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A freind brought his scooter on a trip to Seal Rocks in Australia. We saw sharks on all dives( on deco) however the scooter was not running at the time except on one dive where i was having a ride on it on deco. I didn't see it but the other divers stated I was followed the whole time by a large whaler shark. I was too busy clowning around and buzzing the other divers to see it. On other occasios we have not had a scooter in sight but have been harrassed by up to 30 sharks at a time. Not nice when completing 60mins deco. On one dive we exited the water 10-15mins early. You can always be recompressed but you can't always be rebuilt. At 12:21 29/10/96 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 09:45:05 -1000 (HST) >From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*> >To: Bob Favorite <rwfavorite@uc*.ed*> >Cc: gmiiii@in*.co*, Peter Heseltine <heseltin@hs*.us*.ed*>, > Tech Diver <techdiver@terra.net> >Subject: NOT Pig-Wrestling with giiii but Scooters & Sharks > >Rich, > >Your post is one anecodote you won't share, one "suspect" and one "hunch". >These are data?? From a scientist? > >The issue is not whether a shark thinks you look like a lure when it runs >across you riding a scooter, but whether the noise or the EMF really >attracts them from some considerable distance away. If that were true, I >would think that every boat would be attacked, instead of the other way >around. And the Dude and John would actually get to see some sharks >instead of Australian butt cracks vomiting over the rail, when they go >there next year. (Yes, this was a crack about Australian butts). But, if >this is true, and not just another shark myth, I'd like to hear/see some >actual data, anecdotal or otherwise. > >Still holding my breath for the facts, just the facts, Ma'am > >pH > >Rich Pyle wrote: > >> I am convinced that they do - at least Teknas. My best dive story (no, >> I don't have time to write it all up for the list - wait for my book) >> involves a scooter and a big-ass tiger shark. The shark was definitely >> attracted to the scooter. Also, I'm told that the California Ab. divers >> suspect the same thing for Whites. I have a hunch Marco Flagg might >> have some ideas on this topic as well. > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > >
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