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It's not so much the length of that shark but the WIDTH that is impressive. You're definitely gonna need a bigger boat...

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There is a small part of me... a part i don't really want to own... that really wanted to see that thing whip around and take that guys arm after he started grabbing and pushing him.

Wow, that is just *stunning. Diving with sharks is a magic experience.

IANAMB* but I think that might be a pregnant female. I don't see any claspers and the abdomen seems swelled.


*I am not a marine biologist... what? It's a well know internet acronym!

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I think this should qualify as *EIA because if you're right, messing with a pregnant female that also happens to be one of the most dangerous apex predators in it's home environment is asking to be weeded out of the gene pool... = \

Invocations (eia) cannot be called by Asmo because Asmo is not privileged - sorry.

It depends on the environment, the shark, and the level of knowledge of the diver.

If you know the temperament of the shark, if you know there's a lot of food around (on a reef for instance), you're probably ok.

I was diving on a wreck in Australia years ago and came within 1m of a massive bull shark. No cages, just regular scuba. He swam right by me and I nearly crapped myself. Wasn't quite that big, but easily 3m. The divemaster with me knew this particular shark well (he told us we'd probably see him) and swam right up to him and blew a raspberry at him

The shark was just like "oh, these guys" and kept swimming. He could easily have torn us all (about 8 on the dive) to shreds, but he just wasn't interested. At which point, I remembered I had a camera and took a pretty crap photo as he swam off.

Over a decade later, it remains one of the highlights of my life, and the best dive I've ever done.

Oh cute! He high fived a fish. I used to have a Dwarf Gourami I could pet. That's almost the same thing. Right?

That shark has some mean war wounds.

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