There's no such thing as a weekend here at Marine Dynamics. Not that I'm complaining. Saturday morning, and we're heading out again to see sharks. What a life the permanent workers here lead!
Once more, a tonne of sharks showed up to play. This time I had my camera ready! The guests all seemed to love it still, and I can certainly sympathise! It was amazing. Ally, a marine biologist from Manchester, got a high reading for oxygen content of the water, meaning that the sharks were getting an extra energy boost. You could certainly tell! There were a couple of really big sharks around the boat today, it is hard to imagine just how big these animals get! Estimated to be around 4m, the biggest shark swam lazily around the boat for much of the time we were out there, giving the occasional lunge towards the decoy (a 'seal shaped' piece of wood) and the bait. She seemed to enjoy swimming right past the cage the guests were in, giving them a fantastic underwater view of herself. Once more, the reactions were brilliant!
After the trip, I managed to grab a word with Michelle about my methodology. After all, she is a behavioural ecologist, and my project is about shark behaviour! Luckily, our ideas for data capture methods were very similar (something I'm quite chuffed about!), and I confirmed how I would collect my data.
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