Whenever they had fatal shark attacks in Hawaii, the Shark Task Force would go out and round up the usual suspects. Twice they brought in 16' tiger sharks - huge deadly looking things even on the boat ramps.
They stopped doing this - after a tertiary giant shark would be culled in a given area, there would be more of the 8' to 12'ers around, and the consensus was that this would actually lead to more shark attacks.
If that poor SOB really did get eaten by a 20' GW, since it's a pelagic roamer, it's probably wandered off. They're opportunistic feeders - after all, they're not going to hit 20' being vegetarians.
I ran into a 15' hammerhead once in Moanlua Bay in low viz - from the belly to the top of the dorsal fin, it was as tall as I am - 6'+. I bet a 20' GW would make that one look like a baby.
I guess one thing about diving is that depending on the dive, you're not necessarily that high up on the food chain.
They stopped doing this - after a tertiary giant shark would be culled in a given area, there would be more of the 8' to 12'ers around, and the consensus was that this would actually lead to more shark attacks.
If that poor SOB really did get eaten by a 20' GW, since it's a pelagic roamer, it's probably wandered off. They're opportunistic feeders - after all, they're not going to hit 20' being vegetarians.
I ran into a 15' hammerhead once in Moanlua Bay in low viz - from the belly to the top of the dorsal fin, it was as tall as I am - 6'+. I bet a 20' GW would make that one look like a baby.
I guess one thing about diving is that depending on the dive, you're not necessarily that high up on the food chain.
