I just heard a report on the evening news that at least 14 swimmers in San Fransico have been nipped/bitten by a sea lion or seal.
Any of you in that category?
Lainey
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Here is the deal: when you are scuba diving or snorkeling, one of the creatures you WANT to see is a shark, then maybe a giant sting ray, and so forth. I was once in the Galapagos, doing some snorkeling (as part of the whole package) and out of nowhere appeared some sharks, about two to three feet long. I called out to the guide, and weirdly, I could only remember the word in spanish (Tíburon), which isn't my second or third language. But the guy was from Ecuador and understood and said it was okay. Then some seals appeared. I was more scared of the seals than of the sharks. I swam above the sharks but when I dove they would quickly move. However there is a beach on northeastern Brazil, where there have been plenty of shark attacks on surfers, with more deaths in this century than the whole past recorded deaths in the last centuries. I will be swimming in the ocean come January, but at a place where you need to look real close to see a six inch fish. Isn't the water in San Francisco cold? I didn't know you were allowed to swim there, unless you were fleeing Alcatraz. Whatever, billy fanstone (no wet suits here)
Here is the deal: when you are scuba diving or snorkeling, one of the creatures you WANT to see is a shark, then maybe a giant sting ray, and so forth. I was once in the Galapagos, doing some snorkeling (as part of the whole package) and out of nowhere appeared some sharks, about two to three feet long. I called out to the guide, and weirdly, I could only remember the word in spanish (Tíburon), which isn't my second or third language. But the guy was from Ecuador and understood and said it was okay. Then some seals appeared. I was more scared of the seals than of the sharks. I swam above the sharks but when I dove they would quickly move. However there is a beach on northeastern Brazil, where there have been plenty of shark attacks on surfers, with more deaths in this century than the whole past recorded deaths in the last centuries. I will be swimming in the ocean come January, but at a place where you need to look real close to see a six inch fish. Isn't the water in San Francisco cold? I didn't know you were allowed to swim there, unless you were fleeing Alcatraz. Whatever, billy fanstone (no wet suits here)
