I know where Santa hangs out now, having left the cold laplands, he now lives in Cape Town, in fact he works at the aquarium!! So since we did not have enough time to go to Gansbaai for a real shark dive... I did the cheat sheet one, at the aquarium.
They have 4 sharks in the tank and have released some before, all those released, immediately swam 500 to 700 miles up the coast and are still out there. This guy's name is noodle, for when he got there... he was as thin as a noodle, they sure fattened him up!
So Santa says to me, they were all fed on Sunday (this is Friday... are they not hungry yet?), well looks like they do not like chinese delivery food at all. Quite interesting to step into the back parts of the aquarium. Lots of fish and squid chopping going on, alot fishier smelling than the front area!
The "glass" is actually thick acrylic, 20 cm thick, shatter proof and no visual distortions, tho it can get scratched.
Had to put on really thick wetsuits (thats why i prefer dives in the tropics!) and the water was still cold! am glad i did the cheat one and not the real ocean and lengthy time in freezing waters. Basically you sink to the bottom of the tank, wave to tourists... let the shark, rays and turtles swim past you... even the yellowfin tuna are huge (tho it delicious as sushi).
The rays are really soft to touch... the sharks... well they have cold grey eyes... I found two shark teeth on the bottom, they make quite good toothpicks!
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