Great White spotted at Crystal Bay

[Dan]

"Only". Sounds like you had a terrible dive

Which one is better, seeing a GWS or these, below?

 

[Bagfullofstories]

Which one is better, seeing a GWS or these, below?
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Sure, it can always be better, but I sign up anytime for a dive like that!! Awesome!

 

[DownUnderwater Dan]

Which one is better, seeing a GWS or these, below?
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Awesome bro!

 

[billt4sf]

I guess I'll have to demand that Made find me FOUR mola-mola's, TWO Thresher Sharks, and a GW. I don't really want to see two of those guys....

 

[matts1w]

 

[Wisnu]

Seem s/he Is not the same fellow,

From Discover on Google https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7548641/Terrifying-moment-enormous-five-metre-great-white-shark-stalks-scuba-divers-Bali.html

 

[Dan]

Seem s/he Is not the same fellow,

From Discover on Google https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7548641/Terrifying-moment-enormous-five-metre-great-white-shark-stalks-scuba-divers-Bali.html

The link doesn’t seem to work on my iPhone

 

[Dan]

I found this YouTube by Nina Coleman Fell:


& picture from the local news, HOTSPOT, Indonesia:

 

[silent running]

@Sam Miller III , I grew up in South Africa. I know what sharks can do. And they only do things like that when WE invade THEIR home and don't behave.
If we behave as proper guests, they leave us alone. It can be one of the most amazing things to see, when a great white takes a seal from the surface above you. But you always need to remember to behave as a proper guest. Otherwise you become a threat or food and are dealt with accordingly.

You are anthropomorphizing a wild animal, and an apex predator at that. Apex predators have little if any fear and don’t have any understanding of what is “proper” or the concept of another organism being a “guest” or not.

They are driven by instinct and immediate biological need, and as such their behavior is mostly predictable, until it’s not. And there’s no way to communicate with a wild animal to ask them why they are suddenly trying to eat you when they didn’t on previous encounters.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a shark enthusiast. I make huge efforts to see them, and in my experience they only get aggressive when feeling their territory and access to food are threatened. When people say some sharks exhibit curious behavior towards divers, I think they may be mistaken in that a shark is only curious as to whether or not you are a threat to their dominance. Sharks are not curious about your manners or whether you think they are amazing. They are ambush predators, as most predators are, meaning they take opportunities when they find them, and so long as you don’t give them an opportunity (swimming on the surface, doing a blue water ascent at night, collecting abalone) or act like an aggressive competitor (spear fishing, swimming towards them with a big video camera out in front of you) they will probably pay little if any attention to you. Which is the best possible result if you are fascinated by observing their normal behaviors, as opposed to trying to “commune” with them...

 

[billt4sf]

The usual panicky headline and a near useless video.