Saturday 16 June 2007

whale shark attack!!

today was one of the most exciting whale shark days i ever had. within 25 minutes we found and swam with four different whale sharks in one small area just off ningaloo reef.

but not just that. i filmed something probably no one else in the world has ever encountered before: a whale shark attacking another whale shark! we snorkelled on top of a four meter shark cruising along in about 5-6m of water when all of a sudden a huge (8-10m) whale shark came out of the blue from underneath the smaller shark and clearly attacked and chased it. unbelievable! the water was quite murky but you can still see the attack in my footage: