Sharks and other wildlife

Hi Geeks 'm back home and since I had promised Barbara to show some pictures from "chipping" the Great White I would like to redeem my promise in the next few days. First, I have to sift and sort hundreds of photos but ....


here a first appetizer, more coming soon.

Teeth of a Great White Shark

Those are big teeth!

Cool photo Heinz. Cant wait to see what other you have.

can't get over the serrations on those teeth!

wow I'm glad someone has the balls to do work like this. I know i couldn't

woo hoo!!! Heinz is baaaacccccccckkkkkk! .......that shot is friggin' amazing Heinz! my what big teeth he has ........why were you able to get a shot like that if you were chipping? did this one cause particular problems? ....can not WAIT to see the rest!

Originally Posted by chris&barb

Cool photo Heinz. Cant wait to see what other you have.

Thanks Chris ..... i can tell you, I have A LOT cool photos like the above, but unfortunately I can't show all there are too many.

Originally Posted by high tide

can't get over the serrations on those teeth!

Hi Steve, one reason why the bite of a shark so fatal is. Another is the power of the shark bite. It is for adult forms (especially in adult males) as to see in the following picture, several tons.

Originally Posted by rgrking

wow I'm glad someone has the balls to do work like this. I know i couldn't

hahaha ... no balls are necessary, this time we had some women in our team but NOT as a safety diver. I had this job in two days. Fear is always there, so it is nothing with "balls" if you're in the same water with these gigantic Bite machines. The job aboard the boats is far less dangerous than he looks, but really dangerous is the job of the divers also not, but there remains a residual risk. You must have eyes also "behind AND below" you . As long as the sharks circle around you there is no danger, the Great White always attacked from below and with lots of speed so if they swim deep below you, then it CAN be dangerous. As I know accidents or attacks has so far never been (knock on wood).

The job as a safety diver, however, is both physically and mentally exhausting. You have to pay attention to so many things, whether the photographs are good or not is unimportant then.

I hope you like the following pictures although the one or other is not really sharp or a little too dark. You don't really thinking on that if a great white is just inches away from you, you press the shutter button in the hope it will be good.

so here we go ....

to show the difference in size to human vs. shark ... by the way this cuty is approximately 5.5 - 6 meters long and it is a male

In the above shown images the entire Proßess of chipping is visible.

Here are some more pictures from the Great White .....

So, that's it

Originally Posted by Barbara

woo hoo!!! Heinz is baaaacccccccckkkkkk! .......that shot is friggin' amazing Heinz! my what big teeth he has ........why were you able to get a shot like that if you were chipping? did this one cause particular problems? ....can not WAIT to see the rest!

YEPP

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ABOVE LoL


maybe you want to see some more Pics from the trip ? Maybe OTHER wildlife ?

OH....MY....GOD!!!! .......those pictures are AWESOME Heinz! Thank you so VERY much for sharing them here with us ..... this is absolutely incredible! What an amazing adventure...I can not even imagine being that close to one of those great white beauties let alone being in the water with them ...so was the hose in the shark to keep water running in him? why were the sharks "captured" in that contraption? were you collecting samples from them other than chipping them? were you in any of those pics?

Originally Posted by Barbara

OH....MY....GOD!!!! .......those pictures are AWESOME Heinz! Thank you so VERY much for sharing them here with us ..... this is absolutely incredible! What an amazing adventure...I can not even imagine being that close to one of those great white beauties let alone being in the water with them ...so was the hose in the shark to keep water running in him? why were the sharks "captured" in that contraption? were you collecting samples from them other than chipping them? were you in any of those pics?

My plesure Barbara ..... the hose in the shark is so that water runs through its gills and he can breathe. The process of chipping should not take longer than 12 to 15 minutes, or it will be dangerous FOR THE SHARK.

I am the divers on the second picture, also on the boat in the background, the man in the chain on the right.

Here once again both pictures ....

those are great pics. What an opportunity to help mother nature. Congrats! I've swam with small sharks but 6 meter ones would freak me out. The longest I've been with are about 8 ft. It was amazing though. I'll see if I can find a good pic of it.

Awesome Hienz!!!! Thank you so much for sharing these. Any more you want to share please do!!

our mild mannered information technologist lol, just amazing Heinz, your just so full of awesome!

Originally Posted by high tide

our mild mannered information technologist lol, just amazing Heinz, your just so full of awesome!

Indeed Steve, my friends call me sometimes a mild mannered giant, I am at least 2 meters tall and not the slimmest as in the picture to see LoL. I know this is a really Crazy hobby, but I love it and it brings me much satisfaction even if it costs a lot of time and money.

awesomeness at its best

LOL gives me the heebie jeebies just looking at the pic's