Dive question about sharks....?
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For starters, the person who previously answered is quite wrong, notably in his statements #2, # 3 and #4. Jewelry has never been reported as a contributing factor in any attack, so you can pretty well dismiss # 1 as well.\n He's even incorrect about shark numbers in the Bahamas. There are actually many species, but most are harmless or have no interest in making a diver a snack. If you do encounter a shark on your dive, just be calm, keep your eye on it and move away slowly or keep your distance. You won't be on the menu unless you provoke it and even then, it's likely to be a simple charge and not an attack.\n There are a few species you may come across, notably the Nurse shark, that although large and fearsome looking, are actually fairly docile and allow a close encounter. I've swum with a number of 10 footers on night dives and a few I've found sleeping under ledges. I still have all my bits and pieces. Hell, I've even given one a rub.\n You'll be diving there with a DM. He may even take you to where there are sharks hanging about. Listen to his briefing pre dive and he'll explain what he expects of you regarding shark encounters. He knows these fish and may even know each individual shark and their specific behavior on past dives.\n Relax, have fun and take some pics.
1030079
coming out a sharks tale lol
67905
I went to the aquarium and just got used to seeing them. Then, my aquarium has a touching zoo, so once I got used to their look I went there and touched a nurse-shark (they feel kinda like a wet lemon...) Now, the ocean...I'm not really sure how to over come that fear...
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No. In fact their pharyngeal area has gill slits and is very different from the throat of tetrapods (terrestrial vertebrates). \nSo sharks can't roar, whatever the movies say :P
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There are sooo many articles on this subject on the internet!  Of course, there has never been a study to conclusively prove the accuracy of one school of thought over the other.  What woman would volunteer for that study?  I included a couple of extra links with differing opinions.  I pasted one that jibes with what I personally think is probably the case.\n\n\n Menstruation    Every woman diver eventually finds herself with the decision of whether to dive during her menstrual period.  Many women choose to dive during their periods rather than miss an exciting underwater experience, and there's no medical reason not to.  Considerations include the use of tampons or sanitary napkins or both, privacy and bathroom availability at the dive site.\n  Some people wonder whether sharks could be attracted to a menstruating diver.  There's no evidence the small amount of blood that may seep into the water was ever responsible for a shark attack.  So don't worry about being eaten for lunch by sharks.\nhttp://www.wazeesports.com/FAQ.htm
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I'm a PADI Scuba instructor and I had the same fear as you when I started diving in the ocean. As soon as I got my first license to dive (open water) I enrolled in a "Hazardous Marine Life" class. I really had a need to know what to lookout for. It's fear of the unknown. Learn all you can of the things in the water in your area. Snorkel or dive and see what is down there. You will be surprised to find there is little that can really harm you as long as you do not harm them. The more you know, I think you will have more confidence. I show my kids everything I can in the water. Because of their knowledge, their comfort level is very good for their age. Take it a step at a time like the others said and conquer your fear for the love of your sport! Like myself and my kids..You CAN do it. Good luck :)
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Sharks have sharp teeth because to kill animals/preys quickly and to avoid the preys from escaping with little injuries.\n\nIf the teeth were not sharp, how would sharks kill \npreys if the preys are virtually unhurt bacause of blunt teeth?\n\nAlso, God made the teeth sharp so that the killing will be quick and less painful.\n\nSharp teeth made sharks hydrodynamically superquick. Teeth covering their bodies make that happen.\n\nWith very sharp teeth, sharks do not have to exert big bite force to kill preys.
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The shark! If it decides to kill you, eat will do it quickly and swallow you whereas a croc usually drags you underwater and puts you under a log or something so that you will drown and then he will eat you! Rather get killed straight away than get half eaten and then left to drown!
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Shark as long as i wasn't bleeding as they most likely wont attack unless you are. Where as lion's see meat and want to eat. Depends if they have been in capitivity for a while though because then i'd go in the cage because the lions would be used to humans and wouldnt attack and i don't really like fish.
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Is there a reason you're asking this question under a new name?  Did you not like the previous answers?\n\nMy answer from: \n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aosgux8O5O_.4Y0ThAeGgyjsy6IX?qid=1006041806251\n\nSome sharks are very slow and the average person can easily outswim them, at least for the short term. Sharks probably have better stamina and would eventually catch up.\n\nRemember, sharks are a very diverse group. There are huge, filter-feeding whale sharks and tiny little miniature dogfish. Everything from the weird cookie-cutter sharks to the weirder goblin shark.\n\nGuitarfish are especially slow sharks, if I remember correctly.\n\nYour real question is, Will someone ever be born who can outswim the *fastest* shark. The answer is probably no. We are not well designed for life in the water and our swimming is extremely clumsy. Evolution has no reason to fix any of these problems given we are resolutely terrestrial.
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divers will ride the dorsal fins commonly. if you expect they will stay at the surface so you can breath you're dreaming. not to mention the force at the surface of the water ripping you away.
343823
it is possible, depends on how heavy ur leakage is and how far the sharks are from you, but thats just the thing.. you never kno until they BITE...
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I just saw on the Discovery Channel that they have created a shark repellant.  This is a device that omits a frequency that the shark dislikes.  A scubba diver attached this to his tank and then the swimmer pushed a button that released the frequency...I guess sharks do most stuff because of vibrations and frequency in the water...it's kinda like their eyes.\n\nAnyways, scientists are hoping to develope this further so they can get rid of nets along the coast <which kill sharks, dolphins, and turtles>.
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i must admit while in the dom republic this year i swam with dolphins and nurse sharks that were captured around that area.\n i have also swam with FUNGI a wild dolphin which lives in dingle bay in Kerry Ireland. fungi has made dingle bay his home by his own choice and even when a pod of dolphins arrive into the bay ever year he refuses to leave with them.\n the experience of swimming with a dolphin  in his own territory is far more exciting and trilling than watching them do tricks to earn a  fish. \ni did feel bad after swimming with them in captivity as no matter haw well the are treated it is still prison like. but until it is ban  world wide there will still be some where on earth that this entertainment goes on. \ni don't know what we can do to help but if you could post suggestions somewhere I'm sure you could get a lot of people to help the cause. if you start a web petition on the web i would gladly sign it. if you can lobby your guvnor and senator also. try to find out who there biggest contributions came from and lobby them to lobby him{or her}\nfind some way of keeping us informed and how we can help\nbest of luck from REFORMED
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sharks are really not as dangerous as there reputations shows them to be.  more people are killed by flying toilet seats every year than sharks while we kill over 100 MILLION sharks every year.  Now to answer your question, there is no real set of rules but there are guidelines you should follow\n1. don't swim alone\n2. always keep your eye on the shark\n3. do not wear jewelry or anything else shiny\n4. try to avoid the colors orange or yellow\n5. don't panic
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Steven Spielberg's lawyer.......wait.....that was the shark used on Jaws....sorry, don't know!!
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wow you live on the canals???\n\nnice, firstly bait the water with blood and burley to attract the buggers, then throw in a hunk of meat- roo or something similar is good, have a huge   hook in it attached to a 44 gallow drum via stainless steel whire a good 2.5 mm thickness at least, attache the drum to something on the mainland via rope of another means.\n\nhere is what will happen, the shark will take the bait but be unable to swim away and submerse the 44 gallon drum, effectively it will drown because it cant dive down and swimm unristricted. \n\nthis is the way we used to catch tiger sharks when we lived in the torres staits.