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