Saturday, March 31, 2007

Majesty in Motion

David White was kind enough to provide the link to his video of the Tiger sharks at Tiger Beach.

To watch the video click here.

The cinematography is absolutely stunning and it is in HD. At the very end you will see a Wolf swimming with the Tigers.

Enjoy

Friday, March 30, 2007

Playing with Whites

Amazing video of a free diver interacting with white sharks. Notice his body languages when the sharks approach a bit more aggressively. I think this is Mike Rutzen.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Hooked on Tigers

Tiger Beach (Bahamas)
Photo: Wolfgang Leander
Click on image to enlarge


I free-dived 52 years ago for the first time in my life in southern France, and to this day I can still fully relive the overwhelming sensation of being able to enter into another world, Cousteau's silent blue world, and weightlessly swim in it....


Free-diving with tiger sharks for the first time in my life, only two weeks ago in the Bahamas, left me as breathless as back then, in 1955...


To swim with tigers spoiled me completely - all other sharks I have seen and swam with, even large ones, pale in comparison.

No other sharks have a stronger expression of character than tiger sharks: The square head, the blunt front, the comparatively large mouth, often tightly shut - and those inquisitive, intelligently looking black eyes...

I have not dived with sharks more gentle than the tigers of the undersea world.

I feel reborn as I am hooked on tiger sharks, never to be released again from the spell of an animal that is almost as old as God himself...




Depressing Article

Fox news report on new shark study:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,262486,00.html

We are on the right track huh???

Seal Petition



Seems like us humans cannot get enough of killing animals for ridiculous fetishes. I guess I should not talk too much - I am not a vegetarian. Regardless, please sign this petition to stop the killing of baby seal in Canada.

SIGN PETITION

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Wolf and Tiger make a cute couple


The Tiger (one of the smaller ones) was getting acquainted with my dad. Seems like a gentle giant. Thanks to Mark Tarczynski for sending in this picture.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Little Surfer Dude

In Juptier, FL a 5th grader was bitten in the foot / calf area three times. Seems like he stepped on the shark by mistake. All his toes and calf are still intact and he seems to have taken all this lightly...says it's kinda cool to have the scar and that he will be back in the water shortly. Good attitude.

Read article here