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On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Peter Heseltine 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 i think you might be on to something here, seems that a diver moving faster than normal behind a scooter might have a combination of effects on a shark's attention.. they are <<always>> there, we just don't see them all the time. the noise or emf could get their attention but i would expect the movement and speed to be perceived as agression. just a thought.. btw,i looked up "stroke" in webesters aquatic edition.. it says "any person, homophobic or otherwize, who has an overly inflated ego". dp
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