Shark at Maho Bay
Shark at Maho Bay
John and I had the strangest experience with a shark at Maho today. When we arrived we noticed a large nurse shark cruising the shallows. When we went to snorkel it was long gone. However, when we went to exit the water on the opposite side of the beach post snorkel, it was back. The shark was between us and the beach but I was not worried because it was a nurse shark. It swam in between me and John and then started following me! It came in to about three feet of water before heading off. Just strange behavior for a nurse shark. It was very disconcerting to see this huge shark head following me, nurse shark or no! John and I agree that it was a 6-7 foot shark. When we went back in the water later we found other, smaller nurse sharks out at the point and they were not at all interested in us which is what I am used to. We did not do anything to provoke it either.
It's like looking in your soup and finding a whole different alphabet.
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Yikes! I love seeing the underwater critters, but that would freak me out!
Friends, they go away then they re-appear...I believe there is Magic here.
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it was in really shallow water. I did not take any photos, I was swimming away, but John got two...bad photos,I don't feel like photoshopping but here they are. The head. Note the sharksuckers:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/5426274195/" title="giant nurse shark head by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/542 ... 399de2.jpg" width="500" height="397" alt="giant nurse shark head"></a>
the body:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/5426878738/" title="giant nurse shark by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/542 ... 15db8a.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="giant nurse shark"></a>
it was just a nurse shark, but I still wanted to get out of its way.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/5426274195/" title="giant nurse shark head by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/542 ... 399de2.jpg" width="500" height="397" alt="giant nurse shark head"></a>
the body:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/5426878738/" title="giant nurse shark by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/542 ... 15db8a.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="giant nurse shark"></a>
it was just a nurse shark, but I still wanted to get out of its way.
It's like looking in your soup and finding a whole different alphabet.
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Wow, that's big, and Maho, my favorite, I would have passed out for sure....I had thought it was always wise to assume that even a nurse shark, while extremely unlikely, could turn on a person, so good to keep a distance....does anyone know if this is true about nurse sharks or are they 100% docile?
WOW, and HOLY MOLY!!!
I would have loved to have seen that sort of creature.
Not really sure if it would freak me out, or not, to witness that...guess you don't know 'til it happens...?
Hope you're enjoying your last minute adventure, thanks for the photos!
Looks like your winter getaway is as exciting as it is relaxing...
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MJ
I would have loved to have seen that sort of creature.
Not really sure if it would freak me out, or not, to witness that...guess you don't know 'til it happens...?
Hope you're enjoying your last minute adventure, thanks for the photos!
Looks like your winter getaway is as exciting as it is relaxing...
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MJ
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