This morning I was paddle surfing off the shore of Waikiki and a large sea turtle popped his head up next to me taking a look around.  He was so chill and so beautiful... his little visit left me smiling in the warm sun.
This evening I was talking to a woman who said the same thing happened to her a few years ago and she was so frightened she never went in the ocean again.  I was so bewildered I just stopped talking.
If this is the reaction some people have to turtles I guess sharks don't have much of a chance...

 


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    Oh, the glory days of drenching the bay with the blood of majestic animals.

    Site of the Richmond whaling station closed in the early 70s











    Chopping the bait down to a smaller size.  The bait used on this boat is skip jack tuna.




    Bait is pulled out of the shark's reach, but brings it close enough to the cage for the divers to get a close look.  Not only are the tour operators prohibited from intentionally feeding the sharks, but they avoid it for the purpose of not continuously buying more bait.



    Sometimes the shark will launch itself from the deep in such a stealthy manner that the bait handler does not pull away on time.  A small snack for the shark, but hardly a reason to stop eating its normal diet of large, fat rich seals.

























    First of all, no one, not even Andre Hartman or the guys from ‘Jackass’ are gonna get in the water during a feeding frenzy
























    The photographer managed to snap this photo just before the turtle ripped him to pieces.  Witnesses say the turtle was actually 'smiling' as it tore through the poor diver's flesh.



    A herd of rare, 2-legged elephant seals await their chance to swim with the sharks.

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