Whale Shark About To Eat Diver, Or So It Appears .. Wtf

[Spartan]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simon Pierce was diving off Isla Murjeres in Mexico when he happened to find himself in the right place at the right time to capture an image of a whale shark about to consume another diver, swimming near the surface with a snorkel. Or at least that’s what appears to be unfolding in the photo above.

Pierce is a marine biologist from New Zealand who does research and conservation work on threatened marine species with his main focus being the whale shark, the biggest fish on Earth. Whale sharks are harmless to humans.

The largest known aggregation of whale sharks in the world are these waters off Cancun, and on this day there were 100 whale sharks swimming in the area.

“I was trying to capture the shark’s wide-open mouth, which was rather successful in this case,” Pierce told GrindTV in an email. “Having the swimmer there gives some great perspective of the sheer size, too: This shark was about 26 feet in length. I had a ‘fisheye’ lens on for this shot, which gives an extreme wide-angle view, so the shark was probably only about a foot away from me as it passed.”

With the number of whale sharks in the area, it wasn’t a shock to see a giant mouth appear, Pierce added. Whale sharks feed on plankton filtered through large mouths that feature 300 to 350 tiny teeth and 10 filter pads, and stretch 5 feet wide.

“As long as it’s not filled with sharp teeth, I’m pretty relaxed about it,” he said of capturing the photo. “It may look like a dangerous situation, but it’s actually just pure fun. You can see in the last shot, [the diver] already turned around to seek out the next customer.”

[tom bhayya]

:3D_Smiles:

[150bryant]

shark is not tht big man...i think its whale

[150bryant]

ab khagaye tho kya kartey ? whale ku maardethey?

[mettastar]

Dheeniki minimum 100ft mundhu unnave kanipisthayemo.. danikante daggara unte blind spot ey

[150bryant]

Dheeniki minimum 100ft mundhu unnave kanipisthayemo.. danikante daggara unte blind spot ey

intelligent man...

[@Shadow@]

wow nice pics .... gp

 

[happyprince]

first 2 pics fake la unnayi

[macha]

first 2 pics fake la unnayi

fake kadu nijam but relative distance concept use chesi pic tesadu... so shark is near to cam rather than human ... same as super moon pictures

[happyprince]

fake kadu nijam but relative distance concept use chesi pic tesadu... so shark is near to cam rather than human ... same as super moon pictures

 

Wow amazing!!

 

u rock buddy :)

[bindazking]

That is the yahoo article today .. Saying the biggest fish they found out

[Maximus]

shark is not tht big man...i think its whale

 

kay rey jamjam cha..adhi shark aey kada,,,

first 2 pics fake la unnayi

fake endi nayana...fish lens petti tesanu ani chepthunadu kada...aa photographer..

[Maximus]

Nice clicks..i say..

[k2s]