Cool vid, but you should never touch whale sharks or manta rays. They have a thin membrane covering their skin which protects from parasites. If you touch it, it breaks and lets in parasites and infections which can end up killing the shark. I know it's an old vid and this wasn't known back then. Amazing experience to swim with them though!
gotta love that 80s synth theme lol 5/5
kronic0071 2 years ago
Cool vid, but you should never touch whale sharks or manta rays. They have a thin membrane covering their skin which protects from parasites. If you touch it, it breaks and lets in parasites and infections which can end up killing the shark. I know it's an old vid and this wasn't known back then. Amazing experience to swim with them though!
robbielab 3 years ago
why does that "reinforce man's dominion over the creatures of nature" if a mante ray slows down for a clumsy slow person to pet or ride?
crisology 4 years ago
Phew! Good to know. :-)
pidub 4 years ago
To be perfectly honest these shots are about 10-15 years old before divers knew any better.
inthegalley 5 years ago
that is not something what happens very often. amazing
xjabi 5 years ago
Beautiful images but the sight of so many divers grabbing corals and other animals is disturbing. What's up with that?! People need to cut that out.
pidub 5 years ago