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To: "A.APPLEYARD" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*>
Subject: Re: great white sharks etc (was: Re: diving physio tidbits)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 11:17:14 +22305714 (HST)

On Fri, 10 Jun 1994, A.APPLEYARD wrote:

>   Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*> replied
> on Thu 9 Jun 1994 08:27:33 +22305714 (HST):-
>   > These groupers can do some pretty fierce shaking themsleves - but they
> lack the tools to effectively cut through wetsuits, tank straps, etc.
> 
>   Not needed. It would simply swallow him, equipment and airtanks and weights
> and all, and eject the equipment later, same as an owl ejects a mouse's fur
> and bones afterwards. Groupers have been reported big enough to do that. I can
> imagine the monster's lair in the reef, with a "dragon's treasure hoard" of
> undigested diving gear accumulated in and around it.

There's a great Gary Larson "Far Side" cartoon which depicts this....

Aloha,

Rich

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