Eduardo , you wrote " But don't forget that sharks are the garbage
>cleaners of the oceans.
Though most sharks are omnivorious some (nurse shark) are mollusk eaters ,
they (the nurse sharks ) can apply great suction to strombus gigas and thus
are able to free the animal from it's SHELL (no NSR here).
Megamouth and whale sharks feast upon planton , krill, and small fishes.
The greeanland shark is a bottom molluskeater , I.E. scallops cockles and
the like .
Mako , white and about 10 others like human on a stick or seals as you
stated .
but then there are several hundreds that eat just about anything that can
fit in the mouth . sort of like ,,,,,,,,humans .....ferret
They kill old, ill, wounded animals, that usually is
>close the surface. They also eat sea lions and turtles. That's the main
>reason that you can dive close to a surfer and the shark will attack the
>surfer not you.
>
>Every wild animal is wild and unpredictable. So, a little bit of caution is
>good for everybody while dealing with them. This doesn't mean that they are
>"bad".
>
>I already had at least five dives where I saw sharks and other five where
my
>buddies saw them. No problem and unless I face a great white or something
>similar the chances are VERY low. On the other hand, "No problem up to now"
>was the same sentence the suicide said to himself when he reached the fifth
>floor. :-)))
>
>Eduardo Moreira
>Brasilia, Brazil
>
>-----Mensagem original-----
>De: ferreter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Enviada em: Quarta-feira, 22 de Setembro de 1999 01:57
>Para: [log in to unmask]
>Assunto: Re: [CONCH-L] Off Topic - sharks and predators
>
>
>There is that small incident in 1945 when the USS Indianapolus (Yes the
same
>ship that delivered the A-Bombs ) went down in the Coral Sea . The
>survivors went over the side when the ship was sinking , they formed up
>rings and there floated , the sharks picking them off one by one all
>through the night until they were rescued the next morning. Most of the
>ships compliment survived the torpedoing by the Japanese sub only to be
>consumed by sharks . ferreter
>
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