Tortuga Roja
Guest
[EDIT} I didn't realize that most of my question would be cut off. I think it's important to see the entire question and answers intact :
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If you were on a guided dive from a boat or shore, and the Dive Guide caught an octopus and handled it for all to see and photograph while it dispersed it's ink, would you:
1) Appreciate the opportunity to see an octopus closely and be apt to thank or increase the tip after the dive.
2) Wish the guide would have refrained from touching the octopus and want to tell the DM so and/or decrease the tip after the dive.
3) Not really care one way or the other
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I am doing a little research and would like to know what most divers think about dive guides that interact with animals. There are lots of degrees to this phrase from petting a manta to allowing a cleaner shrimp to clean your fingernails, to riding turtles. For my purposes, I would like to make this very specific so when making your selection, please try to honestly access what you do or would do in this exact situation only without bringing in any other activity or animal in your decision.
Thanks!
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If you were on a guided dive from a boat or shore, and the Dive Guide caught an octopus and handled it for all to see and photograph while it dispersed it's ink, would you:
1) Appreciate the opportunity to see an octopus closely and be apt to thank or increase the tip after the dive.
2) Wish the guide would have refrained from touching the octopus and want to tell the DM so and/or decrease the tip after the dive.
3) Not really care one way or the other
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I am doing a little research and would like to know what most divers think about dive guides that interact with animals. There are lots of degrees to this phrase from petting a manta to allowing a cleaner shrimp to clean your fingernails, to riding turtles. For my purposes, I would like to make this very specific so when making your selection, please try to honestly access what you do or would do in this exact situation only without bringing in any other activity or animal in your decision.
Thanks!