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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 10:16:52 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
To: Peter Heseltine <heseltin@hs*.us*.ed*>
Cc: scott schneeweis <scott@te*.no*>,
     Bob Favorite ,
     John McKenney , Tech Diver
Subject: Re: Scooters and sharks

> Well, yes I know that when people do almost anything at the surface, it
> attracts sharks if they are there and it has been suggested that sharks
> are able to sense EMF. No doubt our resident fish nerd can give us the
> actual science behind this ;-)

It may be the EMF, but I think it's probably the sound (pressure waves).

> But what I wanted to know was has anyone
> with a scooter actually been attacked? 

Marco Flagg.  A few ab. divers. Others, I'm sure.

It's not the statistics that convinced me of the correlation - it's the 
behavior of the sharks.  I'm not saying that scooters are always dinner 
bells for all sharks; I'm just saying that my few anecdotal observations 
have led me to have this concern.

Rich

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