandbars (species that really don't understand the whole "personal space" thing). What makes them dangerous isn't so much their temperment as their capability to do massive amounts of damage in one bite.
I think it was off Florida (may have been the Bahamas but pretty sure it was FL) when I climbed up the ladder and the crew said, "We thought you were going to be lunch."
