I swam with sharks :)

[amzar123]

Many of you may know I've been away from my tank but I've been posting my fish related videos

I went to Sea world on the gold coast in Australia (not the same company as sea world in america, just crafty and stole the name)

I thought I'd share my day with you all, it was actually pretty good

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[kevinl]

Nice video, very well done as well!
I enjoyed it very much, especially waiting for summer here.

 

[billdogg]

Nice video - tks for sharing another of your adventures!

 

[amzar123]

My pleasure

 

[billdogg]

And I've swum with the sharks too - about 70' down a wall at San Salvador, Bahamas

10-12' Greater Hammerhead

 

[amzar123]

And I've swum with the sharks too - about 70' down a wall at San Salvador, Bahamas

10-12' Greater Hammerhead

Way more impressive, my scuba abilities aren't quite there yet but I'm working on it

 

[SouthFla]

OK I'll play too :lol:

Sorry-it's just hard to resist when someone says "swim with sharks" LOL :thumbsup:

Really FUN video, thanks for sharing!!

 

[Hal]

OK I'll play too :lol:

Sorry-it's just hard to resist when someone says "swim with sharks" LOL :thumbsup:

Really FUN video, thanks for sharing!!

Sorry to hijack this thread, but I'd like to hear more about this photo. Tigersharks scare me.

 

[dbenenh0]

All very impressive!! Australia is one of my top 5 places I want to visit.

 

[amzar123]

Sorry to hijack this thread, but I'd like to hear more about this photo. Tigersharks scare me.

Feel free too... That picture is amazing!

 

[SouthFla]

Don't mean to hijack the lass' thread :fun4:

While pursuing my degree in marine biology I did shark research for the University of Miami (Florida USA) in the Bahamas in the late 80's. Spent 10 hours/day for the better part of 3 years catching, tagging, swimming with and tracking large Tigers, Hammerheads and Bulls along with about 6-8 other species...

In the pic I posted, many of the large sharks we caught did not have the gill musculature to oxygenate their blood when restrained, so after doing our scientific muckity-muck we would often need to swim with them to revive them - kind of a "shark-whisperer" before it was fashionable :lolspin:

A pretty spectacular experience for a kid growing up wanting to be "Hooper" from Jaws :wave: