Little Cayman - unirdna and cdavis reporting

[land shark]

Connor

I saw a reef shark come vertically up the wall after me, coming fairly fast, not just gliding along like normal. I was going away from him at the time and kept going. He got to the top of the wall, maybe 45 feet, pealed off and went back down.

I have seen this type of behavior displayed with the Esox Family(Muskie's)
when they feel threatened they retire deeper. When an easy meal makes itself avalible it will rush vertically with explosive speed and often breaching like a missle on the bait.

If I recollect correctly dont GW.s also use this tactic ??

jim

[cdavis]

The very fast, vertical rush is different from what I was seeing, and much more aggresive. I've had bull sharks do that to me. Would just as soon not repeat the experiance.

These sharks were in what I call the "intential cruise" mode. One step up from just cruising and one, maybe two steps down from really excited, "he wants to take a bite".

Connor

[icarus pacific]

Originally Posted by land shark

when they feel threatened they retire deeper. jim

I don't know about the muskies, but it sure doesn't work for me and relationships...

And on the Whites breaching, while it seems to be all the rage in SA, that specific behavior seems to be an anomoly owing most probably to the depth, viz and the prey. While I've seen a few whites, up close, real close, as in reach out and say "Howdy" close, the prey here doesn't seem to require the sudden "out of nowhwere- going airborne " routine. That's not to say that they don't here, as the researchers at the Farallons have documented breeches, but whites, like myself, seem to be fine with coming by, giving it a look and then maybe a nibble to gauge it's quality.

[Fondueset]

Quite awhile ago we had a scubie here get 28 stitches in his thigh from a muskie.

Great white's up close.........

[fleedermouse]

Oh come on Fondue, don't tell me stories like that just before I get to Michigan: 10 days and counting. I'm getting excited to pick out a new gun for my graduation present and start target practice on the local invasives in that clear water you keep shooting in. How's that for excessive prepositional phrases.

Icarus,

Tell a little more about these close-up shark encounters. Have you posted about this in other threads? I'm always interested in hearing about this. The first time I went ab diving was the day Randy Fry got killed at Westport. It put things in perspective real quick and made me think about how these GW's are all around that coast all of the time.

Regarding the shark behavior in Little Cayman:

My friend has spent alot of time around black tips and, if I described the behavior you saw correctly, has seen this often in the 'teenaged' blacktip.

[unirdna]

Took a while on this one. I was trying out some new software . This video is the "Sealife" cut. The final, "scenery", video will be done in a week or two. As before, I have encoded low-res and high-res versions. I would have LOVED to offer you guys the DVD cut, but my server just can't take the 300mb file, not to mention the bandwidth. The photos on that rip are c-r-y-s-t-a-l. Can't wait to watch it on the bigscreen.

Right click, "save target/link as". Download to your puter and watch.

High Resolution (640x480, 30fps, 69.6mb)

[fleedermouse]

Beautiful!

[cdavis]

Great stuff, Ted. The music really adds to it.

Loved seeing the hogfish on a bigger screen. The way you cropped the mutton snapper pic makes it look like I was even closer than I was. Really Fun!

Thanks

Connor

[trux]

Yes, another beautiful video! Many thanks! I've added it to my video link collection, hope you do not mind.

BTW, just a small note - if you want to avoid unnecessarily high load on your server, I'd highly recommend editing the links in your previous posts and replacing the secure URL (beginning with https://...) to standard ones (http://...). Using the secure SSL encryption for transferring videos makes no sense, and only considerably increases the load of the server. The file is being encrypted each time anyone is going to view it. The encryption is a very CPU- and memory- intensive process, especially at such huge files. It means not only high load on the server, but also slower loading on the client, and higher data transfer volume (at plain-text or uncompressed files, encryption usually decreases the data volume, but at pre-compressed files such as video, jpg's, and many other media formats, the final data volume is higher).


I modified the links on my Video Collection page so that anyone who accesses them through the link page will do it in the standard faster and less resource intensive way.

[fjohnson]

Hey Conner and Ted... I think it would have been tough to keep that monster hogfish off the menu! another Good video guys. I'm thinkin' I need a summer trip now somewhere closer to the equator (but I guess minnesota is going to have to do, but at least I can do that tomorrow, vis should be in the 10' range or so, aren't you jeolous?)
later, Fred

[cdavis]

Hi Fred,
The thought did definately cross my mind. Credit Ted with the video, I don't have the bottom time(you saw less than half the whole vid) or fish stalking skills.

Any interest in doing a Little Cayman trip with us next summer??

10 ft vis? Well, its better than not diving: I'll turn a little bit green.

Connor

Connor

[unirdna]

Hi Trux,
I don't mind if you link up the vids, but be aware that I only have 200mb of space, so I frequently tear down the older stuff. I'll try your recommendation re: encrypting the files, and post this next vid with a normal link. If it doesn't work, I'll just use the way (secure) that my host gives me - it's not my server, afterall .

Final Vid is up. This one has some longer clips; focussing on the scenery of the trip. This should lend a bit more perspective. Kind of sad now that my last video is done, I have been reliving the trip over and over since I got back....now, it's really over.

Enjoy.

Right Click --> Save Target/Link As

Video 3 - Scenery (5 min; 70mb)

[trux]

Thanks, Unirdna, I am just downloading the new version. I keep local copies of all the videos, but it would be certainly pity anyway if you have to pull them off your server. They are very nice and well made. Maybe you could upload them to Google Video or YouTube before removing them from your server, though I am not sure what the size and quality limits there are and how long they keep them. I could possibly put some videos of authors who would agree to my server, but am afraid that I would have to limit the access to them just to subscribed members or in another way, otherwise it could cost me more than I can afford. The space is not a problem problem at all, but the bandwith is.

[matrixed82]

Really nice videos, I really like the parts when you swim through the crevasse. Also when your just hanging by the massive cliff, you must feel so tiny.

[island_sands]

i still can't view any of them