Anyone here hand hold a shark? (youtube video)

[dsaundry]

The lady that is petting the shark is well known in the world for her research and handling of sharks. Not sure if everybody realizes thats a woman in the video. She has been studying sharks for years and has been trying to help change the image some people have of them...Kudo's to her.

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by dsaundry

Not sure if everybody realizes thats a woman in the video.

I did, it's just that apparently nobody listens to me. What else is new.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

It's a girl BTW!!!

Cristina Zenato - more info can be found on her page here: http://www.cristinazenato.com/CZ.html

[dsaundry]

DelphinusQuote:
Originally Posted by dsaundry [IMG]http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/images/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG] 
Not sure if everybody realizes thats a woman in the video.
 
I did, it's just that apparently nobody listens to me. :lol: What else is new. :lol: 
 
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Originally Posted by Delphinus [IMG]http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/images/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG] 
It's a girl BTW!!!
 
Cristina Zenato - more info can be found on her page here: http://www.cristinazenato.com/CZ.html

I saw that you did, didn't know if anybody else did. She knows her stuff and is really trying to change the image that sharks have. Plain truth is our society kills more sharks in a year than sharks have killed in 100. Pretty pathetic and sad. Magnificent fish!

[DiverDude]

Not to detract from the video itself (beautiful camera work) but this is actually a well documented phenomenon called tonic immobility:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_death