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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 22:42:21 +1000 (EST)
To: cherf@ci*.co* (Scott Cherf)
From: Billy Williams <billyw@oz*.co*.au*>
Subject: Re: Question for the fish experts
Cc: techdiver@terra.net

At 06:52 PM 11/03/1996 -0800, Scott Cherf wrote:
>
>Other's are concerned that the very act of diving might be considered
>an 'attempt to attract' sharks.  My question is, is there any reason to
>believe (as an expert on shark behaviour) that divers attract sharks;
>specifically, can it be proved beyond reasonable doubt that the population
>of White Sharks in an area is related to the population of divers in the
>same area?  I think I know the answer, but I'd like an expert opinion.

Scott, I just heard this weekend  that  recently, in
Victoria, Australia, two divers making a documentary
apparently   spent  some  time  burleying  up  white
pointers near  Philip Island. Which isn't remarkable 
except that they chose to  do  it  during  the  week  
before a  big spearfishing competition in  the area.

So the size of the population of whites in  an  area 
could  well  be  related  to  the  population  of  a 
certain pair of dickheads in the same area. 

God musta sent them to test us. I'm sure of it.

rgrds         billyW

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