On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:04:53 -0100, Kuty <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Da Feesh wrote:
>
>(CUT)
>

>>I haven't done 25 dives on a liveaboard week
>>since I was a young kid of about Strike's age.  :-))
>
>AS a matter of fact, it starts to look a bit too much for me too.  I think
>I'll skip a few dives in my next liveaboard.  I guess I am getting older
>:-)  I was getting cold as the days went by.  I started with a 3 mm shortie
>and ended the dives with a 5 mm jaket with a hood.  The water was 27C but
>after doing 5 dives a day, every day, it seems like the core tempreture of
>the body drops.  Either that or I'm getting older :-)

I don't do 5 dives a day anymore NOT because of water temp.  After
a hot shower and good dinner, it would take a large school of
mermaids to get me back into the water.  :-)

>>LOL!  Actually the Caribbean Reef looks meaner than they
>>really are.
>
>You know, when I came back, I came across a site in which they had some
>statistics about shark attacks on DIVERS.  If I remember correctly, the
>Caribbean Reef sharks were third or fourth.  Of course the data is
>problematic because those sharks are being "visited" by divers a hell of a
>lot more than any other type.

They are STILL lies, even by absolute frequency count.  I suspect what
happened was that every time a DM got bitten by a shark (while s/he
was feeding them in the "shark dives"), it was counted as an "attack".
If that were the case, I don't know a single shark-feeding DM who
had NOT been nicked by a shark at one time of another.  Nevertheless,
those were no more "attacks" than when a moray eel mistakens the
finger of a feeder as food.  I've been "attacked" by a moray eel
once, that way.  :-)


>>>Dive 8+9+10 at White Face
>
>>Did you know that this site is also called "The Anchor"?
>>There is an old Spanish anchor that is not easy to spot.  I
>>wouldn't be surprised if you never saw it, because you were
>>charmed by the sharks.  :-)
>
>I did.  It's at the end of a swimthrough at about 25 msw.  I have the video
>to prove it :-)

You don't need a video to prove it.  Besides, the video could have been
shot by somebody else.  :-)  Your description is good enough.  I have
to agree it's much less exciting than a swimming shark.

-- Bob.