Yesterday, two scuba diving researchers were collecting cuttlefish eggs in the water near Shark Kills Scuba Diver
Yesterday, two scuba diving researchers were collecting cuttlefish eggs in the water near Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. I've been telling people there are no reported attacks (rather, deaths) on non-spearfishing scuba divers. I guess this is where the story changes.
Posted at 11:55AM on Aug 24th 2005 by Eric Brodeur
3. I'd say so.
Perhaps there are chemicals or other things released by the eggs as they're being handled. Sea urchins spew out their reproductive cells when they know death is emminent.
Could be the sharks can sense it like hearing a dinner bell.
Posted at 11:59AM on Aug 24th 2005 by Eric Brodeur
5. Thankfully, the family of the missing diver are requesting that people don't go out ignorantly hunting for the shark.
Check out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050825/sc_nm/australia_shark_dc
Posted at 10:19AM on Aug 26th 2005 by Drew
1. Great point, Eric: it rarely happens that recreational divers get attacked. However, these particular divers were harvesting eggs, so the shark may have been "fueled" by that. Maybe we count this as a "quasi-provoked" attack?
Posted at 11:54AM on Aug 24th 2005 by Willy Volk