Scuba Diver Pulled Down 300 Feet Below by Giant Tuna
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Andreas_Montoya
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I didn't see anything about spear fishing. "Back in the day" our dive master used to feed the huge grouper on Santa Rosa Wall in Cozumel. He was waving a piece of bait to a particular grouper when a really big one came from behind. He just happened to be "descending" slightly and his gauge console was floating up. The grouper snagged his console along with the bait and zoomed down the wall with him. Accidents do happen, strange but true.
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In other words, this spearfishing diver was one of the stupidest Darwin Candidates ever discussed on this board. Nature and evolution, created sharks to rid the ocean of the dead, the dying, the sick, and the very stupid. This Mr Te should feel quite lucky that Nature was not allowed to handle this encounter!
Another good reason for clipping you gauge off to a D ring?
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Yes indeed one possible lesson to learned is about perspective. So in fact the diver was spear fishing. To be clear I support regulated on science, not politics, recreational fishing and hunting..
That said regardless of the lessons to learned about the bad choices and or possible outright stupidity of his actions, in objective total, what happened to him is part of risks one assumes when engaging in hunting and is what it is.
No more and perhaps ultimately ( in environmental terms) not near as sad or tragic or consequential, than the killing of even a single prime breeding member of a severely depleted species (almost certainly if a 'Giant" was a Pacific Blue Fin Tuna) The unintended consequences of choices and actions maybe perhaps to bad, but are also an "oh well" , if you can't accept the risk don't play the game, pretty simple.
We need to not forget that humans, are the only large predator on the planet, who's numbers are expanding at an exponential rate. We humans as a species can sustain large numbers of losses, with only positive environmental consequences . " Just sayin' "
