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Inside the cage during a great white shark incident (not an "attack") in Guadalupe
- Published_at:2016-10-18
- Category:Pets & Animals
- Channel:Katie Yonker
- tags: guadalupe great white shark great white great white shark incident attack trashing thrash inside cage rescue survive guadalupe island survival dive diving cage diving october 2016 october 2016 nautilus nautilus explorer boat dive boat dive operation breach chum wrangle wrangling submersible submersible cage
- description: To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@storyful.com. This is a video of a great white shark incident that happened at Guadalupe which I wrote about in more detail here: http://www.bluewaterdivetravel.com/guadalupe-2016-trip-report To see video footage of the incident in the minutes before I turned on my GoPro, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmqchw_qgCM Or here: https://youtu.be/vZo9Xr-bykw Those videos were shot from the perspective of the other submersible cage. This video was shot in September 2016 while I was on a submersible cage dive with 2 others and a divemaster. I was in the bottom part of the cage when a great white shark swam between the bars of the top part of our cage and began to thrash. After about a minute of thrashing, I turned on my GoPro, which is when this video begins. I was able to capture the last few seconds before the cage got to the surface, Air Demon aka Big Mama swimming within feet of our cage, and my exit out of the cage and to the boat, which required navigating around a 12 - 15 foot great white. I'm aware this video will receive many angry comments about shark cage dives and chumming. Many of you think baiting is wrong and this isn't fair to the sharks. Guess what? In some respects, I agree with you. Allowing people to experience these majestic animals raises awareness that these are calm and curious animals enticed by the scent of tuna, not humans, and has influenced advocacy efforts worldwide. With a set of jaws selling for thousands on the black market, the sharks are also at risk of poaching, which is greatly deterred by the presence of the shark dive boats. In going on a trip like this, we all must accept that there is an element of risk to ourselves. But incidents like the one in my video are unacceptable...for the sharks. As a group of ocean-loving environmentalists, we should not allow this to happen. Whether it's a redesign of the cages, prohibiting "chum bags" in the submersible cages, or ending wrangling, it's time to start a serious conversion about what can be done to better protect the sharks, the divers, and the future of Guadalupe operations.
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