DexterScuba Diving with Great White Sharks
July 26th 2008 00:01
Into the Jaws of Madness
Really, does it get any more extreme than this?
Not so much a sport as an extreme pursuit, when you play with any predatory animal in its native habitat it is at once extremely moronic from a primal survival instinct perspective and an act of awe inspiring courage.
Communicating in the universal tongue
This post is inspired by the headline photograph that appeared on the front page of Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper on Tuesday. Done in the name of discovery, conquering fears or getting in the water to fulfill a personal need to get closer to nature’s deadly man eaters, this is what wonderment must be all about.
The spectacle of the Great White Shark in full breach
Shot underwater with the camera looking towards the sky, we see a diver treading water on the surface of the open ocean. No cage, spear gun down, with one hand extended slightly to touch the nose of a Great White Shark over 15 foot long. He pats the most fascinatingly terrifying symbol of watery death, as if it were a domesticated beast.
Open up and say AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Long held, Jaws fuelled myths that all these sea creatures do is “eat, swim and make little sharks” were instantly shattered at first glance.
See, gentle as a kitten when your on land.
I do apologise for not being able to find a larger rendering of this unforgettable image online, (It’s a conspiracy I tell you) still the picture affected me so much that I had to write about it anyway, in hopes of you all keeping an eye out for it.
More love for the ravenous former sea monster
Don’t worry, I’m not going to write 1000 words to just prove the old adage true. Instead here are a few more amazing shots of humans venturing into the domain of this endlessly enigmatic and extreme killer of deep.
Were gunna need a bigger cage.
This guy is insane and maybe not in that good way. Witness a man leave the safety of the cage to swim with a huge Great White Shark.
Click HERE to see video
So you think a cage is safe from a great white in fulflight, think again. Not for weak hearted
In the cage watching the shark in brutal action
Now on a lighter note Shark Surfing, sport of the future perhaps...obviously fake but still fun
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