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