Yup, I did that…It all seems a little surreal today as I think back, but I did it.
In fact, if you’re surfing anywhere, you’re likely to be surfing with these heavily teethed fish…
I felt very secure where we were – inside a coral reef by Lancelin Island in Western Australia.
The friends I was with surfing had been coming to this very beach year in and year out from their youth.
I was learning how to boogie-board (sometimes called body boarding) and progressing up to a surfboard.
We never saw anything suspicious – in fact, we never even saw dolphins there.
We surfed at [ ... ]
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Yup, I did that…It all seems a little surreal today as I think back, but I did it.
In fact, if you’re surfing anywhere, you’re likely to be surfing with these heavily teethed fish…
I felt very secure where we were – inside a coral reef by Lancelin Island in Western Australia.
The friends I was with surfing had been coming to this very beach year in and year out from their youth.
I was learning how to boogie-board (sometimes called body boarding) and progressing up to a surfboard.
We never saw anything suspicious – in fact, we never even saw dolphins there.
We surfed at [ ... ]
What do I know about sharks?
Well, I know a little bit about sharks. I’ve swam with them, I’ve seen them, and I’ve surfed with them.
Yeah, I know them a little bit!
I traveled around Australia back in 1995 for a few months backpacking my way through the center of Aussie, hitting the Northern Territory and going West back down the coast all the way back to Perth, Western Australia.
On my journey, I stopped in Exmouth, Western Australia where I had the amazing opportunity to swim with whale sharks out past the reef.
A helicopter would relay the coordinates of the whale sharks [ ... ]
Category: Australian Animals, Endangered & Extinct Animals, Endangered Species, Fish, Marine Animals, Sharks
Tags: Australia, Australian Animals, Exmouth, Exmouth Australia, Fish, shark week, sharks, snorkeling, whale shark diving, whale shark snorkeling, whale shark spotting, whale shark swimming, whale sharks 2 Comments
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 [ ... ]
Exotic Animal News-Flash:
If you’re looking for some great Shark shows to watch this week, then check out the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week starting August 2nd!
So, in honor of this, ExoticAnimalLover.com will also be hosting a Shark Week!
Power-packed shows giving you more information on the oceans’ largest predator – a dinosaur of sorts!
These misunderstood animals of the deep will be concentrated on all week on the Discovery Channel and on Exotic Animal Lover!
I’ll tell you all about my experiences with Sharks too…
Guess what…Sharks are actually
Yup, that's right! I have always wanted to start an animal refuge of my own...If [ ... ]
Category: Animal Nutrition, Carnivore, Featured, Fish, Marine Animals, Sharks
Tags: Discovery Channel, Fish, marine animals, ocean animals, shark, shark week, sharks 2 Comments