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Ken Cooke
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Diving with Whale Sharks (caution: graphic)
The dive took place near Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Mark Berman Opposing Views on Jul 21, 2011
The whale shark is a massive beast, the largest fish in the sea, that can grow to up to 40 feet -- more if you believe some legends. Amazingly, they
are docile creatures who pose no danger to divers, unless of course they get in the way of their mouths while they are feeding. That's what almost
happened to one diver off Mexico, and there are pictures to prove it.
According to the Daily Mail, photographer Mauricio Handler was taking photos of one shark while it fed on plankton, and captured a moment when a diver
got a bit too close and almost got sucked into its giant mouth.
"On our last day I was taking a photograph of a whale and it ended up swimming at my photographer friend," Handler said ."They don't have very good
eyesight but the diver managed to get out of the way. If he had have been sucked into the massive mouth the shark would have just spat him out."
Photo courtesy Mauricio Handler and www.handlerphoto.com
more photos: source: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/whale-shark-swim-1311371866-sli...
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Just saw this too interesting imagine that! GULP~lol! Hes a big one!
READY SET.....................
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From the shape of its' mouth, I thought the whale shark would be a bottom-feeder and harmless to man. I guess not. 
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Ken Bondy
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Ken they are surface filter feeders, krill, small fish, plankton. Their diet is similar to manta and mobula rays. They could probably hurt you
accidentally with their tail if you were precisely in the wrong place at the wrong time, but other than that they are harmless to man.
carpe diem!
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Isla Mujeres is a great place to hang for a week. Spent time there before heading to Cuba. Definitely recommend it vs Cancun.
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It's not the tail I'd be worried about. What if you "accidentally" got swallowed up by that big mouth.. .. You'd look awfully funny coming out the other end a few days later..... ..
Don\'t mess with the old dog...... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery! Brilliance only comes with age and
experience.....  ....  ....
Are you getting the most out of life OR is life getting the most out of you ??
Twenty years from now you\'ll be more disappointed by the things you didn\'t do then the things you did.
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There is a little bit of wide angle lens distortion in that picture.
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depth perception, for those who lack it....
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The world was introduced to diving with the whale shark by Dr. Hans Hass in his 1948 movie "Under the Red Sea." In this movie he swam along the back
of the shark completing his dive by looking eye to eye, then swimming around to the area of the shark's mouth.
Still photographs of this event may also be seen in in his book "Men and Sharks."
So swimming with whale sharks is a very old activity but has has a resurgence with the advent of the modern late model tube sucking bubble blowers
serching for diving adventure......SDM
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Is that Johah?
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Nine!
Herr Doctor Professor Hans Hass
He did every thing better and ten years before the God of Underwater J Y Cousteau...
sdm
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Graphic?
Hmmmm, yeah, graphic, but not scary graphic
That is one awesome set of pix.
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What an amazing dive!
No worries
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Ken they are surface filter feeders, krill, small fish, plankton. Their diet is similar to manta and mobula rays. They could probably hurt you
accidentally with their tail if you were precisely in the wrong place at the wrong time, but other than that they are harmless to man.
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Ken,
Does this picture seem a little fishy? The lit says these creatures grow to be 40 feet long. If the man is 6' tall then the whale should be just over
6 lengths of the man. Yet the image shows a creature that is like 15 times the size of the man.
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Here is the original article
Open Wide: The diver who nearly got swallowed
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HOLY MOLY!!
WHAT A GREAT POST/SHOT!! TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN!!
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Great photo, Ken.
Udo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
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The size differences have been magnified by the photographer using perspective.
The diver is on the right side of fish about half way down it's body length. The photographer is on the left side of fish and in front of it. In a 2
dimensional image the diver appears to be in front of it's mouth because depth perception is lost. Since the diver is behind the head of fish he looks
smaller than he really is and the fish looks larger than it is.
This is further made evident because the diver's camera is pointed at fish at a right angle to his body. Basically it's a picture of a diver taking a
picture of the shark.
That's how it looks to me.
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The color change midway through the body plus the white spots not matching gives me the feeling that the pic was created with photoshop...cool pic
anyway. Never knew their mouths opened that wide.
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