You can dive now with over 300 sharks in a "safe" envirment! aquarium !!!!
in dubai, world 's biggest aquarium you can dive in cage and even feed them!
i am goimg next week, as a first experience!
I can only say in response to this post that keeping sharks in an aquarium, no matter how large, is akin to keeping eagles in a cage. What beneficial purpose is served by confining animals which roam across vast ocean in such cramped confines? I sincerely hope that all aquariums that maintain displays of sharks, whales, dolphins, Orcas etc will be boycotted by the public. A good friend of mine is one of the engineers and designers of the aquarium in Taiwan and one in Russia. He has told me that the shark and whale shark exhibits are continually changed as the animals usually die with in a few months. Taiwan exported several whale sharks to the South Georgia aquarium in the USA a few years back, all of these magnificent creatures died with a few months of their imprisonment. Jaques Cousteau was once asked what he thought of dolphins confined in marine parks, he replied that There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners held in solitary confinement.
I hope all divers will support any anti-shark finning campaigns that come their way and help the oceans by consuming only sustainable seafood. Avoid products made from sharks and Blue-Fin tuna.
On a lighter note and to continue this original thread about sharks. Sharks I have seen and admired.
schooling Scalloped Hammerheads: Green Island, Taiwan. Pescador Island, Moal Boal,
Cebu, Cabilao Island Philippines. Layang Layang, Malaysia
Black tip reef sharks and White tips, Seven Stars, Kenting Taiwan. Palau, Sipadan, Moal Boal. Layang Layang Malaysia. Manado and Komodo Indonesia.
Oceanic reef sharks: Palau, Manado Indonesia.
Bull sharks, Palau.
Tiger Shark, Cebu and Cabilao, Philippines.
Whale sharks, Hualien, Taiwan, Penghu Islands Taiwan. Moal Boal Philippines.
Thresher Sharks, Malapascua, Moal Boal, Cebu, Layang Layang, Malaysia.
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