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No
other creature of the oceans is dividing opinions in two than these
archaic animals. Most of us are eager to see them, others fear it.
We
are always eager
to see them on our dives, our goal is to ensure protection in the
waters of Eritrea, where shark-finning is still a big problem.IN
our experience, especially reef sharks are more shy than curious,
scared away easily by the regulator's bubbles.Nurse sharks want
to sleep undisturbed on the ground during the day and hammerheads
and tiger sharks only have an astonished curiosity about the alien
bubblemakers, not interestend in coming too close.
So
we invite you to join us watching these wonderful, archaic, elegant,
fascinating animals, playing such an important role in the marine
ecosystem. Pictures by Eritreadivers and Jorgen from Denmark(Thanks!)
An
approximately 3m-length tiger shark strives through the plancton-rich
waters during coral growth season. What a rare, happy and exciting
moment for a diver!
Whitetip reef
shark are mostly seem at the reef, swimming slowly or sleeping underneath
a table coral or rock. Most of the time, you only see them for a
few seconds, if you are not very careful and make slow movements.
Nurse
sharks are seen at wrecks, underneath stones and coral heads, sleeping
during the day. At night, you can see them moving and looking for
food.Let them sleep, move slowly, keep distance and respect as a
guest in its habitat.
An encounter
with a single hammerhead shark is rare.Its a bit oddish that we
never saw any school of hammerheads, only single animals.
Best chances are at divespots that are surrounded by deeper waters.
The waters of
Eritrea host about 25 differnet kinds of sharks, lets see what we
will see in 2004!
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