| Among the many scuba diving attractions
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| | inexperienced divers may be frightened to
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| in Little Bahama Bank of the Caribbean
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| | find themselves in such close proximity
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| Sea, scuba diving with sharks is one of
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| | with these fierce meat eating predators.
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| the favorite underwater activities for
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| | All novice and inexperienced scuba divers
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| scuba divers there.
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| | should therefore dive under the close
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| Bahamas' Bull Pit Shark Dive
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| | supervision of experienced divers so that
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| This is a classic shark diving
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| | they would not panic and do things that
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| destination and having been scuba dived
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| | may attract the sharks to think of them
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| so frequently for many years. It is
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| | as food.
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| because of this factor that the sharks
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| | Bahamas Shark Rodeo
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| there can now associate the sound of boat
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| | This famous shark rodeo in Little Bahama
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| engines with food. Hey, it is always
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| | Bank is a flat patch of sand the size of
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| lunch time whenever boats are
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| | a football field at Walker's Cay. Dive
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| approaching.
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| | boats will usually circle the site first,
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| These awesome sea predators will move
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| | gunning the boat's engines to attract the
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| very quickly into the area once they
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| | sharks.
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| sense that the dive boats are coming.
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| | Upon entering the water, scuba divers
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| Since this strange and unnatural shark
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| | will settle on the sandy seabed in sight
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| behavior that is being cultivated by
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| | of a 'chumsicle' which is a large frozen
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| human activities is not a natural
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| | mass of fish contained in a porous
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| characteristic of sharks hunting for food
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| | cylinder. The good thing about this shark
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| has been criticized by marine
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| | feeding system is that it avoids pieces
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| conservationists.
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| | of fish remains floating near watching
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| The Bull Pit is made up of a series of
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| | scuba divers so as to prevent shark
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| low lying reefs and canyons that create a
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| | attacking scuba divers by accident.
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| maze of interesting channels and gullies
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| | The feeding sharks, often more than a
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| for scuba divers to explore. One favorite
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| | hundred of them from several shark
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| method of shark watching by scuba divers
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| | species will suddenly zoom in to the
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| is to wait in one of these gullies and
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| | chumsicle in a feeding frenzy. This is
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| wait for the sharks to come near. The
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| | when the show begins. Divers are warned
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| sharks of course are aware that the scuba
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| | to keep very still when some of the
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| divers are around and will sometimes swim
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| | sharks may glide over to check out who is
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| up close to inspect the intruders and to
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| | eyeing their meals or worse, eating the
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| check for food handouts.
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| | scuba divers as their meal.
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| Although The Bull Pit dive site is
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| | So if you plan for a scuba diving trip to
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| considered a safe diving location,
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| | the Bahamas, do dive with the sharks.
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