Sharks in the water??? It can't be..can it?

[petegz28]

A professional diver working in the harbour at the French Riviera port of Saint-Tropez saw a large shark swim by him three times over the weekend, local newspaper Var-Matin reported on Monday


Nicolas Faucon told the newspaper he was underwater untangling the anchor chains of boats moored at Saint-Tropez, a glitzy Mediterranean holiday spot, when a two-metre-long (6 foot) shark glided past him at arm's length.


"A shark passed by 50cm (20 inches) from me. I am 100 per cent sure of it," Faucon told the paper, as tens of thousands of French holidaymakers descended upon Riviera beaches for the start of the annual August vacation.


"It didn't seem aggressive. It looked at me, and then changed direction," Faucon said.


Riviera holidaymakers include President Nicolas Sarkozy and his pregnant wife Carla Bruni, who arrived on Monday in Cap Negre – an easy swim from Saint-Tropez for a shark.


Faucon made a swift exit, but said he saw the shark again when he went back underwater an hour later, and he spotted it again, further away, the following day.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...nt-Tropez.html

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by MIAdragon

He's French they can never be sure where or whom the next invasion will come from.

And how to carry a white flag under water.

[Radar Chief]

So I’ve got this dipshit brother in law that is a scuba instructor, don’t ask me the wisdom of taking scuba classes from him because you won’t get a positive answer. Anyway, he’s told me countless stories of messing with sharks. Why is he messing with sharks, you ask? I already said he’s a dipshit.
Regardless he had a good point when he told me that when a shark looks at you, you can tell he’s sizing you up and when he’s looking at, say, a 6 foot 200 pound guy in a wet suit you’re actually not much if any smaller than it is so it’s thinking, “Am I sure I want to tangle with whatever the hell that is?” He doesn’t know we don’t have fangs and claws and sharp scales to protect ourselves, they don’t know we’re actually pink, squishy and made of the sweetest meat they’ve ever tasted.

[LOCOChief]

the mothership "Ocean" from National Geographics "Shark Men" has been anchored 5 mi from my house in the pass for the last month. They're checking out the big hammerheads that fead on the tarpon in the pass.

[LOCOChief]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Regardless he had a good point when he told me that when a shark looks at you, you can tell he’s sizing you up and when he’s looking at, say, a 6 foot 200 pound guy in a wet suit you’re actually not much if any smaller than it is so it’s thinking, “Am I sure I want to tangle with whatever the hell that is?” He doesn’t know we don’t have fangs and claws and sharp scales to protect ourselves, they don’t know we’re actually pink, squishy and made of the sweetest meat they’ve ever tasted.

Most sharks this is true, but if they can't see you well or it's a bull shark I wouldn't count it.