National Geographic Channel is showing the "Dangerous Jobs" show about the Tuna Cowboys... Interesting stuff.
It started at 11PM EDT.
It started at 11PM EDT.
Tuna Cowboys
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DanBo
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rblackburn:
Was that the show where these Australians where herding blue fin tuna all the way back back to Australia from somewhere near Africa? If that's the one, yeah, sharks trying to get into the nets to get to the tunas and the guys would cut the nets to let the sharks out and sew the nets back. Interesting and very dangerous.
Dive Safe,
Dan
OP
DanBo:
Yep, that's the one... Those guys are nuts! They were riding around on 10' blue sharks, wrestling with Makos & one other type I forget... 2 straight months of that... but I guess you don't have to work the rest of the year when your catch is worth 11 million dollars.
Kestrell
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rblackburn:
I think they were also untangling live Bronze Whalers; big ones. Crazy!
OP
Kestrell:
Yep that was the other shark... HUGE teeth...
I loved that show!!! Very, very cool and interesting. Dont think I'd persue it as a career though. Anyone see Tigers in the Wild? Where they get those two captive bred Tigers and release them in a sanctuary in Africa, totally out of their element and they were just amazing and striving. My all time favorite Nat Geo show by far.(Sorry to change the subject)
cpreefguy:
I have dived with tiger sharks in indonesia. Very impresive fish.
alemaozinho
Contributor
Take A Trip To Polynesia,i Lived In The Kingdom Of Tonga For Seven Straight Years,dove Four Days A Week With An Average Of Four Dives Per Day And Have Seen Very Big Fish (ika Lahi)and Even Bigger Sharks , I,ve Seen More Then Once Big Tigers Above Sixteen Feet In Size,massive Beasts ,bronzies Are Babies Compared To Them,those Tigers Will Remind You Of A Great White.on One Occasion We Took A Trip To Minerva Reef (lies In The Middle Of Nowhere In Between Tonga And Fiji,everything Seems Bigger There,4-5 Foot Parrot Fish Is A Very Common Site Over There.peace
yak
Contributor
alemaozinho:
Would love to see some photos if you've got any
JustinW
Contributor
I gotta see this show!
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