Just when u thought it was safe to go in the water!

Ok, so most of u know that I am a shopaholic, a typical girly girl who loves all things cute and kawaii, butterflies, cupcakes, rainbows, hello kitty, just a few of my favourite things right.....well there is another favourite thing of mine that not many people know about......my love of sharks....in particular the great White Shark.....I know right.....how can anyone love sharks.....well since as far back as I remember I always have....sharks have always just fascinated me......from as far back as I can remember to now I have watched almost every documentary ever made and every book I could get my hands on, and at age 11 I was also finally allowed to watch JAWS:):):)...At age 14 I watched a particular documentary made by Al Giddings filmed here in Australia, he was one of the first people to dive outside of a cage with a Great White just himself and a broomstick (for protection) and a cage nearby, he proved that by watching a shark who is watching u, u take away the element of surprise and therefore the element they most need to ambush u and well bite u:):):)what intrigued me most by this experiment was the fact that he got in the water with one shark but in the space of a few minutes 2 more great whites show up so by this time he gets back in the cage, but he deemed the experiment a success because hey he didn't get attacked....well to a 14 yr old self wannabe shark expert the fact that 2 other Great Whites showed up raised many more questions for me,so much so that I wrote my theory to Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida (they hold the shark attack file for the entire world), the professor was really sweet and I guess humoured me but he wrote me back and said that yes that was an intriguing theory:):):).....to me it was like that first Shark watching Al was like hey Bob! hey George! come get a look at this guy???? and I must say it has since been proven that Great Whites often hunt in nearby groups, and will call each other over to check stuff out....so there u go:):):):) I just wanted to share this with u well because I'm bored hehehehe and also to state to the world that sharks and especially the Great White will always be my favourite animal of all time....simply because they r mysetrious, powerful, emote intrigue and fear and fascination in all of us whether we like them or not.....even today a shark attack will make front page news for those very reasons.....oh and if u r wondering...yes I did want to be a marine biologist for many many years....but I was really really crap at science:P....and well other dreams like being a writer took over too:):):) so there u go....I love Great Whites and u should too:):):)
isn't he cute:):)

In my 20 something years of research on Great Whites here is some tips and facts:):)
*Do not swim or surf at dawn or dusk
*Do not swim or surf on rainy and especially rainy and muggy days, the water is more murky and it also churns the sea which sharks just love
*Do not swim or surf near rocks or where the sea meets a canal/river or where it dips suddenly
*Do not wear bright colours or shiny jewellery this will attract sharks...they like a bit of bling just like me hehehehe
*Do not splash wildly or have irregular strokes this will attract sharks: true story a guy once got attacked in the States....about a minute after re-creating a scene from Jaws
*Do not go anywhere near seals if u see a seal u may as well hear the theme from jaws too
*Dolphins in the water does not always indicate it's safe to swim they can leave a lot faster than u if a shark suddenly appears

Shark Attacks:
Ok there are many theorys on shark attacks.....through the 90's and early 00's it was commonly said by experts that when a person was attacked especially if they were a surfer it was usually a case of mistaken identity the shark thought he was attacking a seal because surfers look a lot like seals from the surface and therefore sharks r more likely to attack u and for swimmers they r usually attracted to the sound of your splashing/swimming or they r just curious and come across u and bite u as an experiment....for many years I pretty much agreed with these theories but the last few years and with new research proving other theory's this is what I believe now!

Shark Attacks:
Sharks attack people for many reasons, it has since become a proven fact that Great Whites have many personality's some are even shy, others r very curious and others r just plain agressive and probably want to attack and dare I say it kill u.....most sharks though will attack u just because of their curiosity not neccessarily mistaken identity as perviously thought....they see u or more to the point hear u and wonder what u r so they check u out, they watch u, they may bump u and eventually they bite u, they usually swim away after just one bite(and sadly one bite can be all it takes) but on rare occassions or if the Great White or any other of the 300 odd species of shark (btw only 10 r considered man eaters)r aggressive they will attack u to kill u....but the chance of that happening is like so many million to one....99% of bites r just the one off test bites....so that is why some people get taken by a shark and others live to tell the tale. They r big animals that r curious it's as simple as that, and the only way they can test their curiosity is by biting u.

This concludes the end of today's lesson:):) as always thanks for reading:):):)