Okay, I know I'm going to get alot of eye-rolls here, but I really need to know. Does swimmng in OW during your menstrual cycle make you shark bait?
I was talking to one of the lifeguards at the La Jolla Cove about last year's Solana Beach shark attack and he said this: "What the news didn't report was that there was an injured seal involved. That's why the shark came in and attacked in 15 feet of water. He was after the seal that was bleeding."
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And I heard that sharks can distuinguish fresh shed blood vs. menstrual blood I don't think anyone really knows but it makes some sense to me that since we are nto thier prey they would not be interested (at least for whites, some of the bull and nurse sharks in other parts of the world seem generlaly agressive to everyone all the time).
i don't think this is true. i've encountered nurse sharks several times and they seem mostly uninterested, although a 6 footer nearly head-butted my swim buddy while he was fumbling with his camera.
we also swam above an off-shore cobia cage that 3 10' bull sharks had taken up residence beneath. they swam out from below the cage, i guess to see what was going on, but always remained more than 50' below us. clare got spooked and exited the water, but willie and i continued swimming for about 30 minutes.
And I heard that sharks can distuinguish fresh shed blood vs. menstrual blood I don't think anyone really knows but it makes some sense to me that since we are nto thier prey they would not be interested (at least for whites, some of the bull and nurse sharks in other parts of the world seem generlaly agressive to everyone all the time).
i don't think this is true. i've encountered nurse sharks several times and they seem mostly uninterested, although a 6 footer nearly head-butted my swim buddy while he was fumbling with his camera.
we also swam above an off-shore cobia cage that 3 10' bull sharks had taken up residence beneath. they swam out from below the cage, i guess to see what was going on, but always remained more than 50' below us. clare got spooked and exited the water, but willie and i continued swimming for about 30 minutes.
