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To: Rat <shelps@ac*.ma*.ad*.ed*.au*>
Subject: Re: great white sharks (was: Re: diving physio tidbits)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
Cc: A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 08:27:33 +22305714 (HST)

> Ah yes, monsters of the deep.  The main difficulty a grouper would have I 
> suspect is getting the delicious diver out of that wrapping.  The shark that
> took John Lee at Aldinga shook him so violently (to get at the best part) 
> that it shook his wetsuit right off, even getting his boots off.  Perhaps 
> one of the icthyologists would like to comment?

These groupers can do some pretty fierce shaking themsleves - but they
lack the tools to effectively cut through wetsuits, tank straps, etc.

Aloha,

Rich

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