Anyone here hand hold a shark? (youtube video)

[dsaundry]

DelphinusQuote:
Originally Posted by dsaundry [IMG]http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/images/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG] 
Not sure if everybody realizes thats a woman in the video.
 
I did, it's just that apparently nobody listens to me. :lol: What else is new. :lol: 
 
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Originally Posted by Delphinus [IMG]http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/images/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG] 
It's a girl BTW!!!
 
Cristina Zenato - more info can be found on her page here: http://www.cristinazenato.com/CZ.html

I saw that you did, didn't know if anybody else did. She knows her stuff and is really trying to change the image that sharks have. Plain truth is our society kills more sharks in a year than sharks have killed in 100. Pretty pathetic and sad. Magnificent fish!

[DiverDude]

Not to detract from the video itself (beautiful camera work) but this is actually a well documented phenomenon called tonic immobility:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_death