An Experiment: Sharks vs Blood in the Water

That diver has a set of brass balls.

"Hey, let me swim all this blood out into shark infested water. Just a couple 10 foot tigers".
 
Sharks can smell blood in the water from miles. So I believe I'll just stay in the boat.
 
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I've been scuba diving both with sharks feeding and not feeding. The first time is kinda spooky when you realize there's no aquarium glass separating you from the teeth. After a while you just settle in to watch them and how cool they are. In 34 years of diving my worst "injury" was getting a piece of jellyfish tentacle caught between the bottom of my mask and top of my regulator down around 120 feet. That freaking lit me up and hurt for days.
 
I've been scuba diving both with sharks feeding and not feeding. The first time is kinda spooky when you realize there's no aquarium glass separating you from the teeth. After a while you just settle in to watch them and how cool they are. In 34 years of diving my worst "injury" was getting a piece of jellyfish tentacle caught between the bottom of my mask and top of my regulator down around 120 feet. That freaking lit me up and hurt for days.

Dang man. Your the winner of keeping my white butt out of the ocean for another 20 years.
 
Bummer, misleading title... I thought this was about the Democratic Debates.

Sharks are better to watch.
 
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That bit was from a show that's featured in Shark Week. They ain't sand sharks, either....

No way I'd do that....
 
Dang man. Your the winner of keeping my white butt out of the ocean for another 20 years.

Like a lot of things- if the mainstream media didn't continually make you think they were dangerous, would they be ?

A lot of ink has been used on sharks and dinosaurs. Because all of us in elementary school and SHARK WEEK! EEEK! were taught they were dangerous and bloodthirsty. I've not seen a dinosaur. I have seen a shark. Neither has hassled me. YMMV.
 
Like a lot of things- if the mainstream media didn't continually make you think they were dangerous, would they be ?

A lot of ink has been used on sharks and dinosaurs. Because all of us in elementary school and SHARK WEEK! EEEK! were taught they were dangerous and bloodthirsty. I've not seen a dinosaur. I have seen a shark. Neither has hassled me. YMMV.

I was talking about the jelly fish.
 
I was talking about the jelly fish.

He he yeap. The less dramatic critters will make themselves known but for me its all been the stumble into stuff :

Jellyfish = 1, Bristleworm = 1, Fire Coral= 3 or 4, hitting head on dive boat ceiling so hard you see stars =2

One of the most important things you realize about diving is that you, human, don't mean squat. Physics are what the are, you as squishy blob are what you are, the critters around you are what they are, etc.

I'm just adding this for anyone who might think they might want to explore scuba. I'm not an instructor but I can share some basics that will set you on a path.
 
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