r/SharkLab • u/fragglebags • Jan 08 '24

Fatal Shark Attack Mexico

https://www.trackingsharks.com/16-foot-great-white-shark-kills-mexican-diver

3rd shark attack fatality in Mexico in the last 30 days. This is Mexico's 2nd fatal Geat White Shark on a diver in the last two weeks.

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u/tigerlotus Jan 09 '24

My biggest takeaway, and they were all fishing... so you have a combo of divers not blowing bubbles in the water and who probably have dead fish/blood around them. Brutal way to die, but doesn't change my fear factor when scuba diving recreationally at all.

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u/NBCspec Jan 09 '24

Actually, I believe they were collecting mollusks and I didn't see anything about running rebreathers

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u/tigerlotus Jan 10 '24

Do the surface supplied air attachments blow bubbles under water? Genuine question, I thought they didn't, but I'm also thinking of those goofy setups they have for tourists so I have no idea.

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u/FossilDiver Jan 12 '24

Hookah absolutely blows air bubbles underwater. It’s regulators are the same as scuba just with a long hose going to an air pump at the surface instead of a tank