| We look to the stars at night and try to understand our | | | | turtle was clearly distressed by the unwanted attention |
| universe, but we forget that our earth is seven tenths | | | | of some irresponsible divers. By distressing the turtle in |
| water and this undersea alien environment we have | | | | this way it was giving a clear signal through the water |
| hardly scratched the surface. I have spent many | | | | of being distressed. |
| weekends and holidays travelling and diving around | | | | A tiger shark had picked up these signals and had |
| some of the wonderful locations around the world. | | | | starting to home in on this turtle and the divers where |
| Some of the places that I have dived are so rich with | | | | suddenly confronted by a reasonably sized Tiger |
| diverse life and stunning creatures unique to their | | | | shark that attacked the turtle and bit a large amount of |
| environment. On a recent trip to Egypt's Sharm El | | | | it. |
| Sheikh where there is some of the best diving in the | | | | The divers all panicked and managed to get pulled out |
| world to be done. I had a small amount of trouble being | | | | of the water but they had caused a sea creature to |
| mistaken as a terrorist but managed with the aid of | | | | perish by stupidity. The rest of the diving trips did not |
| the British Consulate to overcome this problem. | | | | produce any close encounters with sharks. When |
| I had come to Dive Ras Mohamed which has National | | | | diving off towards the reef shelf you can sometime |
| Park status here we did a number of Drift Dives and | | | | see larger sharks white tips and others. |
| had a bit of a Scare around Jackson Reef with there | | | | Other interesting spots to dive in the Red Sea area |
| are known to be Tiger Sharks in the area. | | | | are the Thistlegorm a vessel that was sunk by a |
| Tiger Sharks are known for being the second most | | | | dive-bomber and has now become one of the most |
| dangerous of the shark species to man. They tend to | | | | famous wrecks in diving. This is due to the cargo that |
| have the desire to eat anything and having read about | | | | is still viewable in the holds. |
| some of the stomach contents of Tiger Sharks | | | | Also it was carrying two steam locomotives I |
| caught that have included diverse items such as | | | | managed to spend sometime looking at one of the |
| number plates and body parts. | | | | locomotives that had landed upright on the sea bed |
| The Tiger shark is named for the stripes than can be | | | | absolutely a must to see if you on a dive holiday. |
| seen along the side of the streamline body. They have | | | | Also fun is to see another wreck, which had a large |
| an incredible amount of sophisticated senses located | | | | amount of Plumbing, and bathroom equipment on |
| along their Ampullae of Lorenzini which has the ability | | | | board it is an odd site seeing a bath on the sea floor. |
| of detecting small amounts of electricity that are given | | | | As a professional diver it's always good to use the |
| off by potential dinner whether this is a turtle in distress | | | | best available dive boats and crews. I have found that |
| there normal source of food or the more unusual | | | | the red sea diving college to be the best available in |
| signals given off by a diver. | | | | the area. |
| During a period a lot of Dive boats where grouped | | | | So if you are considering a diving excursion in the red |
| together an unfortunate incident occurred a number of | | | | Sea go and see them and explore some of the best |
| divers where trying to play with a large sea turtle. The | | | | reefs and wrecks available in the world. |