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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
Great shots Ken..#5 above is the one that has me freaking...obviously a quick turn has just been made, and the shark looks peeED OFF..I hope to only
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Looks like he's going after the bait/chum in the water, and means business.
Anyone else notice the quantity of YT in pictures 4 and 5? Isla Guadalupe is known for BIG yellowtail.
[Edited on 9-21-2007 by Roberto]
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Paulina
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Amazing Ken, Thank you!
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[Edited on 21-9-2007 by Paulina]
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David K
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Ken, you just keep giving us these great images that so very few people have the opportunity to see!
Many, many thanks amigo!!! 
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Bob H
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Ken, just incredible. Love the colors. Wish the water was clearer though
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You have an amazing life, thanks for sharing some of it with us.
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Eli
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I see much to respect in these pictures, that being You, the Sharks and the Powers that be for creating the moment. Awesome, Frightingly beautiful to
say the least.
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Wingnut
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Amazing photos. Thanks for sharing. That's about as close as I want to come to those buggers.
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gringorio
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very cool!
hey Ken - thanks for posting these awesome photos - what a great adventure!
when are you going to publish an oversize color photo book of your photography?!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
I have seen the following image hundreds of times in my mind, and all of a sudden there it was for real, right in front of me:
Topside, taking the bait:
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I can't figure out if these dive trips are good or bad for us swimmmers and surfers. Doesn't this chumming-the-water-to-see-a-shark shark just teach
white sharks to associate humans with free lunch? I tend to think these ventures are the equivalent of teaching grizzly bears to visit campgrounds
for lunch.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
I have seen the following image hundreds of times in my mind, and all of a sudden there it was for real, right in front of me:
Topside, taking the bait:
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I can't figure out if these dive trips are good or bad for us swimmmers and surfers. Doesn't this chumming-the-water-to-see-a-shark shark just teach
white sharks to associate humans with free lunch? I tend to think these ventures are the equivalent of teaching grizzly bears to visit campgrounds
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Don't worry! You're fine. They don't like goat meat.
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number 2 looks like he's checking lunch or snack. Yikes!! Thanks for sharing, and for living the incredible life you do and having the ability to
share it in pictures! You da bomb!
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toneart
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Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun...........Gulp! Ken, what great photos!!! Your photos allow me to enjoy Great Whites vicariously. A great White is NOT
something I want to see while diving or swimming. Worse, I don't want one to see me. I'm not sure I would have the cajones to stand in that cage either.
Next time an Englishman calls me "chum", I'm going to run.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
Next time an Englishman calls me "chum", I'm going to run.
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The guys in the cage were so freaked out they had their own chum line going.
However, I don't think it attracted too many sharks. 
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I love those pictures, it is something that Mr Gypsy and I would love to do, and yes I would pee my pants!
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and u survived??????????? i would have died of a heart atack...yikes!!!
Live life as well as you can,
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learn from your mistakes,
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amir
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GREAT pictures, Ken Bondy.
Your favorite is my favorite, too; a CLASSIC!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
I can't figure out if these dive trips are good or bad for us swimmmers and surfers. Doesn't this chumming-the-water-to-see-a-shark shark just teach
white sharks to associate humans with free lunch? I tend to think these ventures are the equivalent of teaching grizzly bears to visit campgrounds
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mtgoat666
If it were not for "these dive trips" white sharks at Guadalupe would not exist. One fishing boat could wipe out the entire Guadalupe population
(roughly 50 known individuals) in about a week. It is because of "these dive trips" that they are protected.
Guadalupe is about 170 miles off the west coast of Baja California, about 280 miles south of the border. Where is it exactly that you were worried
about swimming and surfing?
++Ken++
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ursidae69
Thanks for the great pictures. Great whites also congregate at the Farallon Islands. A great read on these sharks is: The Devil's Teeth: A True
Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey. Just a recommendation to anyone into great whites. Again, great
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ursidae69
Thank you for the tip on the Casey book. I bought it on iTunes and just downloaded it to my IPod. It looks fascinating, I will listen to it on a
drive to San Diego tomorrow. I'm getting too lazy to read books anymore, it's too easy to listen to them  . Once again thanks for the recommendation. ++Ken++
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Wow! Thanks again for letting us 'ride along'. The first dive I ever did I was in about 12 feet of water in Florida Keys and I was at the back of
the group and saw a nurse shark. I had been told they were around and I knew they were harmless but..........I was very quickly out of air and back to
the boat.
mtgoat
My wife swims in the ocean on a regular basis and I worry about the artificial 'seal colony' that has been allowed to develop attracting great whites
to the area. She tells me not to worry as she swims much faster then most in her group.  It is still more dangerous getting to the beach then getting in the water. Have Fun!
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Great shots Ken!
I've been to the 'lupe on fishing trips and I have to tell you I once saw a shark down there that would make me have second thoughts about getting in
the water; even in a cage.
Those shark there are well fed, that's for sure.
A couple shots from a trip a few years ago....
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