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It seems like we saw this coming. Its the same phenomenon they have known about for years with bears and people in the National Parks. I'm just glad this is confined to Florida;) Wendell 8/21/01 7:33:54 PM, "Trey" <girvine@be*.ne*> wrote: > >I agree - sharks learn very fast. When Pina and I were diving in the >Bahamas, they would come up and sit at the transom waiting for us so that we >basically had to jump on them to get into the water, and then they followed >us around and got closer and closer until they were obnoxious. > >In Cat Cay, we used to throw the carcasses of the tuna in the water at one >end of the island from the shore. Tigers 10 feet long would be waiting there >every evening for their tuna meal. > >I notice that diving here they come rushing up now when they see a diver. >The thing about requiem sharks in the wild is that it takes them hours to >get their nerve up unless of course there is feeding going on. Like this >article says, many have lost their fear. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Byron Grogan [mailto:groganb@ho*.co*] >Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 12:19 AM >To: techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: Media blames divers for shark attacks > > >http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/8/19/203119 > >Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001 9:30 p.m. EDT > > Why the Shark Attacks? > > This summer seems to have hit a high mark for shark > attacks, particularly off the east and west coasts > of Florida. > > Could it be a sign, like earthquakes and wars, of > the Second Coming? > > Perhaps there is a simpler explanation. > > This past Saturday, three men surfing off Daytona > Beach were attacked by sharks. > > "We saw sharks all morning long," a competition > offical told the AP. "There were bull sharks 7 to 8 > feet long and 6-foot blacktips." > > The beach was eventually closed, as have been many > Florida beaches during the past several months. > > "Central Florida, especially the east coast of > Florida, leads the world every year in shark bites, > and the greater Daytona area is no exception," > Volusia County Beach Patrol official Joe Wooden > said. > > We know that last month two Americans were struck by > sharks while in waters off the Bahamas. One lost his > leg. > > And, of course, 8-year-old Jessie Arbogast had his > arm severed by a bull shark last month in Pensacola. > > For years, we have been told that the movie "Jaws" > was fiction. Sharks, for the most part, fear humans > and have little interest in attacking anyone - so > the thinking went. > > What has changed? > > One reasonable explanation is the recent activities > of scuba activists, who have not been content to > simply go for a dive and look at the coral. > > Now sea adventure firms in Florida and the Caribbean > have been peddling trips for divers to watch shark > feeding frenzies. > > The expeditions use large amounts of live bait to > attract large numbers of sharks - for the amusement > of the divers. > > Some Floridians believe the feeding trips have > brought sharks closer to shore and closer to humans > - making them lose their natural fear of humans. > > >-- >I haven't seen this discussed on CNN or the major news networks yet, but >I expect to see this idea hit them soon, as this seems just plausable >(sp?) enough to the uninformed to have them accept it. > >Also, >http://www.cnn.com/POLL/results/1633231.content.html > >"In light of the recent shark attacks are you: >Less likely to go in the ocean? [53%] >More likely to visit ocean resorts? [5%] >Not concerned about the attacks? [42%]" > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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