Shark Tales

The fol­low­ing aquatic con­ver­sa­tion is based (albeit very loosely) on true fic­tional tails. The names of the Great White Sharks have been con­cealed in order to pro­tect their pred­at­ory identity.

Overheard on loc­a­tion in Gansbaai:

Shark 1: "Where are they? They know its winter and we're prac­tic­ally lurk­ing around in schools this time of year!"
Shark 2: "I don't know but I didn't floss my pearly whites on sea­weed to impress the sardines, they bet­ter show up soon I've got some scar­ing to do" ...

Shark 3, Shark 4, Shark 5, Shark 6 and Shark 7 appear from the shad­ows of the deep Indian Ocean.

Shark 1 (to group): "Hey! We've got the shot­gun on the first shark-cage divers in Shark Alley".
Shark 2 (to group): "Yeah, go find Nemo or something!"

Shark 3, Shark 4, Shark 5, Shark 6 and Shark 7 dis­ap­pear back into the shad­ows of the deep Indian Ocean.

Shark 1: "Don't you love the part when the people think we're gonna bite straight through the cage they're sub­merged in".
Shark 2: "I know, like we don't real­ize they're com­pletely safe behind steel enforced bars! You know for mam­mals they're not that smart".
Shark 1: "That's why they need the dive mas­ter with them at all times".
Shark 2: "Some of them have never even snor­kelled before!"
Shark 1: "They're not as amus­ing to me as the ones who choose to breath from those tanks; haven't they heard of gills?"
Shark 2: "The irony is they go out of their way to pro­tect us".
Shark 1: "As if we're not in con­trol in our own nat­ural envir­on­ment".
Shark 2: "I bet the biggest guy in the group will pee in his wet­suit first".
Shark 1: "How can they for­get that we have the most heightened sense of smell in the animal kingdom?"

Shark 1 and Shark 2 chuckle.

Shark 2: "Ssssshhhh ... I hear something".

Distant sound of rotors.

Shark 1: "Feed, fish, foe, fum; I smell the blood of tasty chum".

Shark 1 and Shark 2 encircle the boat with dar­ing dis­plays of dorsal fin.

Shark 1: "I'll meet you back at Dyer Island when the shows over, I'm in the mood for some yummy seal dessert".
Shark 2: "OK cool, but don't hog the under­wa­ter cam­eras this time I'm try­ing get an animal agent maybe do an ad for Colgate or some­thing".
Shark 1: "Deal; but attack with your good side in pro­file so they can admire your length".
Shark 2: "I'll do more than that; I'll give them the exper­i­ence of a life­time".
Shark 1: "Yeah, that's what I'm talk­ing about, a wild African adven­ture to tell their great grand kids about!"

* Note: No seals were harmed while over­hear­ing this conversation *

"Shark" Links:
South Africa Shark Cage Diving
Visit the White Shark Embassy
Great White Shark Cage Diving
Swim with Sharks in Gansbaai