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    Darwin Award Candidates

    I'm glad they're okay, but, ummm, just wow.

    Shark Attack at 57 metres in Papua New Guinea - YouTube
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    looks rehearsed as in they have figured it out and now a video, they were looking all around knowing it would be coming in fast.

    Also I like the single al80 at that depth, every where you look nowadays it comes out divers dive deep on a single tank.

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    Also I like the single al80 at that depth, every where you look nowadays it comes out divers dive deep on a single tank.[/QUOTE]

    The title of this thread says it all in context of the above statement.
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    Sorry, they don't qualify for the Darwin Award… unless the shark bit a body part that was obscured.

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    Wow. This reminds me of an old vid of a guy getting out of his car on a safari to feed a pride of lions that weren't living up to his expectations. You can probably figure out the results.
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    That wasn't a shark attack. It was the dive version of poking a dog with a stick until it bites you. With the added optional fun of getting bent from diving to 57m on single AL80s.
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    Whats the significance of rubbing the coke bottle? Why does that attract sharks? I tried googling it but dont really come up with much.

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    The noise simulates an animal in distress. It was a deliberate attempt to provoke an attack. Too bad the shark only grazed him. The gene pool would have been better off.
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