<Danger is the spice of life, but you have to know where to draw the line -- and then not reach across it!

Future Darwin Award Recipients?



While I don't plan to be around any Great Whites this weekend I do plan on seeing plenty Bull Tigers in Moorhead City. I went there two months ago, but the water was really rough (I'll never forget the boat trip. . . yikes worst one and worst sweels I EVER will dive in. . . statistically speakng of course. . )

I was only able to get in one dive on a ship called the carib sea. Sharks were down ther about 6-8 feet long, the divemaster I was with (we were working on my advanced diving ceritfication) sees a shark right by us, he also noticed a flownder hidding on the seafloor. His course of action? He takes his dive knife and stabs the flounder and signals "we're going up". His reasoning I found out later was that 'well they aren't brazen enough to attack a human but htey will steal a fish from you, so I knew if I was going to get the flounder we would have to get out of there". Of course my action would have been to leave the stupid fish well enough alone and not risk any dispute with a shark over a flownder but anyway. . .

I am leaving for moorhead again this friday (I will make an announcement, robert will be moderator), hopefully the oceans will be calmer and I can get in plenty dives, hopefully see some sharks in a friendly 'non confrontational' manner, without hte liability of a dive buddy dragging around dead/bleeding fish.

-Justin Kelly