bdejong11129
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Ok, new diver here. There, thats out of the way. I hve been watching some you tube videos of a wreck that I was interested in diving this next weekend. What I saw on one of these videos kind of made me a bit angry. The diver and his friend were constantly touching, picking up and moving the wildlife. From picking up a sea slug and then just letting it go to float back to the sand bottom, to peeling a star fish off the coral to chasing an eel in the cracks of the wreck. It seemed like they had to touch and move everything that moved. One clip showed the poor sea slug being thrown about by the other divers fin action as he was on the bottom kicking away.
Maybe I am just to new to this but in my training they stressed a look but dont touch rule. We should observe but be aware of our fragile friends including the living coral. How do we handle this type of behavior if it observed in real time?
Maybe I am just to new to this but in my training they stressed a look but dont touch rule. We should observe but be aware of our fragile friends including the living coral. How do we handle this type of behavior if it observed in real time?