love2godeep
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\hantzu701:The ocean is wilderness and is a habitat for those creatures who live, feed and breed there. We ought to respect that.
Although the sharks on my shark feed were not hand fed, it was obvious that they were conditioned to equate large sailboat, the sound of divers entering the water, and the sound of a chase boat circling overhead = food. The dive site is used so often that a large nurse shark has become very aggressive about approaching divers to be touched and scratched. This is not normal behavior.
Good points, hantzu. I've read through most of the posts, and would have to agree with those who are against feeding the wild sharks. I'm also against bringing peas, etc. to feed other wild fish. I'm not in favor of feeding bears, deer, etc. at the national parks. I think the principle is the same. Every year, people get killed by deer because these wild creatures are too familiar with homo sapiens. Wouldn't the same be true with sharks if they become familiar with humans?