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New Shark video :)

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mishu1984

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Hi Folks, its been a while
Last weekend i got the chance to go to this new reef after a long dry spell and it was great breaking the spell and what made it even better is that as soon as we got in the water we were greeted by a school of 8 sharks. They were curious and friendly, and felt more like shy dolphin with teeth. Its been a very long time since ive seen a shark in the water so this way an added bonus and pretty much made the trip for me

for some reason, and im assuming it might be due to a few of the divers being nervous since this is their first time seeing sharks, the sharks kept away and would linger at the edge of visibility. its more like the sharks felt timid.
They didnt get withing good range for video and the vis wasnt all that so i had to play with the video a little.
Excuse my edditing skills, im still trying to get the hang of it :blackeye

Hope you enjoy the clip

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwnTWZnTl9A]YouTube - Episode 4 - Sharks[/ame]


ps. if anyone can help identifying the species that would be great.
 
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if i'm not mistaken the shark on the video is a bull shark.
his body is really compact and compressed. it could be a large black tip reefshark because they have a similar tail shape. although the blacktip reef shark has an more slender body. this leads me to believe its a bull shark because of the compressed body of the shark.
[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark]Bull shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
its a shame u cant see the tail on the picture of the wikipedia site.
i'm verry happy u have seen one i once encountered 2 my self it was a near spiritual experience u probably would remember if the shark had black on its fins if so its a blacktip reef shark if not a bull shark for shure

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:...huYvSY&t=1&usg=__8xKmfA5AaKnHygsytVoo2H7YeVw=

greetings len
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Sexy Handsome Atractive Roaming Killer
 
hi len. its definatly not a bull shark. we know what shark its not :head
 
Its either a black tip reef shark or bull shark. I see a lot of them in Kubar and sea island. They can be very aggressive and territorial and I have had fish taken from my spear several times. On sea island one actually came up and grabbed the fish stringer (which was full of fish) as my brother was putting a fish on it. They both got tangled and it was a pretty messy affair. I ended up having to shoot it as I was only about 5 meters away, but we lost the fish stringer and my brothers gun in the scuffle. Fortunately no injuries ... but it was very close! They seem to be very territorial and will charge you even if you have no fish. That same shark had charged me a few times earlier and I had to poke him, so we were aware that he was there, but he still managed to sneak up unnoticed.

If you follow a Karrafa during shrimping season as they are hauling up their nets, you will sometimes see 50 or more of those sharks feeding on the dead fish that are killed by the trawler. Usually they are on the surface and it is a pretty interesting sight to see!
 
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speareasy. not a blacktip nor a reef shark.
ive trolled lots of times behind karraffas with great results. ive always wanted to go in for a dive but the odds of encountering a bull or tiger are soo high that its never really been worth it to me.
 
yes could be but im not entirely convinced yet the sandbar does have a similar shape as the sandbar shark but the difference lies in the shape of the head and i cant make out the pointynes of the head of a sandbar shark on the video witch still could make it a bull shark.

"The sandbar shark is also called the thickskin shark or brown shark. It is one of the biggest coastal sharks in the world, and is closely related to the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_shark"]dusky shark[/ame], the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bignose_shark"]bignose shark[/ame], and the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark"]bull shark[/ame]. Its [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_fin"]dorsal fin[/ame] is triangular and very high, and weighs as much as 18% of the shark's whole body. Sandbar sharks usually have heavy-set bodies and rounded snouts that are shorter than the average shark's snout. Their upper teeth have broadly uneven cusps with sharp edges. Its second dorsal fin and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_fin"]anal fin[/ame] are close to the same height. Females can grow to 2/2.5 m, males up to 1.8 m. Its body color can vary from a bluish to a brownish grey to a bronze, with a white or pale underside. Sandbar sharks swim alone or gather in sex-segregated schools that vary in size. They are most active at night, at dawn, and at dusk.

see close family
love the guessing game
and love speareasy 2:friday
 
Ya'll have it completely wrong. As I see the creature swim out of the haze I can clearly hear it properly identified in the video--and I quote:


"Look! A f***ing shark!" No need for further guessing at this point! :t
 
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