Do they play ping-pong? Do they grapple with tiger sharks?
I can’t help but wonder, what exactly do people do to stay busy on Tavarua during lay days? The place is packed to capacity, and sharing a lineup with the entire top 44, plus assorted wildcards and hangers on, doesn’t do much to stoke my fancy, regardless of the quality of the waves.
But Fiji’s got some killer fishing. Remember when Parko blew off a round one heat in 2013 because the bite was on? If I were there, and a full blown island wide orgy was out of the question, I’d be kicking around, holding my breath, trying to kill as many giant beautiful ocean denizens as possible.
In that vein, here’s two dudes fighting off a tiger shark that wants to eat their freshly speared ulua.
A little man on man on shark on man action, huh?
Color me intrigued!
The sharks or the guys?
Can someone explain this video to me? What is going on here? Why not just give the shark the fish? They won’t eat that night unless the fight off the shark? Seems unlikely. Can’t they retreat? So confused.
It’s not a good idea to feed sharks, it teaches them to associate humans with food.
They’re in retreat the entire time, the shark just keeps following them.
Also, it was during a tournament, and the guys didn’t want to lose a podium size fish.
I understand the theory I’m just a little confused why someone would risk life or limb to not teach a shark something. Nor I guess why someone would risk the same for sport. That’s just me, maybe I’m a pussy!
Well, they’re not exactly risking life and limb. If that shark really wanted the fish there’d be no stopping it. At this point it’s merely curious, and if it learns anything from the experience it’s that humans equal getting jabbed with pointy shit while not being fed. I’m sure, if it had it’s fins flared and was being aggressive, they’d have just let it eat.
Besides all that, feeding wildlife is irresponsible. It drives me nuts when the SCUBA dorks feed eels and sharks. It’s bad for the creature, and dangerous for humans. Like this idiot learns:
https://youtu.be/qVQ4m8hfx-…