Shark dive

Got back from my shark dive!! It was amazing!

Just to remind you from my blog a while ago, I went swimming with Sand Tiger sharks at Edinburgh for my 18th birthday. They had 7 of them, the biggest of which was 12ft long.

Here's a few pictures from the tunnel:

The tunnel was really long, and they had several other types of shark in there as well as the sand tigers (tope and angel).

Heres some pictures of the dive itself!

The sharks werent bothered at all that we were there. They obviously get a lot of divers in with them, so they just cruised around and mostly ignored us.

There was one moment when a shark dived a little too close to the diver next to me and the instructors had to push it a little out of the way, but it wasnt aggressive at all, just curious.

Sand tiger sharks look very ferocious due to their protuding teeth, but they actually arent a threat to humans, even in the wild. They are found mostly all over the world, and have several different names depending on where you are.

They are possibly unique among sharks as they come to the surface to swallow air to aid with buoyancy, and they also have an unusual method of reproduction where the most developed embryo eats the less developed ones. This sounds a bit cruel, but it increases the chances of the young surviving after birth.

I feel very privileged to have been able to share their world for a short amount of time and would love to do it again!

Even if the morrow is barren of promises, nothing shall forestall my return...

Becky xx