Anyone here hand hold a shark? (youtube video)

[Maverick00]

Originally Posted by KevinK

stunning camera work, would have loved to se this one in 3D on a nice screen

+1 to that, amazing video

[Delphinus]

Heh, I posted that video a while ago too. Awesome video.

It's a girl BTW!!!

[MMAX]

I remember watching a show a couple of months ago, could have been during shark week on Discovery. The host claimed to be able to put sharks to sleep by holding both sides of their heads. He tried this on a couple of smaller sharks befor swimming with and doing this to Tiger sharks. At the end and for his grand finale, he actually did this to a great white.

[StirCrazy]

when I was in the bahamas they had an outdoor aquarium of sorts and on part was a shark pool that they took you in to hold them and such. it was neat and I wasn't realy scard at all because the type they had would bit you but it was very very rare that you could pee them off enough.

Steve

[Murminator]

Hmmm thinks there might be some sedatives in the fish he is pre feeding them

[Pinnochio5]

Awe they look so cute! **Goes to ocean to try and pet shark, shark bites off finger** not so cute anymore.


sweet video btw.

[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: 
 
Quote:
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