Well, the day before we went whale shark swimming in Exmouth, Australia, I took a tour where we snorkeled off of the coast of Exmouth’s pure, white sand beaches.
I was a little nervous about the sharks and asked the “local girl” that came with us if it was pretty safe. She said that the only sharks you’d see would be white-tipped reef sharks and they don’t bug you unless you provoke them, but that we probably wouldn’t even see any of them where we were.
So, I got up the courage to get out there, since I had to be ready for whale shark swimming in the open ocean the next morning, and waded out into the water. I put my face under the water with my mask on, and what’s the first thing I see? A whitetip reef shark!
Wow – I think I grew a jet propeller out of my body and was back into the shore within seconds, it seemed! LOL
However, after having a good pep talk with myself, I got back out there and enjoyed the rest of the day, not to see another shark again! LOL…
We did get to see giant clams, numerous fish, corals and even some dolphins swimming afar.
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Triaenodon
Species: T. obesus
Wow – more stories tomorrow!
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I hope you enjoyed this Shark Week post on Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time…
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards 
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