Seal diver

For those of you interested in marine life ,I've updated the following web site with clips from Saturday 2nd Dec.

http://www.youtube.com/group/marinelife

There are some very close seal interactions and the lobster clip is interesting as you can see through the red antennae.

In answer to a recent question.... I NEVER use food/fish to get close interaction with the seals. To do so is not only DANGEROUS but also alters their behaviour.
In my opinion food should never be used to attract animals & facilitate interaction (eg sharks etc) - it will alter behaviour for the worst, simple. (Although no doubt having written that, there will be some other views!)

Regarding the seals these are big (females c.145kg males upto 350kg) animals with sharp teeth and a number of interesting microbes in their mouths http://www.hpa.org.uk/cdr/archives/a...0705.htm#strep(!). It's well worth remembering that they are wild animals and it's easy to watch some of the clips and think they look like domesticated underwater dogs - they are NOT.

Safe diving,
Ben. ("Seal diver")

diverdowndh

I will further this by saying that my recent trip to Belize we went diving in the Hol Chan Marine park. I would think that this would be the last place that sharks/rays would be fed but we went to get into the water and they threw off some fish that had the fillets taken off (the head and body) into the water. Now I've seen lots of nurse sharks in my Caribbean diving - they are very docile creatures during the day, really don't want much to be bothered. Well not during this dive! A large green moray came up off the bottom and a nurse shark attacked it and literally chased this moray into a deep canyon.... I've NEVER seen one behave this way, even though at night the ocean is somewhat violent (eat or be eaten). However, during the day? Anyway, I'm totally into not feeding them, regardless of the "show" value.... it DOES change their behavior!