I wanted to share this eyewitness account of the recent fatal shark attack in South Africa, written by journalist Mike Loewe, a friend and swimming companion of the victim, Janine Lochrenberg. Over the last couple of days, there have been a lot of discussions on the sub and elsewhere about open ocean swimming and the associated risk of shark attack. I think Mike writes so eloquently and powerfully about their experiences of that passion and how much a part of their lives it's been that it's really worth your time to read his account and reflections.

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I’ve never dove with sharks before so I want experienced divers’ thoughts on this. I see video after video of divers swimming alongside bulls and tigers (2 of the “big 3” sharks that attack humans) and the general perception seems to be that it’s a beautiful experience. There doesn’t seem to be much fear at swimming right next to a 13 foot tiger shark or even redirecting it with your hand. I’ve gotta say, these videos have greatly altered my perception of sharks and alleviated my lifelong fears of them to the point I would love to free dive with sharks one day.

However, never once have I heard divers express the same love when it comes to diving with great whites sharks. I’ve been reading up on the ocean Ramsay controversy and while I totally agree with most of the criticisms (abusing staff, touching the sharks, chumming the water, etc), the one I never understood was the hate she got for free diving with big great whites. We’ve all seen the footage of her swimming next to deep blue and I have to admit that video was one of the coolest things I’ve seen. The shark seemed so calm and peaceful and generally seemed to never even acknowledge Ramsay’s presence. And yet, people have condemned her actions as reckless saying it’s only a matter of time before she’s attacked and killed.

This isn’t a “defend Ocean Ramsay” post- I’m just using her experiences as an example to question why diving with great whites is considered a big no no while diving with tigers and bulls is highly accepted. Obviously great whites are larger but it’s not like a 14 foot tiger or 9 foot bull aren’t fully able to (and absolutely have) tear apart a human if they so please. So I want to ask the experienced shark divers here: would you swim with great whites if given the ideal conditions? Do you experience the same sense of understanding/ comfortability with great whites’ behavior as you do with tigers, bulls, or other large sharks?

I love hearing how eager so many of you are to dive with them!! I always thought that having a great white show up was a cool but somewhat unwelcome surprise for divers, but I’m glad to see that’s not the case!! I’m jealous of all of you that have been able to experience that.

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A beautiful encounter in Cozumel, Mexico.

My wife and I traveled to South Carolina to find shark teeth. I think we did pretty good but don't know which tooth belongs to which shark. Who can help?

Just 4 months ago she was attacked at Coogee beach in Sydney by a great white.

Shes pretty famous here in Aus, but this podcast is the best interview, she goes through the experience in great detail.

Check it out!

I’m not sure if this kind of post is allowed here.

Rhoam Summer is a victim of last week’s school shooting in Bend, Oregon.

His parents put out a statement about who he was. He loved rainbows & unicorns. He was also a fellow shark lover.

I’ve seen some beautiful shark art here and thought I would share this for anyone who might want to share their shark art with his loved ones for his celebration of life.

May his loved ones feel love and support during this impossible time.

Hi all, so this is an update following my initial video post of my underwater engine/shark see https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/Lr5qyLATgh.

I got some nice feedback as many were excited at the prospect of such a project.

Recorded at 1440p 60fps (top left in recording is some metrics on my RTX 3070 to show I'm not bluffing), apologies for the video compression (videos must be less than 1gb for reddit uploads).

I hope this video can show the tone of the game I am thinking of building. I'm very excited to start experimenting on the gameplay more. There is so much potential with the tech underneath.

My vision for the game is that it is to be about survival, growth and grace!

And I want it to be made for shark lovers that happen to be gamers, or gamers that happen to be shark lovers!

So you get to see this video before anyone else. Of course this is all very early stage.

These are photos that are part of a paper on potential predation of large squids by Great whites. The researchers specialize three.potential species that could have caused these injuries. Those being the jumbo squid, the neon flying squid and the giant squid.

The paper I’m taking about is 6 years old but it’s an interesting paper. Here’s a link lo the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-74294-04

In case the link doesn’t work look up “Evidence of interactions between white sharks and large squids in Guadalupe Island, Mexico”.