| Anyone who is considering going scuba diving in the | | | | understanding of how to treat sharks, which will be |
| deep seas should be prepared for encounters with | | | | advantageous for you, if you have to deal with one |
| sharks. They have ruled the oceans for millions of | | | | in the open ocean. |
| years and have adapted to the environment over | | | | These shark dives in the tanks teach you that these |
| the ages. | | | | huge creatures of the sea can and will get very close |
| While going through your diver training, you should be | | | | to you. You should not panic but gradually back away |
| taught how to deal with sea creatures and how to | | | | from it and give it space. This sort of training is |
| experience the wonders of the oceans without | | | | essential to developing diver awareness. |
| causing any harm to them. There are various places | | | | A group of people who took part in one such shark |
| around the world, and specifically in Europe, which has | | | | dive in an aquarium had a few encounters with |
| large aquariums where there are tanks where you | | | | sharks both during the day and night. They saw |
| can participate in encounters with sharks. | | | | white tip reef sharks and blue sharks. This dive gave |
| Nurse sharks and Sand tiger sharks are the kinds, | | | | the group a great understanding of how to handle |
| which are usually kept at these aquariums. The Sand | | | | themselves in such encounters, and learned to move |
| tiger sharks are night feeders, so that they seem to | | | | away and act calmly. Since they had experience of a |
| be swimming around and not feeding when people | | | | shark encounter, an actual dive in the open sea was |
| see them in aquariums during the day. They look | | | | easier for them to handle. |
| quite hostile and have a lot of sharp teeth, which | | | | Aquarium shark dives will teach you how to be |
| stick out. Nurse sharks are the type, which mostly | | | | composed and unperturbed when you meet them. If |
| rest at the bottom and are immobile, unless they get | | | | you panic, then your nervousness will convey itself to |
| a choice piece of squid handed to them, which they | | | | the sharks. Being able to keep yourself calm is one of |
| take and eat. | | | | the major ways in which you can feel a lot safer |
| If you want to be a diver, it is of prime importance | | | | when diving in areas where there are many large |
| that you are trained in what you should do in case | | | | sharks. |
| you have an encounter with a shark by going to | | | | Instead of letting your fear of sharks stand in the |
| these shark tanks. It will help you deal with the | | | | way of your exploring the deep, taking part in an |
| situation when you dive in seas and oceans. You | | | | aquarium dive will take the fear out of you and leave |
| have to build up a calm attitude and a reasonable | | | | you free to enjoy yourself. |