-> Check out what David Cheshin wrote on 30 Oct 96  02:21:00:
->
-> DC> Generally Sharks want nothing to do with you.  The only sharks
-> that are DC> a big problem for humans is the Great White, as that is
-> about the only DC> shark that would care to eat a human.  Tiger
-> sharks have been known to DC> attack people as well but a Tiger shark
-> isn't really interested in DC> eating a person.  Most sharks will
-> leave you alone if you are willing to DC> leave them alone.  Not ALL
-> sharks are a threat to people, in fact there DC> are sharks that are
-> herbovors.  Some sharks are OK to dive with (or at DC> least to dive
-> in the same area as them).
-> Generally you are correct but the Bull shark is the one that attacks
-> man more often than any other shark.
->
-> Sharks have their job to do in the ocean. It is the same as a Lion.
-> They are an apex preditor and prey on the sick, maim, wounded, dead
-> animals of the ocean. If they think (with what little they can think
-> with) that a human fits on of the above catagorys then they will
-> attempt to eat (or bit) a human. As stated above it is the Bull shark
-> that we humans should be more coutous of as it is the shark that
-> attacks humans more often they the other species. Paul Hutley  <<<<
-> Sysop - FarPoint Station 91 BBS >>>>  FIDO: 1:374/98.9 You Launch it
-> and I will track it.          Internet: paulh@metrolink.net
   Really, sharks eat fish and not flesh - If they think you are food,
then they will "taste" you and usually let you go when they realize
you are not a fish (You loose an arm or leg in the process) this doesn't
apply to the great white (he eats anything , tires, cans, you, ect)- The
Bulls are Deep water and don't cross too much with divers. I did about
15 years of diveing over here and never got bit or attacked by a shark,
'cept for the one I tried to catch (he was small, about 2 foot) scared
the hell out of me when he turned on me. Only time I ever seen sharks is
when I'd take a clown out with me and he started shooting everything.
Blood puts them in a frenzy. I also know that to a shark, some smuck
splashing around on the surface, ment a dieing fish and an easy
meal(Sharks are lazy and look for easy catches)-  So, I learned to
snorkle and free dive, without Splashing and flopp'n around on the
surface.
 I collected tropicals so sharks found me boring I guess. Every time
someone here had an encounter with a shark while diveing, I asked them
"So what where you doing?" they's answer "Oh I was Spearfishing" or
"Lobster hunting" (Sharks like lobsters too... I know a boat-sized
(small boat) hammer head, lives right off the NW coast here, will rip
you lobster sack right out of under you!) - So , wanna see sharks that
bite? drag bloody fish around in the water, and you'll see them!  I got
to where I didn't want nobody with me who carried a "hunting" weapon.
No spearguns, no sharks. Fish aren't as stupid as you think either,
after they get shot at a few times, they learn to stay away from divers
with spearguns. You go in with a speargun, and nobodys home... Go in
with out one, and they're all over the place.
 My biggest enemy where little speckled viper-eels- i got chased by
those a few times, I guess they thought I was "invading " their
territory. I also got bit by one too. Stuck my hand in a hole, to scare
out some tropicals, and it was like getting cut with two razor-blades,
right thru the glove and all. After that, I went out and bought a pair
of good, leather, Welders's gloves, all the way up to my elbow.
LAter
Angelo
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