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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to LOVE snorkeling and going to the beach. All my vacations were planned around snorkeling, and I did cool stuff like snorkeling through old pirate ships and with safe shark species.

10 years ago while snorkeling, a massive bull shark stalked me all the way as I swam back to the boat. It was literally just a few feet behind me, and i[b]t took all my willpower not to panic and start swimming [/b]as fast as I could because rapid movements trigger them to attack.

Haven’t been in the ocean or even at a beach since. Nope. I don’t need to go anywhere with animals that want to eat me. [/quote]

Good job keeping your cool. Bulls are aggressive and have poor eyesight so rapid movement would have been a trigger for sure. I've gotten much more careful on the Cape as the whites have come back in force. No murky water for me.[/quote]

Seriously, OP.  I am seriously impressed. I did not know this about rapid swimming and sharks. Where was this?  Did you just doggy paddle/float until the shark went away?[/quote]

This was in Belize. I actually went to school for marine biology and worked with animals for a long time, so I knew that fleeing usually triggers predator instincts. Instead you wanna act like you’re a bigger, badder animal than they are LOL. I just swam slowly to the boat.

I’ve since learned from watching a woman on social media who swims with sharks professionally, that you actually want to stop, turn towards them, look as big as possible, stare them right in the eye. Basically look like a predator yourself. Then if they come up to you, you can push them with your leg to the side. I don’t know if I’d be brave enough to try that, but it works well for her during attacks. [/quote]

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