Starting the “From around the web” category is this wonderful photo story by Thomas P. Peschak, for those not in the know, Mr Peschak is the Chief Photographer of the “Save our Seas” foundation.
Here, Thomas has documented the feeding behaviour of the Manta Rays of Hanifaru marine protected area, situated in the Maldives. Amongst the 200 Manta rays there are a dozen whales Sharks thrown in for good measure. Some fantastic video and inspirational photos, watch out for the close up shot of the manta’s mouth at 03:36 into the video.
Feeding Frenzy-Manta Rays of the Maldives from Save Our Seas Foundation on Vimeo.
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We have all seen Jaws then survived the “fear” of a shark attack. I remember summer family day trips down to Worthing-on-Sea, overly excited about the prospect of building a sand castle but with a constant re-run of the most gory scenes from Jaws going through my head. Every once in a while some wise crack would shout out SHARK!!!!! Which would be followed by a tidal wave of panic.
This hysteria and fear of sharks was created in Hollywood some 25 years ago and still runs strong, I guess this proves the powerful hold that the media has over us and the mental conditioning that can be achieved on mass (but that’s a whole different story).
Here is the question:
How many people do you know that have survived a shark attack?
Probably zero, squit, nada nothing. Why? Because shark attacks are so rare in the grand scheme of things. Watch Sharkwater , This documentary movie is a real mind changer on the subject of sharks.
Are we not entering an era where we should be thinking about re-conditioning our minds and find out the truth for ourselves? Isn’t it time to escape from society’s fears? Isn’t it time to re think the Shark?
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