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Freediving with Greate White Sharks

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NserUame

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Most sharks if they're fed become quite docile. With that said it's still a foolish move, one slip and you're dead. The guys got balls though...scuba certified and I still wouldn't do something like that
 
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Jack Crevalle

The dangerous sharks are the ones you don't see. People aren't shark food, it's when they mistake you for a their food that the problem lies. If you see them on or near the surface it's because they're curious and a spear tip to the nose typically drives them away. The shark may think you're a seal however from deep down, and charge at 50 mph straight up at you and hit you like a torpedo. That's the problem, because by then, you have a piece of meat the size of a watermelon gone from your torso at 50 miles away from shore or a paramedic...Bronze Whalers (Bull Sharks), Tiger sharks and the notoriously pissed off Makos are almost more feared than the White Pointers (Great Whites) in South Africa and Australia because they have shittier personalities and will harass divers to steal food, and even for territory etc...
 
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NserUame

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Bull Sharks are more feared in India. They're known to swim up rivers and attack swimmers in the shallow waters. Imagine getting attacked in a fresh water river (well fairly fresh...mildly salinic) by a shark.

Edit:perhaps more feared isn't an appropriate term. Equally feared...cause who can compare something like that.
 
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genkisan

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Most feared fish in South America is the candiru:


‎ The candirú or canero (Vandellia cirrhosa) or toothpick fish is a freshwater fish in the group commonly called the catfish. It is found in the Amazon River and has a reputation among the natives as the most feared fish in its waters, even over the piranha. The species has been known to grow to a size of 6 inches in length and is eel shaped and translucent, making it almost impossible to see in the water. The candiru is a parasite. It swims into the gill cavities of other fish, erects a spine to hold itself in place, and feeds on the blood in the gills, earning it a nickname as the "vampire fish of Brazil".

It is feared by the natives because it is attracted to urine or blood , and if the bather is nude it will swim into an orifice (the anus or vagina, or even the penis—and deep into the urethra). It then erects its spine and begins to feed on the blood and body tissue just as it would from the gills of a fish. The candirú is then almost impossible to remove except through surgery. As the fish locates its host by following the water flow from the gills to its source, urinating while bathing increases the chance of a candiru homing in on a human urethra.

A traditional cure involves the use of two plants, the Xagua plant (Genipa americana) and the Buitach apple which are inserted (or their extract in the case of tight spaces) into the affected area. These two plants together will kill and then dissolve the fish. More often, infection causes shock and death in the victim before the candirú can be removed. Though there have been documented candirú attacks on humans, there is no evidence the fish can survive once inside a human. It was recently sought after by Nick Baker a wildlife specialist on British TV in a series about the world's strangest animals.
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Jack Crevalle

Most feared fish in South America is the candiru
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Only if you go swimming naked in certain rivers. .
I've caught a candiru on line and hook, and the natives chopped it in pieces so it wouldn't live because they are a pain in the ass literally...
 
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