DIVE LOG AUSTRALASIA FEB 2025 ISSUE 410

This is my photo of a female Silver Tip shark taken with a 60mm micro lens.

and if the circumstances are right but it will take a long time until they get up the courage. However, they will retaliate and attack if they feel threatened. More importantly, they prefer to eat fish. The Silver Tip Whaler is far more assertive. If you were shipwrecked, they would circle you cautiously for a while, possible up to an hour or two. Then, I am sure that they

The Grey Reef Whalers are extremely timid. They will circle you for hours with caution and curiosity. Maybe after ten or twenty hours, one daring individual shark might rush in and have a go. Then, the others will follow very quickly leading to a shark frenzy. The fact is, they are unlikely to eat people even when

This is the same female Silver Tip shark from Fathers Reef in Kimbe Bay near Walindi that we visited over several years.

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DIVE LOG Australasia #410 - February‘25