A reason I'd be afraid to go scuba diving...
 

Well boys and girls...it's not just sharks you've got to worry about anymore....

http://media.skoopy.com/vids/vid_00733.wmv

Sweet. I've seen that before. Just don't scuba in the Pacific NW then and go to the Tropics. :lol:

I think Himself wants one of those. :lol:

Yikes. :eek: .One Shark/week! That be one hungry Octopus!

Speaking of scuba-diving risk....even snorkeling has made me wonder, sometimes. What if ya stepped on, or put your hand on a Stonefish or something?
That would not be good.:sad:

Cheers,

Yikes :eek: I wonder how they moved the octopus into the shark tank in the first place :eek:

I was looking for Octopus last week end at about 90 feet I found some dens but alas now luck.
SCUBA is the best and there is only 3 type of sharks in our waters. Now I know if I see one to try and find an Octopus to save me :)

That is why there is a special aquatic shoe that you can wear so you don't have worry about stepping on something while having fun in the water..:biggrin:

Its an old video but still cool :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I am pretty sure there is many more than that. Or are you talking about down in southern B.C. Here is some off the top of my head. Sixgill Shark, Sevengill Shark, Great White Shark, Basking Shark, Salmon Shark, Blue Shark (my personal favorite) and finaly the Spiny Dogfish. I have seen all of these first hand exept for the Great White and the Basking shark. Dont worry about these guys attacking you though. Six and Seven gill live in deep cold water, eat fish and are scavengers. Great Whites only live on the west coast and you rarely see them. Basking sharks are filter feeders and live on the west coast. I have caught Salmon sharks and they are pretty small (4 feet) and live in cold water on the west coast of the island. Blue sharks are oceanic and live on the west coast. Dogfish well they cant do much more than look at you funny. Thats just to name a few. Sorry if I insulted you Jason McK :confused: . Also where do you go diving?

Matt

Mmmmmmmm. Good eating :biggrin:

Poor shark! :cry:

That's crazy :exclaim:

I couldnt download the thread of the octopus eating the shark.But I recently moved back to Edmonton from Nova Scotia and I used to swim and surf there in the ocean with my kids.And the last summer they cought a 1200lb Mako shark....well that tore me out of the water prettty quick.Needless to say I was taking the kids to the pool the rest of last summer and no more ocean swimming.Its too close man.The size of this thing was unbelievable.It made me think twice.I didnt feel like loosing my kids or myself to a shark.We would always see little 3-4 ft sharks swimming by our feet but they were just baby ones and they wouldnt hurt you anyways.Buut unusual things do happen in this world dont they.

George

http://www.newenglandsharks.com/makoNSSharkcrew.jpg
This mako weighed in at 492 kilograms, 1,082 pounds
It was taken during the Yarmouth Nova Scotia Shark Scramble during August 2004.
From left to right .
On the left, Capt. Bernard Tedford in the red hat; next, Jamie Doucette ( the angler) Then Terry Bullerwell and Donovan Cunningham.

Matt,

Thanks for the pic, I was there last summer when that bad boy was cought.We were actually donw on the beach.And I seen all the comotion and when I went down to the dock to see and YIKES......Truly a enormous critter isnt it. Yeh I made sure we stayed out of the water after that.I have some pics at home once I go back home I will send you a couple pics of me with the shark....

George