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Great White Shark - Gansbaai, South Africa. The decline has been immense around SA coasts - not many left.
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That's a nice shot of the business end.
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Thank you Dan. Much appreciated.
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wow, what a thrill it must have been
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Looks like you were pretty close, nice shot Elsa.
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Thanks Charles, Ira and Gavin
wow. great shot! Looks like you were his lunch target LOL
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Definitely not Thanks Phillpe
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Thanks Patrick - thank the pope - I was not
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VERY NICE CAPTURE! Closer than I would want to be unless I'm on the upper deck.
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Thank you so much Nathan
Excellent
eft
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Amazing image. Would love to hear more about the story behind the shot.
Truly great image. Do you know what is causing the decline?
jadewolf
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Great shot! Love that you can see all the ampullae in such detail! Were you out diving with them too or just a topside observation boat?
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Thank you Woody, EFT, Rich and Jadewolf. A friend of mine did her PhD on the white shark - and around 10 years ago, her research proved (via DNA sample) that something like 89% of White sharks shares the same DNA sequences - which is not sustainable. add poaching, the rest is history.
White Sharks seen in Gansbaai in the past 3 - 4 years can be counted on one hand. I was extremely lucky to have seen sharks a number of times in the past.
This photo was taken from a shark diving boat owned by another friend - Mike Rutzen - The Shark man - famous for shark movies /documentaries, and shark research. I was involved with documenting some of the research for publication purposes.
Collecting Samples for DNA analysis
White Sharks seen in Gansbaai in the past 3 - 4 years can be counted on one hand. I was extremely lucky to have seen sharks a number of times in the past.
This photo was taken from a shark diving boat owned by another friend - Mike Rutzen - The Shark man - famous for shark movies /documentaries, and shark research. I was involved with documenting some of the research for publication purposes.
Collecting Samples for DNA analysis
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Nice capture!
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Thank you
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Jaap L
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Nice capture and thanks for the background information.
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Thank you Jaap
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Great shot! I'd love to see one in the wild.
I think the missing ones from SA are on the East Coast of the US, particularly Cape Cod. There has been a huge increase in their presence over the last 4-5 years because of the bounce back of seals in the area.